Heroic Dads

Posada and family

Although Mother's Day is less than a month away, there a few heroic dads in the media right now that need recognition. This is a post to honor the fathers that go above and beyond. First, in keeping with our recent chatter about the MLB season, retired Yankees player, Jorge Posada chose to throw the first pitch of the season to his father. The Posadas are a very baseball oriented family as Jorge's father was a scout and his uncle a player for the Kansas City Athletics. The first pitch in the Yankees stadium was one to remember as 3 generations of Posadas stood on the field to commemorate a sport their family has cherished for ages. With Posada's son, young Jorge, beside his father on the mound a very loving moment was captured as the ball was lobbed to Jorge Sr. behind the plate. Click here to read more about the pitch. 

Aeir Talk App

The next heroic dad is from Norfolk, Virginia. Joe Hill created Aeir Talk, an iPhone app for his kids who suffer from autism. Hill has two autistic children who have trouble communicating. He devised an app that allows parents to record content and images for kids to learn simple nouns and verbs. This app helps children to communicate things to their parents like what they want to eat or where they want to go that day. The app is $1.99 in the App Store. To learn more about Aeir Talk click here.
Finally our last dad, David Hererra delivered his baby when his wife's doctor was called into an emergency delivery. A news story video in San Antonio explains the story further. Hererra had seen the births of his three older children and acted on instinct in remembering what the doctor did to bring his baby girl into the world. These dads truly deserve awards. We'll keep our eyes peeled for more dads like them in the future!