Heroes are people who aren’t recognized by society that do something extraordinary. Sometimes they even risk their own lives to save others. A hero is a person who is brave who is idealized for courage. A hero has outstanding achievements. Three individuals who epitomize what it means to be a hero are that are heroes to me are Moira Smith, Jack Beaton, and Taylor Winston.
Moira Smith was an officer who worked in New York. Moira was the first person to report that one of the Twin Towers was hit on the morning of September 11, 2001. After she made the report she ran inside the tower to evacuate people. She saved many lives and thanks to her help was able to get there faster. She was last seen going into the south tower right before the tower collapsed. What was left of her was given to her family on March 2002. This was remembered by a survivor named martin Glynn he said: “The mass of people exiting the building felt the calm assurance that they were being directed by someone in authority who was in control of the situation. Her actions even seemed ordinary, even commonplace. She insulated the evacuees from …show more content…
Jack and Laurie had two kids Delaney and Jake. Jack and his wife Laurie wanted to celebrate their 23 wedding anniversary at a concert in Las Vegas, when they arrived at the concert his wife posted on her Facebook a picture of her and her husband and said "Here's to 23 wonderful years and looking forward to 23 more.". Not even an hour later Laurie felt a bullet go by her shoulder. He didn’t even think about it twice and "Jack got on top of Laurie to protect her. He laid on top of her and said, 'Laurie, I love you.' She said, 'I love you, too,' and boom — he got hit. I don't know how many times," said Laurie’s father cook. Rescue worker took Laurie and other people as fast they could to a safe place. When she went back to go find her husband body he wasn’t their anymore. He died saving his wife’s
Moira Smith was an officer who worked in New York. Moira was the first person to report that one of the Twin Towers was hit on the morning of September 11, 2001. After she made the report she ran inside the tower to evacuate people. She saved many lives and thanks to her help was able to get there faster. She was last seen going into the south tower right before the tower collapsed. What was left of her was given to her family on March 2002. This was remembered by a survivor named martin Glynn he said: “The mass of people exiting the building felt the calm assurance that they were being directed by someone in authority who was in control of the situation. Her actions even seemed ordinary, even commonplace. She insulated the evacuees from …show more content…
Jack and Laurie had two kids Delaney and Jake. Jack and his wife Laurie wanted to celebrate their 23 wedding anniversary at a concert in Las Vegas, when they arrived at the concert his wife posted on her Facebook a picture of her and her husband and said "Here's to 23 wonderful years and looking forward to 23 more.". Not even an hour later Laurie felt a bullet go by her shoulder. He didn’t even think about it twice and "Jack got on top of Laurie to protect her. He laid on top of her and said, 'Laurie, I love you.' She said, 'I love you, too,' and boom — he got hit. I don't know how many times," said Laurie’s father cook. Rescue worker took Laurie and other people as fast they could to a safe place. When she went back to go find her husband body he wasn’t their anymore. He died saving his wife’s