An admiring and respectful doff o’ the cap to Syb Munday of Tasmania, Australia, for his courage in the face of mortal peril. This is Hannah Mighall’s surfboard after a great white shark decided it was feeling hungry. The 16ft predator powered out of the depths to grab 13-year-old Hannah as she surfed off Bingalong… Continue reading Gutsy!
Tag: Heroism
In Memoriam: LCdr Roy H. Boehm, “First Seal”
On Tuesday, December 30th, 2008, retired Lieutenant-Commander Roy H. Boehm died at his retirement home in Punta Gorda, Florida. He was 84 years old. Boehm enlisted in the US Navy at the age of 17, a few months prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Having already received training as a diver,… Continue reading In Memoriam: LCdr Roy H. Boehm, “First Seal”
In Memoriam: Lt.-Gen. Victor H. “Brute” Krulak USMC
A great Marine died on December 29th, 2008. Lieutenant-General Victor H. “Brute” Krulak saw service in World War II (winning the Navy Cross among numerous other decorations), the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. As one obituary states: Born in Denver on Jan. 7, 1913, Krulak was a 1934 graduate of the Naval Academy —… Continue reading In Memoriam: Lt.-Gen. Victor H. “Brute” Krulak USMC
In Memoriam: Helen Suzman, DBE, MP
One of the great figures in twentieth-century South African history died today. Helen Suzman stood alone as the sole representative of Liberalism (in its classic sense, not the modern fakes masquerading under that banner) in the South African parliament during the 1960’s and early 1970’s. As such, she displayed enormous courage, fighting the apartheid policies… Continue reading In Memoriam: Helen Suzman, DBE, MP
If you’re feeling sorry for yourself – think of Hannah
I’m humbled to read of the courage and steadfastness of a 13-year-old girl facing death in England. Hannah has a hole in her heart, a side-effect of treatment for leukaemia. But with the loving support of her parents, Andrew and Kirsty, she has made the momentous decision that she wants to spend the rest of… Continue reading If you’re feeling sorry for yourself – think of Hannah
Salute to a hero
From the Northwest Guardian, official newspaper of Fort Lewis, Washington: The deep boom of an explosion shook the ground and awoke Staff Sgt. Christopher Waiters from sleep on April 5, 2007. The 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Soldier had bedded down seconds before at the end of a nine-hour guard-duty shift in Old Baqubah. A… Continue reading Salute to a hero