I watched this video not knowing what to expect. The title of the show interested me into watching it, and I must say it was a shocking surprise.
Normally I know that these kind of shows are heart warming and emotional, but I didn't think that this clip would have the amount of impact as it did on me.
Lara Logan interviews Sal Giunta, the first living soldier to win a Medal of Honour since the Vietnam war. Hearing Sgt. Giunta explaining the situation and how him and his army went about during the attack makes you realize that we take life for granted. When we complain about how crappy our day is our how sometimes its so hard to continue in life, you listen to the events on the day of October 25th, 2007, and you realize that there are people out there fighting every day to give us freedom.
Although Giunta is from the US, but it makes no difference what he was fighting for. The most memorable quote that really brings out who Giunta is as a person is...
"Coming and talking about it and people wanting to shake my hand because of it, it hurts me, because it's not what I want. And to be with so many people doing so much stuff and then to be singled out—and put forward. I mean, everyone did something..."
Okay, average comments. More of your comments are audience level. Try to break it apart more, how did they get these points across? What techniques did they use? What did they get wrong? Be critical.
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