TEN STORIES OF FORGOTTEN HEROES (PT 1)

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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A 1001 Heroes Special- TEN STORIES OF FORGOTTEN HEROES (PT 1) - shares the following stories: 1), Grace Darling, the 22 year-old lighthouse keeper's daughter who rescued nine victims of a wreck at great risk to her own life; 2), The wreck of the HMS Birkenhood, the event which began the "women and children first" protocol; 3), The cabbies of Paris help save the city from German invasion;, 4) Resistance fighter Rosa Robota and her successful effort to kill SS guards at Auschwitz; 5), Israel Bissell, who rode longer and faster than Paul Revere but got no respect ; 6), The man who never was- the corpse the foiled Hitler's defense of Sicily; 7), The courageous Swiss Guards who died trying to defend a French king in 1792; 8). The heroes who died to find the cause of Yellow Fever; 9), Penicillin's forgotten heroes; and 10), Balto, the dog who saved a city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:25.3	Welcome back everyone to one thousand one heroes, legends, histories and mysteries podcast.
1:37.6	This is your host and storyteller, John Haggadorn, and this is today's story, Forgotten
1:42.5	Heroes, Part One.
1:45.4	Our lives are defined by the actors and actions of the past, and when asked, we can probably
1:50.5	name a few dozen heroes whose courage inspired others.
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