Heroes are born instantly. Some get due recognition and others fade in to obscurity.

Heroes are born instantly. Some get due recognition and others fade in to obscurity.

When the Captain of the airliner ditched his aircraft safely in the Hudson River, few weeks back, he was transformed instantaneously in to a hero.

Indeed, it was a heroic act and he deserves all the credit he gets from media and others.

Unfortunately, when the coach driver of the Sri Lankan Cricket team drove his coach to safety amidst gun fire in Lahore recently, he did not even get mentioned in the media.

My understanding is that aircraft pilots are taught and trained to glide aircraft without engine power and ditch in water.

It is part of their training.

But I do not think that anywhere in the world, coach drivers are being trained to drive with deflated tires and that too amidst gun fire.

If one puts those two incidents juxtapose, one has performed an act that he was taught and trained to perform successfully and became a hero. The other too has successfully performed an act the he has never been taught or trained to perform but faded in to obscurity.

Sorry Sir! I do not even know your name, thanks to Media’s selective and preferential reporting practice but please accept my humble salutation for your heroic act that saved many lives.