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7/22/12

True heroes

 The word 'hero' is  so overused in the media that it leaves us no adequate word  for those  who commit truly brave, decent acts, such as the three young men in Aurora who died using their bodies to shield their girlfriends and died doing so. Jon Blunk, Matt McQuinn and Alex Teves redeemed human nature at the very moment  we might  be  most tempted to despair of it.  True heroes.