You don’t have to stop the hijackers of a plane to avert a threat to society; getting the jab is about being a hero on a smaller scale.
It’s passed into history as almost a callsign for an act of heroism, a modern-day “once more into the breach” entreaty. But those words – “let’s roll! “ – probably uttered by an ordinary family man, are a reminder about true sacrifice. Tod Beamer was a passenger on United Flight 93, the last of the four planes hijacked on 11 September 2001. It was the only one which did not reach its target in a densely populated American city.
Tod Beamer was a passenger on United Flight 93, the last of the four planes hijacked on 11 September 2001. It was the only one which did not reach its target in a densely populated American city. Whereas two planes hit the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York and the third crashed into the Pentagon defence building in Washington, Flight 93 crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania.
That notion of ordinary people doing extraordinary things to help others, even at the risk of their own lives, is something I have come across occasionally in my life. A real hero is someone who puts their life on the line for someone else… even someone they don’t know.
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