01-18-2008, 05:43 AM
I'm more partial for real-life heroes myself. Flaws and all.
Dallaire comes to mind here.
He was a UN commander in charge of a contingent that was in the thick of the Rwanda Genocide of 1994. Drastically outnumbered and outgunned, his contingent still managed to succesfully protect roughly 20,000 Tutsi from being massacred by Hutu rebels.
Dallaire felt that he was at fault for not being able to do more. This eventually led to severe bouts with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression; He almost killed himself with medication and alcohol overdose in 2004.
He's since recovered, ans had become a speaker on the matter of human rights and genocide.
You gotta respect a man who's seen the depths of his own despair, and found the strength to crawl back up.
Dallaire comes to mind here.
He was a UN commander in charge of a contingent that was in the thick of the Rwanda Genocide of 1994. Drastically outnumbered and outgunned, his contingent still managed to succesfully protect roughly 20,000 Tutsi from being massacred by Hutu rebels.
Dallaire felt that he was at fault for not being able to do more. This eventually led to severe bouts with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression; He almost killed himself with medication and alcohol overdose in 2004.
He's since recovered, ans had become a speaker on the matter of human rights and genocide.
You gotta respect a man who's seen the depths of his own despair, and found the strength to crawl back up.
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