Name a hero (any nationality) from the 21st century.
Chesley Burnett “Sully” Sullenberger, III - “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot.
Malala Yousafzai - Pakistani girl who stood against the Taliban, even though she was shot for it.
Barack Obama - Scoff now. I think history is going to be very kind to our first black president.
Antoinette Tuff- an office worker at an Atlanta high school who talked a school shooter out of his gun before anybody was seriously hurt.
Angel Cordero and Charles Ramsey - Rescued Ariel Castro’s captives
Elliott Prior-a four-year-old who yelled at a terrorist (who’d just shot his mother) and demanded that his family be allowed to leave the Kenyan mall at which the terrorist attack was taking place-and saved his family’s life.
Andy Peat - human shield.
Bishnu Shrestha - retired Gurkha soldier who fought off a large group of train robbers in 2010
Name a hero (any nationality) from the 21st century.
Chesley Burnett “Sully” Sullenberger, III - “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot.
Malala Yousafzai - Pakistani girl who stood against the Taliban, even though she was shot for it.
Barack Obama - Scoff now. I think history is going to be very kind to our first black president.
Antoinette Tuff- an office worker at an Atlanta high school who talked a school shooter out of his gun before anybody was seriously hurt.
Angel Cordero and Charles Ramsey - Rescued Ariel Castro’s captives
Elliott Prior-a four-year-old who yelled at a terrorist (who’d just shot his mother) and demanded that his family be allowed to leave the Kenyan mall at which the terrorist attack was taking place-and saved his family’s life.
Andy Peat - human shield.
Bishnu Shrestha - retired Gurkha soldier who fought off a large group of train robbers in 2010
Park Ji-young, Kim Ki-woong, and Jeong Hyun-seon: Crew members on the Sewol who voluntarily stayed on board the ferry to help passengers escape. All three died.
Name a hero (any nationality) from the 21st century.
Chesley Burnett “Sully” Sullenberger, III - “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot.
Malala Yousafzai - Pakistani girl who stood against the Taliban, even though she was shot for it.
Barack Obama - Scoff now. I think history is going to be very kind to our first black president.
Antoinette Tuff- an office worker at an Atlanta high school who talked a school shooter out of his gun before anybody was seriously hurt.
Angel Cordero and Charles Ramsey - Rescued Ariel Castro’s captives
Elliott Prior-a four-year-old who yelled at a terrorist (who’d just shot his mother) and demanded that his family be allowed to leave the Kenyan mall at which the terrorist attack was taking place-and saved his family’s life.
Andy Peat - human shield.
Bishnu Shrestha - retired Gurkha soldier who fought off a large group of train robbers in 2010
Park Ji-young, Kim Ki-woong, and Jeong Hyun-seon: Crew members on the Sewol who voluntarily stayed on board the ferry to help passengers escape. All three died.
“Danny”–27 year old Asian American who survived a 75 minute carjacking by the Boston Marathon bombers by jumping out of the car and running away, and then lead to police to their whereabouts, leading to the surviving bomber’s capture.
Name a hero (any nationality) from the 21st century.
Chesley Burnett “Sully” Sullenberger, III - “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot.
Malala Yousafzai - Pakistani girl who stood against the Taliban, even though she was shot for it.
Barack Obama - Scoff now. I think history is going to be very kind to our first black president.
Antoinette Tuff- an office worker at an Atlanta high school who talked a school shooter out of his gun before anybody was seriously hurt.
Angel Cordero and Charles Ramsey - Rescued Ariel Castro’s captives
Elliott Prior-a four-year-old who yelled at a terrorist (who’d just shot his mother) and demanded that his family be allowed to leave the Kenyan mall at which the terrorist attack was taking place-and saved his family’s life.
Andy Peat - human shield.
Bishnu Shrestha - retired Gurkha soldier who fought off a large group of train robbers in 2010
Park Ji-young, Kim Ki-woong, and Jeong Hyun-seon: Crew members on the Sewol who voluntarily stayed on board the ferry to help passengers escape. All three died.
“Danny”–27 year old Asian American who survived a 75 minute carjacking by the Boston Marathon bombers by jumping out of the car and running away, and then lead to police to their whereabouts, leading to the surviving bomber’s capture.
Steve Buscemi- actor- a former NYC fireman before he became a full-time actor, he volunteered for 12 hour days in the ongoing rescue and remains finding missions after 9-11, then declined interviews and requested no photographs be made of him as he was not doing it for publicity.
Note: this is not to minimize the contributions of non famous NYC firemen, but he happens to be a well known one.
Name a hero (any nationality) from the 21st century.
Chesley Burnett “Sully” Sullenberger, III - “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot.
Malala Yousafzai - Pakistani girl who stood against the Taliban, even though she was shot for it.
Barack Obama - Scoff now. I think history is going to be very kind to our first black president.
Antoinette Tuff- an office worker at an Atlanta high school who talked a school shooter out of his gun before anybody was seriously hurt.
Angel Cordero and Charles Ramsey - Rescued Ariel Castro’s captives
Elliott Prior-a four-year-old who yelled at a terrorist (who’d just shot his mother) and demanded that his family be allowed to leave the Kenyan mall at which the terrorist attack was taking place-and saved his family’s life.
Andy Peat - human shield.
Bishnu Shrestha - retired Gurkha soldier who fought off a large group of train robbers in 2010
Park Ji-young, Kim Ki-woong, and Jeong Hyun-seon: Crew members on the Sewol who voluntarily stayed on board the ferry to help passengers escape. All three died.
“Danny”–27 year old Asian American who survived a 75 minute carjacking by the Boston Marathon bombers by jumping out of the car and running away, and then lead to police to their whereabouts, leading to the surviving bomber’s capture.
Steve Buscemi- actor- a former NYC fireman before he became a full-time actor, he volunteered for 12 hour days in the ongoing rescue and remains finding missions after 9-11, then declined interviews and requested no photographs be made of him as he was not doing it for publicity.
Ina Koenig, a kindergarten teacher in Germany who saw one of her students fall down a mine shaft on a field trip. She jumped in after him, and held his head above freezing cold water for hours until they could be rescued.
Name a hero (any nationality) from the 21st century.
Chesley Burnett “Sully” Sullenberger, III - “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot.
Malala Yousafzai - Pakistani girl who stood against the Taliban, even though she was shot for it.
Barack Obama - Scoff now. I think history is going to be very kind to our first black president.
Antoinette Tuff- an office worker at an Atlanta high school who talked a school shooter out of his gun before anybody was seriously hurt.
Angel Cordero and Charles Ramsey - Rescued Ariel Castro’s captives
Elliott Prior-a four-year-old who yelled at a terrorist (who’d just shot his mother) and demanded that his family be allowed to leave the Kenyan mall at which the terrorist attack was taking place-and saved his family’s life.
Andy Peat - human shield.
Bishnu Shrestha - retired Gurkha soldier who fought off a large group of train robbers in 2010
Park Ji-young, Kim Ki-woong, and Jeong Hyun-seon: Crew members on the Sewol who voluntarily stayed on board the ferry to help passengers escape. All three died.
“Danny”–27 year old Asian American who survived a 75 minute carjacking by the Boston Marathon bombers by jumping out of the car and running away, and then lead to police to their whereabouts, leading to the surviving bomber’s capture.
Steve Buscemi- actor- a former NYC fireman before he became a full-time actor, he volunteered for 12 hour days in the ongoing rescue and remains finding missions after 9-11, then declined interviews and requested no photographs be made of him as he was not doing it for publicity.
Ina Koenig, a kindergarten teacher in Germany who saw one of her students fall down a mine shaft on a field trip. She jumped in after him, and held his head above freezing cold water for hours until they could be rescued.
Ben Bernanke, a student of the Great Depression, he was in place to guide Federal Reserve policy through the Great Recession. Many disagree with what he did, but the fact that 2012 was not at all analogous to 1932 showed that the man learned something.
New Topic…
Famous horndogs (Famous for something other than their horndoggedness)
Famous horndogs (Famous for something other than their horndoggedness)
Bill Clinton
Wilt Chamberlain
Gene Simmons
Charlie Sheen
Catherine the Great
Even disregarding the fictitious horse story, she famously had tons of affairs, and stacked the Russian government and civil service with lovers and ex-lovers.
Famous horndogs (Famous for something other than their horndoggedness)
Bill Clinton
Wilt Chamberlain
Gene Simmons
Charlie Sheen
Catherine the Great
John F. Kennedy
Tiger Woods
Ted Nugent
Mae West
King George IV
King Edward VII
The story goes that a young Winston Churchill realized his mother was carrying on with the King when she came back from lunch with her stockings (one of which had a small tear) on different legs.
