Fallen California firefighters remembered at memorial

This story is about two fallen firefighters.(http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/12/california.wildfire.memorial/index.html )
The two men, Ted Hall and Arnie Quinones,the were trying to find an way out of California wildfires for 55 of there crew. In the search the two men them selves lost there lives when there vehicle slid down a steep embankment. The 55 inmates that Hall and Quinones were trying to save did in fact make it out alive. Hall leaves behind his wife, two sons, and his parents. Quinones leaves behind his wife how is expecting there first baby in the next couple of weeks and his mother.

I feel that these two men should be considered heroes. They did what they loved to do even though it put there lives at risk for others. These two men had courage that most men only dream about.

These men are heroes because they not only put there lives on the line but this is something they choose to do. Even though they had families at home they still walked out the door when ever needed, to help somebody else. To put your life on the line to save another is not something just anybody could do it takes a special kind of person to do something that courageous.

In my mind it is a great tragedy that these two men lost there lives. I also feel for the families, because I know what it is like to lose a father. I just hope the families of Ted Hall and Arnie Quinones know that they are true heros.