No more heroes?

The other day during conversation someone brought up that there are no more heroes for our kids to look up to. I can't but think, "Are they right or just really misguided?" Well, lets see, I guess there's no world leaders or politicians to look up to, a lot of big business is corrupt, and sadly for some elementary and high schoolers the teachers are letting them down. That doesn't mean there aren't any heroes left. Have we already forgot our Sesame Street lessons of the police officer is their to help us, the firefighter to get us out of fires, or the paramedic to save our life. Oh, I get it; they're just doing their jobs. What about on 9/11 when even though it meant their own death those same people doing their jobs from NYPD and NYFD ran into burning collapsing buildings to try and save other people? Still don't think their hero quality? How about we get rid of the 99% and the 1% and look to the 0.45% (yes thats zero point four five percent). That is the percentage of people in this country who have or are serving in the military. Pretty staggering percent considering how many millions have been in this country for a couple hundred years.  Are they still just "doing their jobs". What about retired Marine Staff Sergeant, Tim Chambers? Haven't heard of him? On Memorial Day in Washington D.C. for the Rolling Thunder, a biker parade made up of thousands of veterans, Staff Sergeant Chambers held his salute to these men and women for over THREE HOURS. Try doing a proper salute for more than 5 minutes and you'll start to see some of the difficulty in this. Still not good enough? Then how about Senior Airman Jason Cunningham, during a fire fight in Afghanistan he moved into the line of fire three times to give medical treatment to other military members and to move them to safety while returning fire. He was finally shot through the pelvic bone shattering the bullet which shredded his liver. How about a living Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Specialist Salvatore Giunta, who after his squad was ambushed raced through the fire fight to save his squad leader. Getting shot in the process but saved the squad leaders life. After driving the enemy back, he realized another member of his squad was missing. He raced up the hill and saw Afghans running away with his injured squad mate. He killed one and wounded another then gave his comrade medical attention. I could go on like this for a very long time or you could go to www.cmohs.org to see a list of brave men who all should be considered heroes. Here's a novel idea, how about YOU be your child's hero if you don't like the ones above, you are the biggest mentor. What little boy doesn't want to grow up and be just like dad? After all that I still don't see how you can say there are no more heroes. Just look for the ordinary person, put in an extraordinary position, and see how they adapt and overcome. Just because they don't run around in tights and wear capes doesn't mean they're not heroes. So how about we wake up, get the liberal agenda garbage out of your head, clean out your ears, and open you eyes to see heroes are all around us, we just need to quit spitting at them.

Staff Sergeant Tim Chambers, two bikers applying a neck compress and giving him water during his 3 hour salute, courtesy of http://fullmetalpatriotblog.com/2011/05/lone-marine-salutes-rolling-thunder/