Brave bystanders lift a burning car and save a man trapped beneath.

Flight passenger leaps onto a burning man to prevent him from detonating explosives.

As the train arrives, a 50-year-old man jumps on subway tracks to save a youth.

These men/women were ordinary people who decided in an instant to do something heroic.

Dr. Zimbardo thinks everyone can be a hero.

Hero:

• chooses not to watch-and-wait in face of crisis.
• puts compassion into action by helping someone in need.
• decides to speak against injustice, instead of assuming someone else will.
• supports the causes that matter to him/her, without expecting rewards.