True Heroes

Don't call football players heroes. Don't call cricketers heroes. Don't call rugby players heroes. That tennis player is not a hero for coming from two sets down to win the match.

They are highly paid sports stars. They played well. They may have excelled at their sport. They may have taken that final wicket, scored that late goal, made that last-second try, that won the match. They may have made you jump for joy. Cheer. Celebrate a hard-won victory.

But they are not heroes.

Nineteen firefighters died in Arizona this weekend.

They are heroes.

They and the men and women, some paid regulars, some volunteers, who battle in countries throughout the world, to save the lives and property of others. The ones who put their lives in danger for the rest of us. The firefighters, police officers, paramedics... they are the true heroes

Our thoughts are with the families of those who died.

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