70 Women Ages 5-75: What's the Bravest Thing You've Ever Done?

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

Get a shot at the doctor's.

I was brave when a bug got on my shirt.

When my dresser fell down and I jumped to save my brother.

Zip lining.

Going to sleepaway camp.

When I was four, I punched a little boy in the face

because he pushed around a little girl.

I went on a roller coaster.

Probably do a zip line across a huge lake at camp.

Defend someone.

Seen my grandma who has Alzheimer's.

Some guys were like, making fun of my friends,

so then I like, went over to them

and told them they needed to stop.

Tell my parents that I wanna pursue acting

and singing as a career.

I went boulder climbing without any gear

to conquer my fear of heights.

When I was in eighth grade, my friend was being bullied

and I stood up for her and I confronted the bully.

I acted for the first time on stage

when I was 10 in Fiddler on the Roof

and I had huge stage fright.

Getting onstage alone in front of a large group of people.

Committing to following through

on my passions as an artist.

Getting out of a depression after losing my best friend.

Skydive.

I hate talking in front of people,

so anytime I've given a speech,

it feels like the bravest thing I've ever done.

Leaving an abusive relationship.

Open my heart.

Come out.

Paraglided off of a cliff.

Believe in myself.

I've done some bungee jumping and some skydiving.

One time, in Jamaica, I jumped off a boat

in the middle of the night into pitch black water.

Moved out on my own at 15 years old.

Stand-up comedy.

Leave my old career to pursue my dreams.

Traveling alone to Iceland.

Got to the other side of my parents' difficult divorce.

Moving cities and taking chances on jobs.

Quit my day job and follow my dreams.

I moved to New York City.

When I came out to my mother.

Telling someone that I had feelings for

that I liked him.

Steal a dog that was being abused

and mistreated and we took it the shelter

and it got adopted two days later.

Walking away from a domestic violence situation.

I saw a bullying incident on a public street

and I got in-between people just to try to block

the person that was being bullied.

Standing up to my old boss.

Getting out of an abusive relationship.

Someone at my job was having a seizure

and I helped to carry them and helped put them

to the side until rapid response came.

I left my great career to take care

of my ill father in Korea.

Live my truth.

Stand up to my father.

I went on zip line.

Have a second child after my first child was a NICU baby.

I went scuba diving in Iceland.

Give birth to my daughter, Nicole.

I was at a party and someone collapsed

and I did CPR for about 20 minutes.

Selling everything and moving to New York 20 years ago.

This.

Apply to Princeton.

I'm very scared of heights and I made it

to the top of the Eiffel Tower with my husband

and then learning how to breakdance after age 50.

Chemotherapy.

Got through a category five hurricane.

Gotten divorced.

Bravest thing I ever done was going down to the morgue

and identifying my son's body.

I paraglided in Jamaica when I was 22 years old.

I gave birth to three children, that was pretty brave.

Skydiving.

Take my first musical improv class.

Switching from being a educator

and having a full-time salary to no full-time salary

and becoming a full-time student and going to law school.

I went horseback riding in Africa on a safari.

I told a girlfriend off once.

I was in high school and I have never swim, right,

but I took swimming and I have to swim the whole laps

and that was the bravest thing I've done

and I made it, I did it.

I'm afraid of heights, so skiing

for 20 years with my children.

Face cancer.

To visit a friend who was having a nervous breakdown

and to try to help her overcome it.

Kept going.

Taking on becoming principal

of an adult education program.