Fierce Resources: The Story of an Unsung 9/11 Hero

At Fierce, we focus on the qualities that strong leaders possess. This week, we strive to honor those who lost their lives in the terrorist attack on 9.11.01. The Fierce Resource highlights everyday leaders who sacrificed their lives so others could live.

The Story of an Unsung 9/11 Hero, first published Wednesday on The Daily Beast website, speaks to the courage and leadership one man, Benjamin Clark, a former marine and Chef who worked in the World Trade Center, showed on that day twelve years ago.  While we should always take time to say thank you to the first responders, many civilians also showed courageous leadership that saved many lives.

“What we rightly admire in Marines and firefighters and cops and others who race into harm’s way is also just an emergency away from arising in people who otherwise give only hints if it. The reflex to hold a door for the next person coming out of a store or offer an elderly person a seat on the subway can in other circumstances propel you to jump in the way of gunfire. And it is not only right to honor a courageous chef and the other civilians who showed such bravery on 9/11 along with the firefighters and cops. It is important, for these other heroes are people we can and should emulate. Their example shows us what we all can and should be, whatever else we are in life.”

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