A hero is like a single stream of light invading dark room. They give light to the blinds. A hero shows the way that the people are to go, taking them a step further from the endless cycles of samsara. Regardless of the years that pass through, some heroes would always be remembered because all people can be heroes.
On 2005, October 17th, a woman fell through the cracks of the subway in Seoul. The subway was literally on her, and it was obvious that she would die if nothing was done. The 911call was made, and the people were told that the officials will arrive in 20 minutes. That woman, however, did not have 20 minutes to live, if that situation was to go on. It was clear that she needed help right away. It was a desperate situation, and there seemed to be no answer but to watch her die. Then someone, among the crowd, shouted, "Let's push the subway".
As crazy as that idea sounded, the woman was on the verge of fainting from too much pain, and people felt the need to do something. One by one, the passengers of the subway got out and started to push the subway to the side. The subway budged. Now more hopeful, people chanted, "One, two, one two", as they pushed the subway in a rhythm. More than a hundred people joined in. What happened next was amazing. The subway leaned sideway, and the woman, although injured, was able to come out alive. The hero in this story, were all the people that joined in to help save that lady. Now, the important part is that they were ordinary citizens, lawyers, students, office workers, and housewives who joined in and became a hero. It is because of this reason, that all people can be heroes, that heroes will be remembered forever.
The reason that some heroes will always be remembered is because of the fact that they are not always special. The most rememberable hero I know of, those people in the subway station, is not Kim Yeona nor Mr. Ban-Ki Moon. They are not Lee Soon Shin. They weren't born with special talents, they didn't make their names on the history books. Most of them were just 'people'. However, that desperate situation turned each one of them into a hero. They would never forget in their lives that day, the day they were a hero. Their tales, the stories that they would tell their grandsons and daughters will then live on through their memories. Those stories would feel more real than the legends of Odysseus. It would be more touching than Mother Teresa because it was their parents, their sons and daughters that were those heroes. Those people, those heroes, would pass through the generations in the forms of their tales and live in the memories of their audiences.
Most Korean traditional stories were never written on paper for thousands of years. They were all passed through generations in the form of stories, and see how long they have persisted, regardless of all the changes that the world went through. The stories of the heroes will live through the generations because some heroes were not special. It would be passed on and on.
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