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acts of heroism
i've a habit of reading about disasters and stuff like that when i'm bored/hungover. one of the upsides of that is reading about the heroics that are often involved. stuff like this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierlucio_Tinazzi
or this guy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welles_Crowther
give me more examples