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Originally posted by John Falcon
It was the same thing with Cpt. Scott O'Grady in 1995. His F-16 was shot down over Bosnia. He lived off of rain water and by eating bugs. Six days later the Marines rescued him.
The media made him out to be a big hero, cover of magazines and everything.
So why isn't the pilots who dodged the missiles heros? Why weren't the rescuers shaking hands with the President?
In my book you're not a hero for saving your own ass. You're a hero for saving someone else's.
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I find it hard to compare Pvt Lynch to Capt O'Grady. O'Grady was shot down over a hostile area, ejected from a wounded aircraft and evaded capture for 6 days. True, he was rescued by the marines (although any SAR organization could have done the job i.e. air force Pararescue), but I would like to see any person on this board evade capture by an enemy force while surviving off of bugs and leaves after ejecting from an aircraft. Were his rescuers heros? Most definetely. Was he? I would say so. Is Pvt Lynch? She endured more than I would guess any person on this board has...