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The man's actions are clearly heroic, so there's certainly not the least bit of disrespect intended when I confess that the account of his actions reminded me of this joke:

A grade school teacher gave the assignment to her class, that each student should think of a story and then a moral for that story to share with the class the next day. The following day the teacher asks for the first volunteer to tell their story, and little Suzy raises her hand.

“My dad owns a farm and every Sunday we load the chicken eggs on the truck and drive into town to sell them at the market. Well, one Sunday we hit a big bump and all the eggs flew out of the basket and onto the road.” The teacher asks for the moral of the story and Suzy replies, “Don’t keep all your eggs in one basket.”

Next little Lucy offers to tell her story, and she says, “Well my dad owns a farm too and every weekend we take the chicken eggs and put them in the incubator. Last weekend only 8 of the 12 eggs hatched.” The teacher asks for the moral of the story and Lucy replies, “Don’t count your eggs before they’re hatched.”

Finally it’s little Johnny’s turn and he says, “My uncle Ted fought in the Vietnam war, and his plane was shot down over enemy territory. He jumped out before it crashed with only his pistol, a machete, and a bottle of whiskey. On the way down he drank the whiskey.”

“Unfortunately, he landed right in the middle of 100 Vietnamese soldiers. He shot 70 with his pistol, but ran out of bullets, so he pulled out his machete and killed 20 more. The blade on his machete broke, so he killed the last ten with his bare hands.”

The teacher looks in shock at Johnny and asks if there is possibly any moral to his story and Johnny replies, “Don’t mess with Uncle Ted when he’s been drinking.”