Than a man who will lay down his life for his friends.

He could have jumped out of the humvee, that would have been easy, but what did he choose to do? He chose to place himself between the grenede and his friends, so that they could live. Stop. Think. Just imagine you are in this position. There is a grenade, it is going to detonate, it is a) going to kill you and all your friends or b) it is going to kill you but your friends will be saved. He was 19, a 19 year old kid who should be going to movies, sneaking beers, driving dads car when he shouldn't be. He looked at that grenade and made a decision, it is me or my friends. He chose his friends. The sheer magnitude of his sacrifice should never be forgotten, how a 19 year old soldier chose that option is to be honest, beyond belief. It is what they do. Anyone who has never been in the service will probably never understand this sacrifice, but everyone who has been will. There is no greater love, and there should be no greater honor bestowed upon a boy who in a moment, became a man and in a moment, became a hero. May the name of Ross McGinnis forever go down in the record books as a hero of all heros and may we all, from now on, strive to be as honorable as he was in death. I am crying as I type this, I am not ashamed.

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