Jerry Abbot, Clarion Staff Columnist
San Angelo is truly the City of Heroes.
Some of them soar through the sky or shoot fireballs from their fingertips. Picking up a car means no more to them than hoisting a barbell does to you or me. Incredible inventions, weird creatures and travels to bizarre places are everyday occurrences in their world. Clad in their colorful costumes, these heroes awe, amaze and inspire the rest of us.
But other heroes in San Angelo wear costumes of a different kind. They pin on badges or pull on heavy fire gear before going to work. A pilot’s helmet, a reporter’s notebook, a first aid kit or a teacher’s chalk—these are the tools of the Golden City’s everyday heroes.
And still others do nothing more extraordinary than go to work every day, just to put food on the table and a roof over their kids’ heads. They build the houses, make the factories go, grow the food and keep the streets clean. They make the city work, and ensure that it keeps on working for their children after them.
Heroes, every one.
Heroes, in a City of Heroes.