Moments of Heroism

Hi all,
To be true this topic popped up in my mind while i was playing cricket with some kannadi boys near my PG in Bangalore. Near to our so called playground( near to PG ),there is a drainage where our team had already sacrificed 2-3 tennis balls.So one fine day( to be precise in the morning ) we all were playing cricket and one batsman hit a shot but to our dismay the ball went to take a bath in the drainage.
We all were wondering about the fate of this new ball and at the same time thinking about the ways to get the ball ( as this time we were able to locate the ball luckily ! ).Some said we shd use a stick but tht wont be enough another shouted,some broached idea to carry a person upside down in the drainage but it was abhorred by all.
We have deployed all the tricks,but the only viable solution of the problem seemed to be to convince one person to go in the drainage and get the ball.And again to convince a person to perfom such a task is really formidable.We all were wondering what to do next and at the same time a nearby caretaker come to the spot and asked us wts the problem, we explained him the same and after listening to the whole story with a mysterious smile on his face he agreed to get the ball.
He manouvered in the drainage and got the ball, and we all clapped,paised him for this task and he too njoid the moment. That was his moment, his moment of importance, his moment of significance, his very moment where he has got recognition by an elite society,his moment of Heroism.
During my childhood days i ve read situations are primarily responsible for emergence of a hero.Its not predecided, its the moment which decides about a hero,which marks him separate from the rest of us.
May be his endeavours if u fathom afterwards may not seem to you charming but the circumstances under which the valor has been shown is the matter of consideration/of worth noticing.
We all have hero in ourselves, sometimes under certain circumstances though for a particular task we promote somebody else but deep inside our hearts we all have a desire to perform the task by ourselves and may be one lucky day turn out as our day, our "Moments of Heroism" .