Joseph Kittinger The fearless
“There’s no way you can visualize the speed,” Kittinger said later. “I could only hear myself breathing in the helmet.”
From This is True for 11 December 2022
hero
Selfless humans who chose to risk their own safety or lives to improve the human condition or save others.
Hiroshi Miyamura American
For the first time ever, the existence of a Congressional Medal of Honor for valor was made Top Secret, for a good reason.
From This is True for 4 December 2022
Johnnie Jones War hero
“Wanting to be dressed appropriately that many years later [shows] he is still thinking like a Soldier.”
From This is True for 1 May 2022
Mel Mermelstein Testifier
Mermelstein sued a Holocaust denier, and won.
From This is True for 6 February 2022
Justus Rosenberg Resistance operative
How did he do it? “I was very lovable in those days,” he laughed.
From This is True for 31 October 2021
Shuping Wang Whistleblower
Wang exposed a terrible problem in China that was widely spreading AIDS and hepatitis.
From This is True for 29 September 2019
Luis Alvarez First responder
Since Alvarez was on duty on 9/11, he had the health care he needed — but many others didn’t, he said, and that’s who he was fighting for.
From This is True for 30 June 2019
Zura Karuhimbi “Witch doctor”
“Her story is a reminder that humanity prevails, even in the most difficult situations.”
From This is True for 23 December 2018
Andrew Fitzgerald Engineman Third Class
Fitzgerald was thrown off the lifeboat in 60-ft seas, but managed to rescue his crew — and then the crew of a doomed ship.
From This is True for 18 November 2018
Arsène Tchakarian Resistance fighter
Tchakarian was given French citizenship in 1958, and awarded the Legion of Honor in 2012.
From This is True for 5 August 2018