Outline Draft 2!

Thesis: Christopher Reeves would know what its like to be a superhero, yet he says that it doesn't take super powers and a cape. All it takes is the bravery, selflessness, and confidence that firefighters and citizens demonstrated on September Eleventh. 



Body Paragraph 1: On September Eleventh, fear struck the hearts of many across the country. While citizens ran away from the flaming towers, firefighters ran towards them and because of there bravery, 343 firefighters and paramedics passed away saving the lives of others.

John McCole was an actual firefighter who arrived at the World Trade Center Complex on the morning of 9/11 to rescue survivors. McCole was racing to the site as he watched the second tower fall. Watching as the twisted metal and shattered glass fell on top of the firefighters on Ground Zero. It came down so fast that they never had the chance to get away.


Body Paragraph 2: Christopher Reeves was more then an actor, but as a hero to many. With his selflessness he has been able to help the lives of many with disabilities a spinal cord injuries. Superman is known for being one of the greatest super heros of all time. While Christopher Reeves played his role in the movie, it helped him realize who a true hero is. When asked in an interview, “Who is your hero?”, he replied with “I believe that the real heroes today are ordinary people who persevere and endure against overwhelming obstacles”.

On May 27th 1995, Reeves fell off his horse causing a cervical spinal injury that paralyzed him from the neck down. Reeve was taken to the Kessler Rehabilitation Center to recover. Many months after he left Kessler feeling deeply inspired by the other patients he had met. Because he was constantly being covered by the media, he realized that he could use his name to the benefit of everyone with spinal cord injuries. Reeve was elected Chairman of the American Paralysis Association and Vice Chairman of the National Organization on Disability. He was also the co-founder of the Reeve_Irvine Research Center, which is now one of the leading spinal cord research centers in the world. His foundation to date has given more then $65 million for research, and more then $8.5 million in quality-of-life grants. Uc Irvine even once said, “in the years following his injury, Christopher did more to promote research on spinal cord injury and other neurological disorders than any other person before or since.”



Body Paragraph 3: Rescue and recovery efforts took months to complete after September Eleventh. Many of the citizens volunteered and helped with the cleaning of the destroyed towers. With their confidence they were capable of finishing by May of 2002. They recovered many of the dead bodies, and fragments pieces everywhere. They used courage to strive forth, and continue on through the dense clouds of smoke from the 1.5 million tons of debris produced of the World Trade Center which caused a lot of problems for the clean up effort.




Conclusion: Why its important to be hero in our lives, to help the ones in need and do the best of our abilities for others. That it requires the hard work, but that its not impossible, where we can find a hero in anyone from teachers, to doctors, to even our parents.