‘A Real-Life Hero’: Father Sacrifices His Life to Save Three Children
![A cousin said "God, Family, friends and fishing were what matter[ed] most" to Benny Bowers.](https://i0.wp.com/www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Hero-dad-drowns.jpg?resize=800%2C420&ssl=1)
Most people have at least a vague notion of the virtue of self-sacrifice.
But considering how few people in the developed world face life-or-death situations on a daily basis, how many of us could truly embody that virtue if it came down to it?
How many people would be able to put aside their self-preservation instinct and give up their own life for the people they love?
One North Carolina father, when presented with this situation, was able to rise to that calling, sacrificing his own life when his children fell into a river.
According to local news outlet WGHP, Benny Bowers Jr., a native of Surrey County, North Carolina,
