Doing something one-off is not heroic. I think the heroes are people like Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Ron Barber, Dave Zimmerman, and Pam Simon. They are people who have dedicated their lives to public service so for them it wasn’t just a one time thing, it’s spending their entire lives trying to help others.

Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:19am.

Doing something one-off is not heroic. I think the heroes are people like Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Ron Barber, Dave Zimmerman, and Pam Simon. They are people who have dedicated their lives to public service so for them it wasn’t just a one time thing, it’s spending their entire lives trying to help others.

—Daniel Hernandez, the 20-year-old intern who tended to Gabrielle Giffords after she was shot, probably saving her life.