Saturday, March 06, 2004

Voluntarily and Individually

Spc. David McCorkle has been serving in Iraq, and I thank him for his service.  But, the more laudatory aspect of McCorkle’s service in Iraq can be gleaned from the following statement.

"McCorkle went to speak to Yahya’s mother. She cried after he said he would support their family if Yahya returned to school."

Qualifies as an altruistic act, does it not?  It does.  What makes this act noteworthy though is that Spc. David McCorkle was not coerced to assist the young boy in this story, he voluntarily decided something should be done, and he acted on the need as an individual.

The complete story is here.

Thanks to McQ at Questions and Observations who linked to this story with a post titled “Heros come in all shapes and sizes."

Posted by John Venlet on 03/06 at 04:54 AM
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