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Firsty let me say I cannot claim responsibility for this article...It is as I recall a segment on Ted Bulls Country afternoon radio program on ABC. It was accompanied by the song "We can be heros"
His guest started by asking the question....What is a hero? and let us consider these names.....Willy Apiata, David Robinson and Levi Perry....
WHO???? You might ask
Well his guest then said the names Ben Cousins, Adam Gilchrist and Shane Warne...
You would all recognise these names...and in most peoples eyes...
(Ed - I personally would have thought they were the multiple choice answers to a Quiz night question "Who has not been done for drugs in sport?" - but I digress)
He then went on to tell the story of LEVI PERRY....a Perth Rugby player who while over in Melbourne last week for the Rugby Test saw a lady backpacker being attacked and without hesitation intervened and saw the attacker off.....
this action was taken only 1 week after another good Samaritan DAVID ROBINSON intervened in an attack on a woman not 2 blocks away and lost his life when shot by the attacker......
and WILLY APIATA is a NZ SAS soldier who was this week was awarded the highest honour for Valour - The Victoria Cross for his actions in Afghanistan in 2004, when one of his fellow soldiers was wounded and bleeding profusly.. until Willy picked him up and ran 50 meters under heavy enemy fire to take his mate to safety...
As he said.....These are the guys who are HEROs.
I salute you all.....