SBH reminder: On 9/11, I was living in Arlington, VA and working on Pennsylvania Ave. in D.C., across the street from the FBI and the DOJ.
In the aftermath of 9/11, lots of thoughtful people wrote about how the disaster and the behavior of many responders in NYC and Arlington really encapsulated the true definition of "hero," and not the MSM's promiscuous overuse of that term whenever it was handy to hype a particular story.
(To cite but one egregious example, Tom Cruise's behavior being termed "heroic" by some in the "press" a few years ago, for his actions near a rope line of admirers, when some pushing and shoving got out of hand and someone was knocked over.)
My question: am I the only one who cringed when the cablenet talking-heads forgot that valuable lesson this morning, and start calling the chaperon on the school bus in Minneapolis who opened the emergency door, a "hero?"
Wasn't that one of the principal reasons for their being a chaperon on the bus in the first place?
To have a responsible adult on board so that the bus driver alone wasn't responsible for keeping 60-something ten and eleven-year old kids in line and under control, esp. in the event of an emergency?
Just wondering
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