Courage Facts

Jack Knight flew through a snowstorm as Congress weighed ending the Air Mail. He had a broken nose from a crash in Wyoming days earlier. Postal workers and farmers lit bonfires along his route. At one stop, the ground crew had already gone home. Knight circled until a watchman heard him and lit a flare. He flew 830 miles through the night, and Congress funded the Air Mail within days.

An unarmed Syrian-born fruit seller crouched behind a parked car, sprinted out, and tackled an attacker threatening 1,000 Jewish revellers at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach - taking two hits in the process. The Jewish community launched a GoFundMe that raised A$2.64 million for him. He reportedly asked the organisers: "Do I deserve it?"