Today's Hero Blog

The first person who ever showed any real interest in me and who took the time to get involved in my life was my homeroom teacher in my first year of high school, Mrs. Samantha Royce. She changed my life.
I grew up in a rundown fifth floor apartment in Philadelphia, the daughter of Polish immigrants [...]

It was just a cat to anybody else, but to my elderly mother it was her best friend in the world and her constant companion. So when a worker from the utility company left the kitchen door open and Mom’s cat got out, she was frantic. The worker, who was there to check her gas [...]

I first met Judy Burris when she came to the aid of a woman who had been assaulted and robbed while working at a convenience store. Judy was a customer who came in seconds after the robbers fled the scene, and called 911 to report the crime.
I was the first police officer on the scene, [...]

Every little girl thinks her Daddy is a hero, but in my case it’s true. My father, Dennis Elwood, is not only my hero, but a hero to many people who would not be alive if it were not for him.
Daddy was a medic in Vietnam and was given medals for his heroism there, including [...]

Reverend Carl Bryson does not look like your typical hero. He’s a short, scrawny, balding little man on the outside, but inside he’s ten feet tall and bulletproof. And apparently he doesn’t own a mirror, because he thinks he’s ten feet tall and bulletproof!
Reverend Bryson operates a storefront church and street ministry serving the homeless [...]

I worked on the same assembly line with Don Duncan for over twenty five years and never knew just what a truly great person he is until after we both retired. He was just one more guy at Ford putting in his time.
When I retired, the first order of business was to get out of [...]