FinanceDude
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Not familiar with the details - did he put himself in further risk to protect others, or did he do what he needed to save himself?
It was in 1989. In mid-flight, the jet lost ALL hydraulic power, no hydraulics, nothing. No one knows how he landed the plane, because although it is built into flight simulation programs, there is a 100% failure rate of pilots trying to land a plane in that condition........
I think about 150 people lost their lives, because the plane split upon landing..........however, 100 more survived.
I guess I don't get your definition of a "hero"...why do you have to die to be a hero? A firefighter saving a child from a burning building is a hero like the "let's roll" folks were heroes.........
"Self-sacrifice" is not necessary to be a hero in my book. Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier ever, was a hero, but he didn't die in war...........