Thursday, March 20, 2008
What Would You Do?
If you were an American soldier fighting in Iraq, and the enemy threw a grenade that landed right near you and your buddies, what would you do? Using the split-second time available to him, the Navy Seal pictured below, threw his body on the grenade, which caused his death, but saved the lives of his fellow soldiers. Michael A. Monsoor's family will accept the Medal Of Honor on his behalf in a White House ceremony on April 8.
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I have always hoped I would do the same thing. I wish hero were restricted to those like this man who are in fact heroes.
terri,
Yes.
So glad these genes will keep going as he has siblings. I have posted a You Tube memorial video over at geckofeeder.blogspot.com.
He was a surfer too, the kind that gives surfing a good name.
What he did was instinctive, the act of a true warrior. A true hero for sure though I do believe there are man varieties of heros.
Many varieties of heroes - preview being a best friend.:)
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