From Hidden Brain Media, I'm Shankar Vedantam.

This is My Unsung Hero, stories where one person reached out to help another in a time of need.

My Unsung Hero is a boy named Spencer.

Every Sunday, Julie would drop off soup at our house.

I look forward to it every one. I would say thank you for giving me one of the best gifts of my life.

Today's story comes from Glena Osborne.

In 2022, Glena's father, Ronald, passed away.

To prepare for his memorial service, the family went through his belongings.

In the process, they came across a note that Ronald had written about his dear friend, Eddie.

The two men were both firefighters and had battled blazes together for many years.

Here's Glenna reading the note.

For a firefighter and special friend Eddie who saved my life. And then there was a Bible

verse underneath it, John 1513. Greater love has no one than to lay down one's life for one's

friend. My father told us that Eddie had saved his life in the past, but we didn't know all of

the story.

And in reaching out to Eddie, we found out much more about the story.

Eddie said that he and my father were probably 19. My father was 19 and he was 21 at the time, so they were very young.

And the firefighters had been called to a house fire. And when they arrived, they saw a two-story home engulfed in flames.

And Eddie and my father ended up on the roof fighting this fire.

And my father went to take a step and he started to fall through the roof.

And Eddie quickly reached in, grabbed the car, started to fall through the roof.

And Eddie quickly reached in, grabbed the collar of his firefighter coat, and somehow pulled

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