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Good to know the concrete jungle still has a few heroes.
Man of the Hour
Clicky
Good to know the concrete jungle still has a few heroes.
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." *Jim Elliot*
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That is one brave, quick-thinking man.
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That's a good man right there.
Originally Posted by Sooh
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I'm surprised that jumping between the rails worked. I figured that was just a Hollywood thing, and in reality some heavy chunk of metal would run low enough to make this unwise.
Good job, though. Free beer for Mr. Autrey!
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Wow, that could have been 2 dead instead of one.
Great thing to do risking ones life for a stranger. Mind you with two kids, they would have been my first priority, nice to be a hero but it doesn't put food on the kids plates if you are dead. Still heroic just with fairly severe consequences if he had not survived.
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Way to rain on the parade!
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Would this qualify for MoH?
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Follow-up news article on the story
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16469039/
O well, seems like 'some' people decide to ruin a perfectly valid threat. Nice going guys... doc bean
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I absolutely salute his bravery, bu at the same time I'm pretty much with Pape on this one.
Put it like this, if my brother did this, with his four kids under 6 to feed, on the one hand I would be proud to have a brother who could act so bravely, on the other I would give him one heck of a bollocking.
Still, no one died, someone was saved, the hero is a modest person with it, all in all an unequivocally good news story I say.
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I concur. That's the funny thing about this 'bravery' and 'hero' stuff: it's unpredictable when and whom it strikes. I bet no one was more surprised than Mr. Autrey himself, at his actions.... Still, no one died, someone was saved, the hero is a modest person with it, all in all an unequivocally good news story I say.
Redleg's follow-up article is a little troubling. All the media attention might tarnish this story a bit. I mean, if he is 'ordinary guy who did an extra-ordinary thing', shouldn't he return to 'ordinary'- go to work and all, versus make multiple TV appearances?
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This hero stuff seems to be contagious. >CLICKY<
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." *Jim Elliot*
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Maybe there's hope that it becomes epidemic and nobody finds a cure
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It seems to have been lost in the hubbub, so I'll ask again - is this eligible for the MoH?
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Sorry I missed it the first time ; the Congressional Medal of Honor is a strictly military award. The "highest" non-military award would be the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Redleg's follow-on article http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16469039/ cites some other authorities awarding medals and prizes to the subway hero.
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I've read somewhere about the MoH having been awarded in the past to civilians for particularly brave and noteworthy acts such as flying solo across the Atlantic (or something similar), so I wondered. I guess the article must have been sloppy about its decorations (I've seen one claiming that Blair is refusing to pick up his, which is obviously wrong).
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Blair gets Cong. Gold Medal , a different decoration explained in this Wiki article
A Congressional Gold Medal (and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, for that matter) plus 5 dollars will get you a beer in most US taverns.
Congressional Medal of Honor has many more benefits attached. Recipients' money is typically no good in any US tavern.
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Seems rather to harsh to disallow MoH holders from buying beer in American pubs. I've also heard that they discriminate against MoH holders in others ways, such as not allowing them to buy tickets for air travel within the US.
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