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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Perd Hapley on October 04, 2009, 05:52:44 PM
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An 18-year-old construction worker braved rampaging floods in the Philippines to save more than 30 people, but ended up sacrificing his life in a last trip to rescue a baby girl and her mother who were being swept away on a styrofoam box.
http://www.theage.com.au/world/philippine-man-loses-own-life-after-saving-dozens-from-floods-20090928-g8o4.html
I just thought you all might like to see this.
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John 15:13 (New King James Version)
13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
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"And whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world."
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This reminds me of an event that occurred about 10 years ago, as I recall.
A plane overshot a runway, or otherwise went down in the water, outside an airport in a major eastern city; Boston, maybe.
The passengers survived the landing, but still had to get out of the plane in freezing water because the plane was sinking. I think they were getting into life rafts. An older male passenger, treading water, helped many of the the passengers get out of the plane in swirling river waters. He saved many lives, but after the authorities finally arrived to help, he was nowhere to be found.
This is the man I think of when I hear the word "hero".
I hope when I finally bite the big one, I can go out in a manner equal to this man's courage and sacrifice.
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"And whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world."
What's that from? The Torah?
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What's that from? The Torah?
The Talmud.
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One of those "T" books... ;)