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| "Can you find a hero in the crowd? Just
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Points2Ponder
By Alan P.
Scaglone
Who says all of our heroes wear
uniforms?
Sometimes…they wear skirts??
My friend at work has a cousin who
lives in New York City.
She works there, takes the subway,
walks Manhattan every day.
For those of us who have visited
several times…on business and for pleasure, you know.
It can be a scary place and definitely
a place where you have to expand your peripheral vision.
Just be aware; just be observant; just
be ready… for anything!
I remember my first time to The City,
my coworker had given meThe Rules: no eye contact, no niceties and NO
SMILING!!
And finally, if anyone came up to you,
you were to be MEAN and LOUD and tell them to BACK OFF!
I was at Rockefeller Center and a nice
girl came up to me and tried to pin a flower on my jacket. I remember thinking
“BACK OFF!”
I must have “thought it” out loud—my
friend saw me and saw the girl take off.
Thirty minutes later, we saw what was
going on—she had a big guy threatening the travelers with Rape accusations IF
they didn’t turn over their money!!
Whew!! Averted that one!
POINTS2PONDER
Why do we assume that all of our
heroes come in uniforms? There might be heroes among us, walking around every
day, just ready to step up to the challenge…when presented! You may not be able
to pick them out, but…they’re there! And, you may be one of them!
So my friend
said her cousin was coming out of the subway, minding her own business, on her
way to work.
All of a
sudden, she hears “HELP! HELP!” coming from ahead of her!
The next
thing that happens-- just happened so quickly!
She sees a
young guy racing down the sidewalk, running FAST, toward her.
She did what
any normal passerby would do, right?
STEP ASIDE!!
I’m not getting involved—I do NOT know why he is running and do NOT want to
become part of this!
Isn’t that
what most people are thinking when they encounter this situation?
Probably….
But NO! She reached out her fist and clocked
the guy! BAM!!!
Took him
down and put him in a choke hold and
THEN PEOPLE AROUND RESPONDED!
Guess those
KickBoxing/Karate Lessons DO HELP!
Several guys
helped HER keep him apprehended while Police were dispatched arrest the guy.
What was he
running from? Who was yelling HELP and why?
Well… here
we go!
The “guy” on the ground -- was
running from a robbery he had just committed.
The people calling HELP-- was the
woman standing next to her husband WHOSE LEG HAD JUST BEEN SLICED by a knife so
the robber could steal his wallet out of his pocket!
The guy
literally ran from behind, sliced the man’s leg, pulled out the wallet, while
the leg is bleeding profusely, and started running!
AND Thought
he had gotten way UNTIL he meets WONDER WOMAN!!!
Oh yeah!
Wonder Woman just instinctively responded to the cry for HELP!
And…after
police arrived… she got on the subway, on her way to work…
Adrenaline
subsided, she started shaking from fear and said, “What did I just do?? What
was I thinking?? Why didn’t I just let
him run past me??”
She didn’t because…she was a Hero In Waiting!!
That’s
right!! In Waiting!
She had been taught
that we get involved when needed, we respond to
help when heard and we do the right thing even IF it’s dangerous or
inconvenient!
Like most of
us—that’s how we were raised!
She was just
trained—never knowing WHEN she would spring into action!!
Until SHE
DID!
Isn’t that
just the coolest true story of unsung
hero and unexpected heroism???
Madeline in NYC—We
Salute your Courage, your Valor, your Heroism!
You are our Hero without a Uniform!
SALUTE!!
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