What is a hero

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A hero is described as a person who is has exceptional success or honorable traits. After watching videos and reading articles, the two men mentioned have changed the world in their own distinct ways. Both heroes mentioned are remarkable people that carry out their legacies to others by their motivating stories. One heroic figure mentioned was Greg Mahle; a man of Zanesville, Ohio who spends two days of every month saving dogs from their “death row” in the south. In the article, “Homeward Bound,” it states, “32 shelters reported taking 62,540 dogs; 43,278 of them were put down, according to Maddie’s Fund, a nonprofit organization that tracks canine euthanasia statistics.” Greg has rescued dogs and then puts them in the safe hands of a loving owner. Zach Sobiech, a seventeen year old senior was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a cancerous bone tumor that develops in children in the year of 2009. He was running with his sister and noticed his side was hurting. After visiting a doctor, they found cancer throughout his pelvis and left leg. He would only live so long, until he departed to heaven above on May 20, 2013. Both Greg and Zach have differences where Greg is saving lives and Zach is dying. However, they are both showing the world true determination throughout their stories. Both heroes mentioned are extraordinary heroes that share their inspiring stories to others.
To begin with, Greg Mahle has been protecting dogs near death for nine years. He transports them from the Deep South, to the Northeast. The president of the Humane Society of Central Louisiana, Keri Toth says, “Southern shelters are overwhelmed by strays because spaying and neutering are not common practice.” In the end, Greg is saving hundreds and thousands of lives ...

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... Zach stands as a perfect role model to people who are going through a difficult situation. In the video his mother repeats what her son has said to her before. “I don’t wanna be in the hospital all the time. I wanna be out with friends. I don’t wanna feel sick, and I wanna be home.” Additionally in the video, Zach’s mother explains her son’s cancer perfectly. She says, “I think that actually one of the blessings of cancer is that you kinda come out of denial. And so doing that, things are better. You know, that life is richer, everything has means more, beauty is more beautiful.” From these two touching stories, the world learns a valuable lesson. Through difficult times, something or someone will always be there for you. In Zach’s farewell song, “Clouds”, he sings, “And I needed a way to climb and grab a hole, from the edge you were sitting there holding a rope.”

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