Heroes aren't born over night. To me, the definition of a hero is someone who devotes their self to the benefit of others. Someone who does not hide behind fear but instead feeds off of it. I watched a speaker at school today. Her name is Patricia Isasa and she is the definition of a hero.
Argentine torture survivor Patricia Isasa fought for justice and transparency for 32 years. Patricia was abducted by the military and police in her native Argentina when she was only 16 years old. She was tortured and held for over 2 years at one of the 375 clandestine detention and torture centers set up during the dictatorship. Unlike so many of the disappeared, Patricia
She then compiled complaints to be presented to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States, which was about to visit Argentina. She was again abducted with another 30 men and women. She was released after 3 days, but was one of only 4 to survive. Due to her exhaustive research her torturers were put in jail. Even after receiving death threats she continued to work tirelessly and courageously to bring her perpetrators to justice After constant postponements in the trial date, Patricia was finally able to face her torturers in federal court in September, 2009. In this historic trial all 6 torturers (including a federal judge and the mayor of Santa Fe) were found guilty of committing crimes vs. humanity and were ordered to serve sentences from 19-23 years.
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