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I don't need to be told that
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by some esoteric book reader.
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I may not know how to write
but I know how to read.
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And worst of all,
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you're right.
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How can you keep all that
pent-up rage just for yourself?
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Let it go,
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get it all out,
express yourself.
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I'll stay anyway because you need
somebody to take it all out on.
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It was 9 o'clock on a night
like any other in Madrid.
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Two young men
whose motorbike had broken down
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were returning home when they saw
an apartment building in flames
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on downtown Carranza Street.
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People milled around,
listening to the cries
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as those trapped inside anxiously
awaited the arrival of firefighters.
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One of the young men,
Alvaro Iglesias,
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ran through the flame-engulfed
doorway hoping to help those inside.
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First he brought out one resident,
then another, then another.
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He knew people were still inside
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and went back in
despite the flames
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and smoke that had turned
the stairs into a raging inferno.
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He did not come out of the building
alive. He was burned to death.
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Some days later the authorities
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awarded him the
Medal of Civil Merit but nothing
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can truly reward his bravery.
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I'm not crying.
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Heroes are only rewarded
by the memory of others,
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of those who admire their courage,
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their instinct
to act at decisive times.
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What is a hero to you?
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Someone who never makes mistakes?