Time to look away from elections for a few minutes and take a look at some real-life heroes that our friend Keith is shining a light on today. Thank you, Keith, for such an inspiring post, for showing us the courage of those who have truly earned the title ‘hero’.
My wife and I watched the movie “Harriet” on Friday about the American hero Harriet Tubman. She helped over 300 slaves find their way to freedom. Her courage, tenacity, faith and smarts are highly commendable. The movie is excellent and quite moving.
It got me thiking about a few other heroes. Let me mention three more historical heroes who need more notoriety, before I close with two current ones who deserve the shout out.
I have written before about Alan Turing, the father of modern day computing. He led a team that cracked the Nazi Enigma code used in secret transmissions. Allied Commander General Dwight Eisenhower said Turing and his team helped shorten the war by two years and save 750,000 lives. Sadly, Turing had to hide the fact he was gay and was later imprisoned after his sexual preferences were discovered. What if they had discovered he was gay…
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If I may, I would like to add the name of Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian TV news anchor who stood up to Vladimir Putin earlier this year. I have no idea whay happened to her, but the courage it took to blast Putin on Russian state TV is more than I could ever hope to show for anything.
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Absolutely!!! Last I heard, about 3 weeks ago, she had fled the country after escaping house arrest, but I don’t know any details beyond that. She is indeed a woman of courage!
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I hope she made it out, and to somewhere she is safe. She deserves a good life!
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I hope so, too. We may never know, or at least not as long as there is a price on her head by Putin.
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Thanks for sharing, Jill! Yes, we really need something upbeating far away from actual politics. xx Michael
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Indeed we do, Michael! I think you’ll really enjoy this morning’s “Saturday Surprise”!!! xx
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Jill, thanks for the reblog. Much appreciated. Keith
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Always my pleasure, Keith! This one was the perfect post for right now! And, ironically, the guy who did the voice of Batman, a comic hero, died yesterday.
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