I have been thinking a lot about those who risk or even lose their lives to save others. For most of us, this doesn't come naturally. Self preservation does. People who are expected to risk their lives for others are given intensive training to help them in these situations. For a few exceptional individuals, I suppose this sacrificial trait is a part of their make up.
It is easy to criticize the captain of the Costa Concordia. But what would we do in a similar situation? I'd like to think I'd stay until every last passenger and crew were safely off the ship, but until I face that situation I will never know. So, some sympathy is in order.
That said, we still have the right to expect that those in leadership will put our safety before their own.
This is my last rant on this subject.
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