Dan Shaugnessy has got this one right: There are few real heroes in the Sports section. The incident he writes about is covered in a Globe story from yesterday that sounds much like a Mike Barnicle column from about 20 years ago that I was so moved by I clipped it out and used it in the classroom for years. One difference: In yesterday's fire in Roxbury the three children were rescued, but two boys and their sister -- all under the age of 7 -- died in the other conflagration despite valient attempts to save them.
I ran into Mike Barnicle about three years ago. We chatted briefly and then I asked him about that particular column. He remembered the incident and even the name of the firefighter that he focused on, which was cool.
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valiant, Jim. valiant.
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