Everyday Heroes

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You could be in the perfect place at the perfect time to be a hero, but if you do not possess the personality traits of a hero, you won’t take action. If your personality was truly heroic, you could be a hero at anytime and anyplace. Without a doubt, heroes, the result of the personality traits of a hero, are certainly not the result of the time and place of an event. For instance, in the article “Are You a Hero or a Bystander?” by Sue Shellenbarger, the personalities of everyday heroes, Ms.Eldridge, Stephen St. Bernard, and Lt. Cmdr. Gennari, are shown through their heroic quotes. “All I could think about was the lady’s face. She looked lost. She needed help, and she needed help right then,” Ms. Eldridge said after receiving a medal from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission for risking her life to save another. Ms. Eldridge’s strong sense of ethics were shown in this quote because she knew the right thing to do; save the poor old woman’s …show more content…

"After losing my son, I wanted to do something to help other people, to help another mother not have to suffer the way I do every day from the loss of a child drowning," Wanda said passionately, showing she possessed the heroic personality trait of empathy. Even though “The Josh Project” would not have been created if the time and place of the traumatizing event was different, the creation of the project still comes down to what kind of person the creator is. If Wanda did not possess empathy and a strong sense of ethics, she wouldn’t think about other minority families that have to go through what she did, she would mourn and feel sorry for herself forever and “The Josh Project” would never come to

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