Many people in this world are very cynical, and even I can be that way sometimes, in their view of the people who inhabit this planet and this country. Certainly there are plenty of examples of rude, thoughtless, indifferent, unaware people in this world. But whenever I think that there may be no hope left for humanity, there’s a week like this past on in New York. These three stories show me that I shouldn’t abandon my “Love Everybody!” motto.

Yesterday, two passers-by in the Bronx saw a 3 year old toddler dangling from a fourth-story fire escape, after wandering away from his babysitter. People nearby were screaming as they saw his grip start to slip. The two men rushed underneath and caught him before he could hit the ground. Heroes.

The day before that three police officers delivered a baby on a Brooklyn subway train. Heroes.

The day before that a man threw himself in front of a subway train to rescue someone who had fallen onto the tracks from the platform. The 50 year old Harlem construction worker and father of three jumped in front of an oncoming train to save a 19 year old film student who fell onto the tracks while having some kind of medical episode. He rolled the kid into a drainage trench and the train passed a mere inches over them. Hero.