Balto My Hero

My hero is a dog named Balto. He is my hero because he was brave, smart, courageous and never lost hope even when things seemed impossible. Some people might be surprised when I say that a dog is my hero, but it is true. And in my mind he was just as or even more of a hero than a person. In 1925 there was a deadly Virus going around that was attacking children. The only place that had the medicine to cure this virus was nearly 1000 miles away from where the virus was. (nome alaska) The airplanes were shut down for the winter and the fastest and easiest way to get to Anchorage (the place with the medicine) was by dog sledding their. So balto and his dog sled team raced to Anchorage as fast as they could, but as soon as they headed out to Anchorage there was a horrible blizzard and the musher (Gunnar Kassan) could barely see in front of him. So Balto with his determination and bravery lead the sled team all the way to Anchorage and back to nome in under 20 hours. He lead the team threw over 600 miles of below freezing temperatures and did it all wagging his tail. …show more content…
"Dedicated to the indomitable spirit of the sled dogs that relayed antitoxin six hundred miles over rough ice, across treacherous waters, through Arctic blizzards from Nenana to the relief of stricken Nome in the winter of 1925." This quote is from Balto's plaque on his memorial in new york central park. I chose Balto to be my hero because he matches perfectly to what my definition of a hero is. My definition of a hero is someone who does great things with the bravery in their heart. Balto is the perfect match to this definition because he did what he wanted to do regardless of what anyone told him.And he showed bravery and courage even when their was no hope. And that's what a hero means to