The bombings in Paris, Beirut and Baghdad have upset a lot of people and probably brought some of you to this website to restore some of your faith in humanity. Amongst all tragedy however, there is a story of a hero that needs to be told. Adel Termos deserves recognition, for his bravery saved many, many lives.
Mic.com; As the world continues to mourn the deaths of more than 120 people in Paris at the hands of alleged Islamic State militants, a hero has emerged whose actions likely saved the lives of countless people — and he’s nearly 2,000 miles away from Paris.
Adel Termos was walking in an open-air market with his daughter in southern Beirut’s Bourj al-Barajneh district Thursday when he heard a blast. A bomb had detonated. Glass and debris went flying. There was mayhem. When Termos noticed a second suicide bomber preparing to attack, he made a split-second decision to tackle the assailant.
The bomb went off, killing Termos. But his sacrifice likely saved dozens, if not hundreds, of lives.
“He tackled him to the ground, causing the second suicide bomber to detonate,” Elie Fares, a Beirut-based physician, told PRI. “There are many, many families, hundreds of families probably, who owe their completeness to his sacrifice.”
There is a quote by Fred Rogers that seems
appropriate
to me; “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”