True Heroes (18 pics)
“Manolis Bikakis, the Greek commando from Crete who defended Cyprus against Turkey’s invasion. He faced against 6 Turkish tanks as he fought alone for 4 days, destroyed them with his M67, which held up an entire Turkish battalion. For this reason, the Greeks like calling him “Greek Rambo.”
“Jessica Cox is the world’s first licensed armless pilot, as well as the first armless black-belt in the American Taekwondo Association. She was born without arms due to a rare birth defect.”
“Ex-IAF Pilot Deepak Sathe Managed to save the life of 190 passengers and gave up his own after crash landing flight IX 1344 in Southern India due to a failed landing gear. Reports say that he made three rounds around the airport to empty the fuel and belly-landed after the third iteration.”
“50-year-old firefighter deadlifts 600 lbs of flaming steel to celebrate his retirement”
“Former Navy SEAL Senior Chief Mike Day, SEAL team 4, was shot 27 times by four Al Qaeda gunmen and hit by grenade shrapnel in 2007. He killed all four of the terrorists and walked himself to the medevac helicopter.”
“Sergeant Jake McNiece of the 101st Airborne (Screaming Eagles) ready to parachute behind enemy lines on D-Day, 1944.”
