Most people think of a person with abnormal powers and a cape when asked what a hero is, but there is much more to it than just that. A hero is one who goes to the extreme to benefit others by doing righteous actions. In the United States alone, there are millions of soldiers who have sacrificed their lives for others to attain freedom; freedom that many parts of the world don’t have. Amongst these places is Syria; a country that is going through a civil war to abolish the totalitarian dictatorship. A great amount of lives have been sacrificed in the process, and amongst these heroes was my great uncle Farzat Sharabi. He was a man of love and peace, but this didn’t stop the government from murdering him and thousands of other innocent civilians.