Positivity: A Hero at Least Three Times Over
The Ft. Myers, Florida News-Record covered a number of heroic acts that have taken place in that area over the years on September 18. One person who stands out in that story is Hector Mendoza:
No ordinary hero
Originally posted on September 18, 2006Hector Mendoza doesn’t consider himself a hero.
But, the Cape Coral resident has run into a burning building to rescue someone inside. He has helped to free a woman trapped in her car. And on Labor Day, he was one of four men who saved an elderly couple from drowning after their car crashed into a pond.
“I don’t feel like I am a big hero,” said Mendoza, 56. “God just put me in the right place at the right time. It is no big deal.”
Like Mendoza, ordinary people perform heroic acts each day. They make split-second decisions when faced with emergency situations to try to help another person.
….. “I believe my higher power puts me in places where I am needed,” Mendoza said. “It wasn’t a choice. It was God’s will for me to be there and do what he asked.”
