Not the hero of the day (I did that already) but still pretty heroic: Brett Collins
Sometimes inspirational tales are just that—inspirational. This kid Brett Collins, a senior at St. Mary's College in California [pictured], has had so much to deal with. First his mother died of breast cancer. Then his young sister got the illness. Meanwhile, his father, who suffers from mental illness, struggled with his own symptoms—and then took his own life. But Collins soldiers on, a star athlete who muddles through without parents. Collins told the Contra Costa Times: "I don't ever think, 'What am I going to do now?' It's more, 'Where's my home base?' You lose that crutch. Now, I've got to deal with it. I don't necessarily have a home base yet. I have to make my own."
