# A brave and humble man

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brave-and-humble-man/702236>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 23, 2014, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brave-and-humble-man/702236 "2014-10-23T09:40:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brave-and-humble-man/702236/1 "2014-10-23T09:40:46Z")

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> **[Humble delivery man becomes reluctant hero after dramatic fire rescue | CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/22/us/mysterious-hero-identified/index.html?sr=fb102214deliveryhero7pVODtopLink)**
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> Humble delivery man becomes reluctant hero after cell phone video shows his dramatic rescue of an elderly man from a raging house fire

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> Fresno, California (CNN) – It is sheer panic in the woman’s voice on the cell phone video as the flames shot out of the windows of the wood frame home: “There’s a man in there!”  
> The next sound on the video is a loud explosion, likely the propane tank of a barbeque grill.  
> “We gotta get the dad,” screams the woman.  
> The explosion forced two men who were trying to reach the trapped man away from the home. Seconds later, a man in a blue Los Angeles Dodgers cap jogs out with a 73-year-old man slung over his shoulder.

The article really says it all.

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**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brave-and-humble-man/702236/2 "2014-10-23T14:06:10Z")

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Wow. The world needs more men like him. Thank you for sharing that.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brave-and-humble-man/702236/3 "2014-10-23T15:57:42Z")

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Hero, heroism, heroic, those are words that are tossed about too lightly these days. Not this time though. That was a demonstration of the nobility of spirit.