This Is What A Hero Looks Like

A veteran awarded two Purple Hearts was struck and killed while pushing his wife away from an oncoming car. 80-year-old Rubin Baum, who served as a medic in the Korean War, was standing with his wife, 62-year-old Denise Baum, trying to hail a cab in New York City.

The New York Daily News spoke with the newly widowed Baum about her late husband. According to Denise Baum, a sedan crashed into a minivan, causing the sedan to lose control and go into a spin. It hit the couple. Denise was thrown into a parked car. Her husband was pinned under the sedan.

Two Purple Hearts says a lot about a person and their commitment to doing the right thing while facing mortal risk.  This man knew what he was doing, and in the process he saved the life of someone he loved very much.

Reading this right after the University of Maryland article where students are flipping out about how their sandwiches are wrapped put it into even sharper focus.  In this screaming background noise we have in the world, these are the stories that should get our attention.  Do good, be good, make good.