Using John F's definition below: "Heroes are people who knowingly and intentionally put themselves in danger in order to help others." I would like to put out this thought about heroes. I'm sure we all remember the big snow storm that hit the area about two years ago? Anyway, my wife and I walked to Albertson's to keep one more car off the road (Actually we would have walked regardless of the weather.) and we noticed there was virtually no traffic. When we walked in Albertson's we saw the store was understaffed and every employee was hustling to keep things going.  I found the manager and told him he and his employee's were true heroes. They risked the danger to themselves and their cars, not only for their jobs and families but for those in the community who needed the goods and services Albertson's provided. It would have been easy for those folks to just stay home and the store close. It reminded me of the men and women I served overseas with, Americans performing their duty.