70 Men Ages 5 to 75: What's The Bravest Thing You've Ever Done?

[Interviewer] What's the bravest thing you've ever done?

I don't want to talk about that.

Swam.

I jumped into the five feet zone at the pool

and I landed right in front of the instructor.

Saving my mom from a bug that was about to bite her.

Told somebody not to do something that was dangerous.

I went into a haunted house.

Stood up for my friend.

I stood up to a teacher.

Climbing a steep mountain.

Me and my friends went to a very scary haunted house.

When I helped someone with their homework.

There's a mountain lion spotted on the trail

and then a week later I went hiking on that trail.

Standing up to bullies.

I protected my friends when they got jumped.

Saving someone from a robbery.

When I was away on vacation, I was paddle boarding.

A kid was having trouble swimming

and luckily I was able to grab him.

We were able to bring him to the shore to his dad.

Jumping into the deep end to help my little cousin

who was having trouble swimming.

Save my friend from dying.

We were in a Bando and the police, they got a tip.

And so they bum rushed the building

and we were doing graffiti and stuff.

There was only two options, just get caught

or go out the window.

And my friend, he jumped out the window,

but he missed on the landing that was right under the window

and I kinda like was holding onto him like this.

I was a sailing instructor at a camp

and there was a huge storm and boats were capsizing

and a couple of kids were getting caught in this reef.

And so I had to jump out of the boat

and swim faster than the current,

which frankly I didn't know if I could do,

and right the boat and save the kids, and I did it.

Just be myself.

Approaching someone I really admire

to express interest in interning for them.

I walked up to a couple in the club

and I just made sure the girl was okay

'cause the guy was being kind of aggressive

and I just wanted to pull her away from him.

Moved to New York right after high school from Florida.

So when I was 22 years old

I went to Mexico to teach English all by myself.

Moved out.

I think starting a community of diverse

and marginalized individuals within a company

that sought to represent that in its content.

Audition for a Marvel film.

I performed in front of 200 people

at an all Asian comedy show called Asian AF.

Stepped out of my comfort zone.

Left home.

Listening to myself and making the decision

to medically transition.

Catching someone that slipped through

the doors of the train and the actual platform.

Babysitting a kid.

A couple of times I've seen people that needed help

and I called the ambulance for them.

I think the bravest thing I've ever done

is probably learned to walk again after I broke my leg.

To walk away from temptations and not look back.

I think I haven't done something brave until now, yeah.

Protecting my puppy from being attacked.

Moved to New York.

Saved a life through CPR, someone was drowning.

I was walking with a friend in college

and a group of guys in a car shot at us,

so getting to safety was the bravest moment.

To move to the United States at age 20 by myself.

Joined the neighborhood first aid squad.

As a registered nurse, bringing somebody back to life

when they were dying with CPR.

Serve my country.

Donating a kidney to my mother.

Packing up my stuff from Baltimore and coming to New York.

On my 50th birthday my friend and I walked

from Kathmandu to Mount Everest.

There was a car accident in front of

a Dunkin' Donuts that I was in and I watched it unfold.

And the van flipped over and slid under a highway.

And not thinking, I just jumped into it

and pulled the guy out of the van

Given a speech in front of a police commissioner

and an audience of 600 people.

Stand at my daughter's casket at the funeral home.

Getting married [laughter].

Applying to graduate school at NYU.

Moving to California when I didn't have a job

or a place to live.

I had $300. Yeah, that was pretty brave.

Quitting my job.

We were on a lake and two guys and a girl

were on a raft going across the lake

and a guy came by with a speedboat

and ran the girl over.

And we ran out on the lake and we just started diving

to try to find her, but we never did.

I dealt with a conflict.

To admit that I had a crush on someone.

When I was in grade six, there was a little boy

on a baseball diamond that was hit in the head

with a baseball bat and who went unconscious

and I picked him up and brought him to the nurses office.

Coming to America.

I've helped a lot of people in situations,

but brave, no, I've never done anything I think brave.

Everything I've done was just automatic.

I think running to the middle of the street

to warn somebody that a car was coming.

Helping a youngster out of the ocean.

Took a job not for money,

but because I really wanted to do the work.

Stood up to someone and gave them some information

that was uncomfortable.

Being a good father.

A gentleman had his car running with his child in it

and the child put the car in gear

and started rolling downhill.

As it rolled downhill, I opened the front door,

pushed the kid over somewhat rudely,

and put the car in gear to bring back up.

This interview.

I don't know if I've done anything that's brave.

Every day I buy a newspaper for my 98 year old neighbor.

Being a medical corpsman I was able to save a life.