Are heroes born or made? Role models and training can prepare ordinary people to take heroic action

Three young Americans – Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos and Spencer Stone – successfully tackled a gunman on a train in France, saving passengers. The journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna reported on ...
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People Taking Action: Kids from area schools take the plunge for Special Olympics

It's called the Cool School Challenge. A day before the grown-ups go in, kids from local schools take the icy plunge at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. These are kids that have been busy raising money ...
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People Taking Action: Neighbors help save Virginia Beach boy who fell through thin ice

Virginia Beach, Va. - Neighbors saved an 11-year-old boy who fell through a frozen pond in Virginia Beach off Indian River Rd earlier this week. So Newschannel 3 decided to surprise those rescuers, ...
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Are heroes born or made? Role models and training can prepare ordinary people to take heroic action

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Catherine A. Sanderson, Amherst College (THE CONVERSATION) Three young Americans – ...