Heroes.

[islandman]

Not the kind whose job it is to run into a burning building or towards the sound of gunfire, but the kind forged by a split-second decision and with little regard for their own well-being.

This thread serves to remind us all though we are bombarded daily by death, destruction and humankind's propensity for evil, there is still good.

Feel free to add to this thread as appropriate.


Student killed in bus crash died saving others from the smoke and flames

18-year-old Ismael Jimenez called a hero for his bravery in the face of tragedy

Ismael Jimenez, a teenager who was killed in last week's bus crash in California, died a hero.

The 18-year-old high school student perished while helping save fellow passengers after a FedEx truck crashed into the bus they were riding on a highway near Orland, Calif., according to officials from Jimenez's high school.

Four other students, three adults and both the bus and FedEx drivers died in the crash.

Jimenez, who was a student at Animo Inglewood Charter High School and would have been the first in his family to attend college, reportedly "busted open a window at the front of the bus as it was filling with smoke and people were getting burned," according to a statement from school Chief Executive Marco Petruzzi. "He started lifting kids out in an effort to save them."

 

[Lorilei]

You made me do the ugly cry.

 

[islandman]

A must-read for every parent:


Grieving Dad Honors Late Toddler With Stolen Moments Campaign

A father whose toddler recently passed away has taken his grief to social media with a powerful Fundly campaign, inspiring parents to not only cherish their own children, but also honor his late daughter, too.

April 3 was a typical evening — Larry Carroll, a 39-year-old Los Angeles-based reporter was home with his 2-and-a-half-year-old daughter Savannah (nicknamed Savvy), his 5-year-old son, and his wife, who is currently eight-and-a-half months pregnant. "I put Savannah to bed in her crib, and she had a bit of a fever but everything else was normal,” Carroll tells Yahoo Shine.

However, the next morning, he didn't hear his little girl waking up for their usual 6 a.m. breakfast of peanut butter toast. “She would lick off all the peanut butter and hand the bread back to me,” says Carroll. When he went to check on Savannah, he discovered that she had passed away in her crib during the night, from causes not yet known.

https://s2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vhFE0G_VDcOzUL60U9Q.pA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTQwMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/lifestyles/2014-04-17/913cc030-c65e-11e3-ba97-3d9c794aebcd_savannah-larry2-copy.jpg

 

[butters]

the divers having to recover the bodies of so many children from the stricken ferry off south korea
http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/ferry-disaster-14-dead-282-still-missing


what a terribly sad, vital,life-altering job.

 

[snugglestruggle]

This year it seems sadness is the theme, so far . Time to change that tune.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

interesting..

 

[yossi]

Park Ji-young, 22, female cafeteria worker, died helping evacuate passengers from Korean Ferry Sewol. The top ten ranking crew were first to board the rescue ship. Students asked why she didn't leave with them and she said after all the passengers were safe. She was an only daughter.

http://imgur.com/5aMeklP.jpg

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/17/world/asia/south-korea-harbor-vigil/

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3SjCzA71eM

 

[islandman]

Brother’s Umbrella Assist Outshined Sun For Marathoner With Lupus


Jeffrey Russell ran the last 12 miles of the Boston Marathon holding an umbrella over his sister Jessie so she wouldn’t have to quit due to her lupus. “He knew I would have been very upset had I not finished,” said Jessie, 26. Jessie was diagnosed with lupus during her junior year of high school.

The sun often bothers people with lupus, so running a marathon was a gamble. By mile 14, Jessie felt terrible and thought she might need to stop. “I thought, ‘the medical tent is up there. I just got to get a little further and I can stop for a bit.’ Out of the corner of my eye, I see this person running at me.” Big brother Jeff had followed her along the route, taking pictures and yelling encouragement. Jessie looked like she was fading and medical tent volunteers told her to be proud she made it to Wellesley. The course was about to be opened up to traffic and water stops would soon be picked up. Jeff told Jessie to stop if she needed to.

“But he said ‘if it’s just the sun, I don’t want you to stop. I can be your medical tent. I can be your water stop. Don’t worry about any of that’,” Jessie recalled with tears in her eyes. Jeff ran into Littlebits Toys in Wellesley and bought a children’s umbrella with sharks on it. He said the sharks reminded him of Jessie’s tenacity. In jeans and work boots, Jeff speed-walked next to Jessie wearing her runner’s fanny pack. The pair took it step by step until finally reaching the finish line at 7:16 p.m. “I just love him. I absolutely could not have finished without him there,” Jessie said.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

i rather be a legend than a hero

 

[islandman]

i rather be a legend than a hero

In reality, you're just a zero.

 

[spacekowboy]

Save the cheerleader.
Save the world.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

In reality, you're just a zero.

in reality, you need to slice your wrist and drown in your own piss.


hahah!

 

[islandman]

in reality, you need to slice your wrist and drown in your own piss.


hahah!

Sorry, < 0.

 

[Debbie]

I appreciate this thread, islandman. I cried a little. People can be so brave.

 

[islandman]

I appreciate this thread, islandman. I cried a little. People can be so brave.

Just imagine all the ones we never hear about.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

Sorry, < 0.

sorry for what? lmfao

 

[islandman]

Alabama swimmer John Servati remembered fondly by those whose lives he touched


It was just last Christmas when John Servati came back to his hometown of Tupelo, Miss., from the University of Alabama to visit. He stopped by the house of his Tupelo High School coach, Lucas Smith, and the two of them went to the mall with Smith’s daughters for Christmas gifts. Servati offered to spend some time with Smith’s 7-year-old, Emma, who had just returned from 11 days in the hospital with encephalitis.

The two of them peeled off and went into Dick’s Sporting Goods. There they were, the college athlete and the little girl, looking for Christmas gifts, holding hands. Smith will never forget the sight.

Monday night, as deadly storms tore through parts of the Deep South, Servati and his college girlfriend took shelter behind a retaining wall at a residence in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The wall gave way, according to reports, and Servati held it up just long enough for his girlfriend to escape unharmed. Servati, however, could not get out. He died at a nearby hospital. He was 21.

 

[islandman]

Hero dies from knife injuries after fighting off stranger's attacker

Not all heroic deeds have happy endings. Sometimes, they result in tragedy.

Southern California resident Troy Cansler, 47, is no doubt a hero. After witnessing the stabbing of a woman who was holding her toddler in a grocery store parking lot on Sunday evening, Cansler intervened. The attacker ran off with the woman's purse and then stabbed Cansler, who had given chase. Cansler died from his injuries.

The woman, Krystina Hanrahan, is now recovering at home. She was stabbed five times, twice in the arm and three times in the chest. The child was apparently unhurt.

Speaking to KTLA-TV about the incident, Hanrahan said, "He was an angel, I mean, I talked to his mother today and I told her, 'I thank you so much for raising somebody that would put their life on the line for — he had no idea who I was."

Cansler's 12-year-old daughter, Jordyn Glazier, told KTLA-TV, "I'm very proud. He was everything I could ask for in a dad. Everything and more."

 

[Debbie]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americ...ed-defending-older-sister-from-sexual-assault

8-year-old boy killed defending older sister from sexual assault.


My is sad and there is no comforting the family but what a brave young man.

 

[JustSkye]

I have my own hero, from Lit. Quoll.

 

[islandman]

Mom Risks Paralysis After Saving Son From Burning Building


Excerpt:

A mother is being hailed a hero after saving her 18-month-old son from a burning building by jumping out a third-story window with him in her arms.

Christina Simoes suffered serious injuries, including broken vertebrae, after she jumped with her son Cameron.

The fall left Simoes with broken vertebrae, but her son Cameron only suffered minor injuries. After a six-hour surgery she said it’s unclear if she will ever be able to walk again.

Late Saturday night some of Simoes family members said they believed they saw her toes wiggle.

 

[Debbie]

Feline hero.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/video-shows-cat-save-boy-from-dog-attack-9373043.html

 

[islandman]

Seattle Hero Jon Meis Called Quiet 'Courageous' Man

The man who stopped the Seattle campus shooting from becoming a massacre was described by friends today as quiet and religious, but also a "selfless, courageous man."

Jon Meis attacked the gunman with pepper spray while he tried to reload during Thursday's rampage at Seattle Pacific University. With the help of other students, Meis then wrestled the suspect Aaron Ybarra to the ground until police arrived.

 

[yossi]

Seattle Hero Jon Meis Called Quiet 'Courageous' Man

The man who stopped the Seattle campus shooting from becoming a massacre was described by friends today as quiet and religious, but also a "selfless, courageous man."

Jon Meis attacked the gunman with pepper spray while he tried to reload during Thursday's rampage at Seattle Pacific University. With the help of other students, Meis then wrestled the suspect Aaron Ybarra to the ground until police arrived.

I saw on imgur that he's getting married - people found his and his fiancée's registry and bought all or almost everything on the list.

Brave guy.