No... he didn’t refer to himself as a “hero.” THAT story had a misleading headline. Someone else said he was the definition of a “hero” and he said, “I’m the definition of a man...”
He wouldn’t accept the “hero” label. I saw the same story.
Must not have been the same interview as I heard it clear as a bell. When asked if he had any idea that they were held captive in the house across the street, he relied, “Hell no or I would have been a hero years ago”.