COURAGE

My WBZ colleague Paul Sullivan probably wouldn't agree with the assessment of his behavior as courageous, but it is. Mark Jurkowitz (who was a colleague of mine at the old WHDH) writes this article about Sullivan in the Boston Globe.

The courage shown by people like David Brudnoy and Paul Sullivan is, I think, representative of the courageousness of ordinary people in all walks of life exhibited every day. We tend, as a society, to celebrate only the courage that is spectacular (the fireman rushing into the burning building, the soldier on the battlefield). We should take note of the everyday courage all around us of people facing life-threatening adversity and yet continuing on in their duties as mother, father, husband, wife, co-worker, friend. It is amazing to me that the vast majority of people do NOT fall into despair but, rather, soldier on in their jobs and lives.

I've personally heard Paul Sullivan's self-deprecating humor on display, even concerning his fight with cancer. In the Globe article he says the toughest guy he ever met was a bookworm from Minnesota (referring to Brudnoy). I guess it takes one to know one.