Everyday Heroes

As kids, our heroes were Captain America, Superman, Spiderman, Wonder Women or any Marvel superhero. We would look up to them everyday and say, I want to be just like them. On Halloween you would see kids walking around saying they were the hero from the cape they were wearing and they could fly. As we get older, we learn those heroes just exist in movies and so our sense of a hero changes. You hear stories all over the news about people stepping out and helping strangers they have never met a day in their life. They may go out in disasters just to make sure people are safe and alive. People like that can be ordinary people that were just going about their day and some people its their job. First responders sign up to be heroes everyday. They will tell you they aren’t a hero and it is just something they like to do and their job is just to help their community. Yet, people who have ever been saved or helped by a first responder, they will tell you that they are grateful to have a hero like them. All in all, a hero is someone who will see something wrong and instantly call to action without hesitation to help someone they may have never even met. First Responders are every where you go. You may see them as firefighters, paramedics, EMT’s or the police. They either volunteer their time or do it as a job. As soon as central dispatch comes across the radio and that pager sounds the alarm, they are off in minutes. It may be as big as a structure fire with a person trapped inside to a lift assist. No matter what it is, they will always be there. For example, on September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center crumbled to the ground after a horrific terrorist attack. New York was sent into a panic and immediately, first responders were there in a matter of seconds. With so many people around them, panicked, injured or dead, they started helping the second of arrival. Searching through the rubble, putting out the flames, helping the hurt, answering as many questions is

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