For Every Publicized Hero, There Must Be Thousands We Never Hear Of

We can tell everyone our exact location when 9/11 happened.  We can list the people who helped with the injured and those who were killed:  firemen, policemen, Red Cross workers-some of whom we knew personally like Wally Jewell.

But with all the anniversaries of this tragedy, I never knew about a large group of people who came immediately to answer the call for help.

Put in perspective, the evacuation of Dunkirk during the Second World War took 9 days and saved 339,000 British and French soldiers. But these people, never acknowledge in any press release that I've seen, rescued over 500,000 people  in fewer than 9 hours that day. It was the largest boat lift in history.

 And what kind of heroes were they?  Ordinary people doing extraordinary things. As Romain Roland said in this video, "A hero is a man who does what he can." And another of the boatmen said, "Everyone has a little hero in him.  It'll come out if needed."

Watch this video narrated by Tom Hanks to see what I mean: " The Untold Story of 9/11."

https://www.youtube.com/embed/MDOrzF7B2Kg?rel=0

(Our thanks to Penny W for sending this to us.)