Ellen had this family on the show, along with the twelve people who helped save them. Deeming them heros, she rewarded them by giving them all the presents from her previous "Twelve Day Give Away" special, valued at over $30,000. What really interested me though was the conversation that took place prior to give away.
The driver on the car mentioned that something he took away form this experience was that we are "surrounded by heros-in-waiting." This made me think about the conversation we had in class earlier in the year regarding heros. What motivates people act heroically? Does seeing acts such as these being generously rewarded on television perhaps increase peoples' willingness to act heroically? Are we all "heros-in-waiting" (some more so than others)?
[The full video from Ellen's show can be watched here]
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