The Greatest Hero's I Never Did Know

Hero’s are numbered in the hundreds even thousands in our history. Sacrifice is something that has to be dredged up from the depths of a person.
I personally have known a few hero’s. WWII and Vietnam veterans in the family. My late husband was a hero in dealing with juvenile diabetes, is not that a hard thing to live with as a child and to have the possibility of an early death living with you. LIVING with this is to be considered bravery?
But the greatest hero’s I never did know are the crew and passenger’s of Flight 93. To be on a flight that is to take you to a certain destination and then have to make a decision that will last for all time is the most wonderful form of bravery. They owed us nothing. They did not know us. It was not their job to be our hero’s. But they rose up and gave us their all.
Richard Phillips, captain of a cargo ship, did his job. Nothing remarkable in that. Except he gave himself up to the unknown so that his crew would be safe. I guess we could equate this with the proverbial “the captain going down with the ship”. No, he had guts. He had pride. He had love. He was clear thinking at all times. And by gum by golly he is an AMERICAN.
I am thankful that our military came to his rescue. I am glad we sent out the message that we are not going to take piracy as a fact of life. WE DO NOT DEAL WITH TERRORISTS, of any kind.