I'm not one to bandy about the term "hero" lightly. I feel it should be reserved for a very special people including soldiers, firemen, EMTs police, FEMA, and other emergency workers. My cadet class colleagues from Boston EMS who ran into the chaos at the marathon bombing instead of running away are heroes but they have years of training and experience. They understand the calculus of emergency medicine and use training and equipment to balance the odds in their favor. They accept the risks every day when they don the BostonEMS uniform. My friend John Rizzo was not trained in EMS or in fire but he did extraordinary work and saved his family and neighbors when their homes were engulfed in the six alarm fire in East Boston. He helped others to the detriment of his own family and lost all his worldly possessions including the video equipment he uses for work. It's an amazing story and you can read about it in the Boston Herald through the following link. Please repost, retweet & pin the following link so we can help John and his family in this, his time of need. If you can help financially, all the better.
http://www.gofundme.com/cdiodg
A heartfelt thank you to all the people who have already helped through the site. - Josh Weisbuch
