This article is about a great man, who have achieved so much in his life and he is continuously helping others to achieve the things that he has accomplished.  He is a mentor to many people.  His kind actions will be always be remember at his church.

He have helped people when they are in the worst time of their life.  His contribution to the members of his church never be forgotten by their families.

Sometimes there are people in life that have done so much for us, but we do not realize it at the time.  The do the things that they do not with the purpose of one day you will pay them back, but always voluntary. When we finally realize the efforts of our benefactors, it is too late already. Therefore, writing stories about them is the only thing that we can do…As a human being, when we have achieve all our basic needs we always try to travel back in time and figure out how we can fix the past….but sometimes it is impossible to do so….

After saving two lives in a brave rescue, Rodger L. Parker went to the nation’s capital this past September with a humble heart.

“To walk down the same steps as Lincoln, Jefferson and George Washington, to be in the same city … it was an honor to be there,” Parker says of his time being honored as The National Association of Letter Carriers’ 2003 National Hero of the Year at a ceremony in Washington D.C.

On most days, Parker walks down the steps and sidewalks of Germantown, Tenn., where he makes his living as a mailman.

“I love my job and I couldn’t picture myself working in any other kind of career,” he says.

He doesn’t hesitate to tell of his twelve years in the Navy, but he is a little more reclusive about his Navy boxing career. He had 28 wins and no losses.

Parker is also modest about his heroic life saving deed. The two lives Parker saved belong to Robert and Betty Byington.

“[Robert] is a dialysis patient,” Betty says. “Every day is most precious and requires a lot of caretaking, and that is what I do — around the clock.”

On their way home from the hospital late one afternoon, they were approaching a stoplight when their brakes failed.

“And I said ‘Good Lord, we can’t hit those cars.’ What a mess, we’d kill people,” Robert says. “So we went up on the sidewalk and I remember little pines being there.”

Parker saw the couple in his rearview mirror.

“[Robert] drove down in the water,” Parker recalls. “And when he hit the water, they kind of skidded through the water and went towards the other side and went in the middle out there.”

The Byington’s truck was sinking fast. Parker left his car in traffic, bolted down the bank and dove into the water.

“I rolled down my window and there was Mr. Parker, just in that instant,” Betty says.

Parker pulled Betty out through the window and put her on his back.

Two other rescuers struggled to help Robert Byington, but time was running out.

“I figured this is all she wrote,” Robert says. “I said, ‘Lord, here I am, is this it?’”

Parker’s Navy days of water rescue prepared him well for the event.

“I didn’t understand why we couldn’t get him out,” Parker says. “But I knew one thing. He was not going down — not on my ship.”

But the sinking truck’s powerful undertow was pulling Parker under.

“I just grabbed him and kind of jerked him three or four times until I could get him out of the vehicle before it completely submerged underwater,” Parker remembers.

With Robert and Betty safely on shore, Parker left for home without giving anyone his name.

The postmaster assembled his letter carriers the next day trying to find the anonymous rescuer; only then did Parker humbly step forward.

The Byington’s lives took yet another cruel turn after their ordeal. Robert had to have both legs amputated due to complications from diabetes.

And Betty’s life got so busy she never had the chance to say thank you to her hero, until recently.

“God is all great, greater than any of us. But the greatest angels on earth are the heroes,” she says. “And, Mr. Parker is a hero.”

A hero is someone who is distinguished for his or her courage or ability. They are admired for brave
deeds and noble qualities. They may have performed heroic acts. They may also be someone who is a
model or an ideal.”

Who is Jan Ebey? You may ask…..Well she is just a ordinary lady with an extraordinary compassion for helping her students. Mrs. Ebay is a high school teacher at San Bernardino High School, she had been there for so long i dont even remember…But i always remember that is a very kind and compassionate teacher. I was a student of her, she has influenced me in ways that I dont even know, but i know for sure that the things she has done for me and many other students will never be forgotten. This Website is dedicated to honoring people that have done great things in their lifetime. This website was created with the intention of being a part of history, it will be protected against time to retell the stories of the people that have been mention within its contents.

This simple is website and short article is just a little a way that a student could show his appreciation for a great teacher with a big heart of helping her students. As of this moment this simple website is just a small grain of sand in the middle of a desert, but i hope over time that it will accumulate to collection of legendary stories that will be read over and over again by future generations.