He let down his family, his department and his city. He was an officer and his men looked to him for leadership and he bolted. Now that the storm has passed(please, God),I am rather certain that he feels very poorly about his decision. It will always weigh on his conscience.
I do, however, appreciate your sentiments. Many thanks for your thoughtful note.
To everyone else, I never said that this world does not need heroes. And good cops, firefighters, and soldiers are absolutely that. Real life heroes.
But not everyone is made of hero material. And I don't think that makes a person terrible. Some people are just people, and that is what makes heroes stand apart from the rest of us.
But I also think that good dads are heroes, and good husbands are heroes, too. Maybe not to everyone else, but to their families they are.
Maybe this guy should never have been a cop in the first place. I don't know, and it's not for me to say. Maybe he should not get his job back.
He will always feel guilty about it. But he did what he thought was right, and that was staying with his family. And I will not fault him for that.