EDITORS COMMENT

HEROES DON’T ALWAYS WEAR CAPES!

Since the spring issue of The Installer magazine was published in April, one dreadful news story seems to follow another in the UK, it really is unprecedented. Back-to-back-to-back terrorist atrocities, the awful Grenfell Tower block inferno, and a little further afield; forest fires in Portugal and ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.

Back in the UK we have had the debacle of the General Election, resulting in a minority government and the ongoing problems with Brexit negotiations. The latter is undoubtedly hurting us all economically as small businesses struggle with the resulting uncertainty.

With all this, it would be easy to become angry and disillusioned with humanity, especially in the wake of terrorism; however, what these events actually do is allow unsung heroes to come to the forefront of our minds. For the police to quell the sickening actions of three at Borough Market within just eight minutes of receiving an emergency call was a masterclass of bravery and efficiency. Then what about those special folk who are employed by all the emergency services who run towards a bomb scene whilst everyone else runs away, putting their lives at risk to save others. Possibly the most remarkable were the amazing firefighters who went beyond adopted safety procedures to save as many folk from the Grenfell tower inferno as possible, going into the unknown and absolutely laying their lives on the line. What truly amazes me is how members of the general public step up to the plate in times of crises too, this was never highlighted more than at the Manchester and Borough market atrocities where ordinary people administered first aid and even tried to distract armed terrorists to prevent others being stabbed.

Bravery takes many forms and every day people around us demonstrate actions that many of us mere mortals are in awe of, whether it be someone battling a serious illness or even people who push human boundaries to the limit in a quest to achieve something special for someone else, or themselves or both, in fact we have one of these in Damian Walters who attempted to scale Mount Everest to raise money for charity and I for one applaud them all.

When we read and hear about these individual acts of bravery I’m sure that many of us ask ourselves how we would react in the same situation, especially in those headline making news stories of late. I’m sure, like me, you would like to think that you would demonstrate similar bravery given the same circumstances but hopefully we will never have an opportunity to find out.

So spare a thought for those brave guys and girls of the public and the emergency services as they truly prove that heroes don’t always where capes!

Rob Nicholls, Editor, BiKBBI The Installer Magazine

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