N U E V O S H O R I Z O N T E S
A Real Hero Cecilia Palavicini Escalera 3o Secundaria
6 Heroes save lives, change the world, and prove to
She had to be brave and determinated to do it.
us
Valentina showed the world that women are
that
nothing
is
impossible.
We
all
love
superheroes, like Superman, Batman, or maybe
unstoppable.
Spiderman. However, there are real life heroes that
something, you need to fight for it. I believe she is a
deserve to be respected and honored. Not all
hero because she changed the point of view people
heroes wear a cape: policemen, doctors, soldiers,
had about women. She is still alive and at 84 years
and firefighters. They all risk their lives to make a
proved
that
if
you
want
old still helps in space exploration and missions.
positive change in the world. They put their lives in
In conclusion, true heroes have always existed
second place to save others. A real life hero
and still exist. However, I think we don't recognize all
understands what the person is going through.
of them, and the things they do for the world. We
They may not have superpowers, but they truly
are overinfluenced by movies and legends. We need
understand the problem. Heroes are not just people
to wake up and start looking at true heroes.
who save lives; they are people who make history. Valentina Tereshkova is a great example of a hero. Since she was young, she was interested in space. She started practicing skydiving at the age of 22, and she made her first parachute jump. She was really good at it and really enjoyed doing it. When the space race began, she was selected to be the first woman in space. She flew into space in a shuttle called Vostok VI in 1963. She orbited the Earth forty-eight times, setting a new record. However, there was an error in the spacecraft's navigation system, and she had to fix it manually. 94
She
