To a New Yorker like you, a hero is some type of weird sandwich, not some nut who takes on three Tigers. — Kelly’s Heroes

The word hero gets thrown around a lot lately, and sometimes it’s even used correctly.  Someone can be a hero for the things they do in the military, or as a police officer or firefighter.  A hero can be a teacher that never gives up on the kids that everyone else has written off.  It can be the doctor who uses her education and skills to take care of patients in a charity hospital when it would be easy to work office hours in a practice.

To me, a hero is someone who willingly sacrifices for the betterment of others.  It’s something that should be common in our society, but until it is, whose who do it without being asked or even thinking about it need to be recognized.