Shad Hernandez, 23, a Navy...
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Shad Hernandez, 23, a Navy search-and-rescue swimmer, jumped from a Seahawk helicopter off the carrier USS John F. Kennedy into the ocean about 300 miles off the coast of Florida, on a rescue mission during Hurricane Floyd on September 15, 1999. Fighting forty-foot waves, he pulled Gerald Keeth, 41, of St. Mary's Georgia, and his two companions, to the helicopter's rescue harness so they could be lifted up. The three men, who had failed to make it to a lifeboat when the sea tug Gulf Majesty had sunk, had been adrift in the water four and one-half hours and would certainly have perished. Keeth said, "I owe my life to him. He had the choice of whether to jump into the water after us or not, and he didn't hesitate. You know, you wonder what your life's worth, and then somebody really shows you -- it's worth their life. That's the biggest price anyone can pay."
Our Lord Jesus Christ valued us so much that he chose to suffer shameful abuse from the leaders of his day and to sacrifice himself on Calvary's cross to save us from sin, death, and the power of the devil.
-- Guettler
Our Lord Jesus Christ valued us so much that he chose to suffer shameful abuse from the leaders of his day and to sacrifice himself on Calvary's cross to save us from sin, death, and the power of the devil.
-- Guettler
