You might be surprised what you'll do when the shit hits the fan. I've saved my own life twice, arguably three times. I think most people can summon more courage than they think when confronted with life-or-death decisions.

It's just that most have been scared shitless, but not "I'm going to fucking die if I don't act in the next 3-seconds" kinda scared shitless. Time crawls, our brain starts sorting solutions, picks one, acts.

This man was extra though. His life wasn't immediately in danger, he could have frozen or run backwards. But sometimes our monkey brain says, "attack the threat to the tribe" and we just go. He went.

Imagine carrying that extra confidence for life. Hero indeed.