Who are the real American heroes

What Makes an American Hero?

Hint: It’s not hate rhetoric and being called a martyr

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian honor that the President can bestow. The recipients “are the pinnacle of leadership in their fields,” the White House said in the statement. (Photo: United States Senate)

Charlie Kirk wasn’t the only person killed by gun violence in recent weeks. If he had lived, he wouldn’t be the only one injured.

He wasn’t one of the heroes in the other shootings who helped save people in the line of fire. He is the only one being considered for the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Real heroes, not glorified influencers

Two children were killed in a church service in Minneapolis. More would have died except for the heroes in that church, many of whom are children themselves.

“We had one kid that covered up another kid and took a shotgun blast to his back,” Marty Scheerer, chief of Hennepin Emergency Medical Services, said on Thursday.

Annunciation Catholic School principal Matthew DeBoer also credited older children and staff members with saving lives. “Adults moved students under the pews “within seconds” of the shooting,” he said.

“Adults were protecting children, older children were protecting younger children,” he said. “It could have been significantly worse without their heroic actions.”