●Sing a Song

Hero

There’s a hero if you look inside your heart

You don’t have to be afraid of what you are

There’s an answer if you reach into your soul

And the sorrow that you know will melt away

And then a hero comes along

With the strength to carry on

And you cast your fears aside

And you know you can survive

So when you feel like hope is gone

Look inside you and be strong

And you’ll finally see the truth that a hero lies in you

It’s a long road when you face the world alone

No one reaches out a hand for you to hold

You can find love if you search within yourself

And the emptiness you felt will disappear 3

And then a hero comes along

With the strength to carry on

And you cast your fears aside

And you know you can survive

So when you feel like hope is gone

Look inside you and be strong

And you’ll finally see the truth that a hero lies in you

Lord knows dreams are hard to follow

But don’t let anyone tear them away

Hold on there will be tomorrow

In time you’ll find the way

And then a hero comes along

With the strength to carry on

And you cast your fears aside

And you know you can survive

So when you feel like hope is gone

Look inside you and be strong

And you’ll finally see the truth That a hero lies in you!......

● Moments After the Crash

At 3:59 the plane _________ as it took off and tried to ____ altitude. It cleared two of the bridges on the Potomac River, but was _____ altitude. The ____ and passengers knew they were in trouble before it ______ the 14th Street Bridge and it ____ in half as it slammed through cars and railings (栏杆) then _______ into the cold, icy, dark waters.

Moments later only the tail section remained _____, 79 people were aboard Flight 90, six were to ______ the crash, but only five would live.

Huddled together in the cold icy waters, the survivors waited for the ______ helicopter to arrive. Treading water, the survivors ____ on, some ____ broken arms and legs, two with _______ lungs caused from the ______. “We’re all going to die,” someone said.

Aboard Flight 90 was Arland K. Williams Jr., who always sat in the tail section of the plane, “the _____ part of the plane,” he said. Not long before, Williams had just discussed his ________ with the woman he loved, “I think we’re going to marry soon.” It was 4:20 before the helicopter arrived at the _____, dropping the first lifeline ________ Bert Hamilton 100 yards to shore. It would be ten minutes before the helicopter returned, _______ the line to Williams. He caught it, but instead of ________ it around himself, he passed the line to flight ________ Kelly Duncan, the only crew member to survive. She took the line, wrapped it under her arms and held on _____ as she was carried to shore.

With room for only one helicopter at a time between bridges, it returned with two lifelines, and again Williams caught it and handed it off to ___ another survivor, Joe Stiley, the most _______ injured passenger.

Tirado , who also _____ to Stiley and her life line, however, _________, in pain and shock, soon lost her ___ and plunged back into the cold icy waters of the Potomac. Rescuers again _____ her a life line but she was unable to grasp it to save her own life.

Upon seeing this and as Tirado was about to go under, an _______, Lenny Skutnik, plunged from the banks of the river into the freezing water and brought her safely to shore.

By 4:30 p.m. Williams had been in the _______ water for 29 minutes, and his turn had finally come. The helicopter turned once more toward the ______ tail, its two-man crew eager to meet the man in the water, “to tell him they had never seen such ______ courage.”

They strained for ____ of the hero of Flight 90. But the balding man was gone. “He could have gone on the first trip,” pilot Usher wept, “but he put everyone else _____ of himself. Everyone.”

● Do You Know?

1) What makes a hero?

2) Can you name some heroes? What do you think that makes them heroes?

3) Have you ever tried to find a hero in yourself?

4) Do you think every ordinary person can be a hero if he wants to?