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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?
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Or someone with courage
and the instinct of virtue?
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Someone who doesn't make
a mistake at the one time
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when a mistake cannot be made.
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Is the hero a superman?
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Or just a normal person?
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Or maybe someone who
blindly takes a risk.
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Or, as John Le Carré says,
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maybe you need a hero's courage
just to be a decent person.
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I want you to write about that.
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Whatever comes into your minds.
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I don't know what a hero is but
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I know I met one once.
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Not long ago... a couple of years,
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I got my first job
at a trailer park.