What is a Hero?

How does someone become labeled as a "hero?" Is it merely based on a single event in which the spotlight of media brings out only the good in some ones actions? Or does some one have to live a life of glory and wonders with no shame what so ever. I've looked up to fire fighters in my life because they spend their whole lives saving others. And I look up to those passengers on …

…gt;It's not uncommon for children to look to their fathers for a heroic figure. I have for a long time as a long-term hero. It's also not uncommon for people in general to go through stages of short-term heroes such as sports players. The important thing is to be able to distinguish the difference between the two and understand that short-term heroes are only short-term and they will change many times in a lifetime.