(03/05/2010 12:30 AM)Metal_Head95 Wrote:  Well thank goodness the bomb turned out to be a dud.  So... in that case, no one is the hero?  Because there was never a threat?  I end these in question marks because, I wonder myself.  But I think everybody involved who stopped this mess from happening deserves the title hero.  The pedestrian and the cop, because without the information from the pedestrian and the cop taking action, then the threat could've turned out to be something worse.

But the cop was just doing his job. If he'd ignored the information, or seen the bomb and not reported it, I'm sure he'd have lost his job, if anyone found out about it. Also, if the bomb had been real.

Basically, it feels like no matter what, it would have been either a reward or a punishment. If he'd gone above and beyond the call, and like dove onto a grenade, or taken on gun-toting 2 terrorists, by himself, when he could have just stayed out of it, then yes, he'd be a hero in my eyes. However, he was just doing his job, without showing any real form of bravery (except the presence of a bomb), other than reporting the threat.