A time like this you realize there are very few extraordinary people like Dr. Richard Harris and the many volunteers who rescued those kids and coach on the planet.
Dr. Harris, for example, just happened to be on vacation here in Thailand when news of the trapped boys surfaced.
Amazingly, everyone is out now and shortly after the rescue mission ended the pumps failed and the cave flooded again. Luckily, all of the volunteers deep in the cave pulling tanks and wires and tubes escaped. They must have been very worried about such a failure every moment.
It does not necessarily take an extraordinary emergency to realize someone's potential for greatness. I am sure you know someone who is clearly exceptional. I hope we take good care of them....
To me, Dr. Harris is a model for the new academic. He has technical and scientific knowledge and can apply it in the real world. College students and professors pay close attention. You have a model to strive toward.
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