by jack | Apr 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
7:30 AM, June 6, 1944–Juno Beach, Normandy, France Lieutenant James Doohan and his men are part of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division tasked with establishing a beachhead. In broad daylight, under constant fire from enemy machine guns, Doohan leads his men...
by jack | Sep 15, 2021 | 911, Citizen Heroes, Uncategorized
27-year-old Jason Thomas was dropping off his daughter to his mother in Long Island when he heard that planes had hit the twin towers. “Someone needed help. It didn’t matter who. I didn’t even have a plan. But I have all this training as a Marine, and all I could...
by jack | Sep 11, 2021 | 911, Military, Uncategorized
Army Major Lincoln Leibner was probably the first person to rush in and help the victims of the 911 attack on the Pentagon. Major Leibner was not scheduled to come in to work at his office in the Pentagon until later that day, but when he saw the second plane hit the...
by jack | Sep 3, 2021 | 911, Citizen Heroes, Uncategorized
At 9:03 on September 11, 2001, nearly 200 people were on the 78th floor sky lobby in the South Tower of the World Trade Center waiting for elevators to take them down to safety when the second plane hit, engulfing them in debris, smoke and flames. Only 18 would...
by jack | Apr 15, 2021 | Citizen Heroes, Uncategorized, Young Hero
On a rainy morning ten years ago, nine year old Anaiah Rucker and her five year old sister dashed out the front door of their home in Madison, Georgia and hurried across the street in pouring rain to catch their school bus. They had their hoodies up so did not see an...
by jack | Apr 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
“When there really is a danger that must be faced in order to survive, as for example during the Blitz in London, there is a strong incentive for action, dedication, and surpassing oneself,” Anne Dufourmantelle told an interviewer in 2015. Dr....
