Sad, sad times when we think of shiners as heroes
One example for you to consider is a window cleaner called Jand, a NY window cleaner. His job was to window clean in the Twin Towers. He saved several lives after finding himself stuck in a lift with others as it was filling with smoke during their escape. Only the brass Ettore handle was all they had and so he scoured through drywall and lead people to safety literally minutes after, the tower collapsed behind him.
I can't remember the other guy in the UK, that saved a drowning man by using his extended water fed pole for the drowning man to grab on to. He saved his life.
The inventor of Ettore squeegees changed our industry regards traditional window cleaning for example as well as such individuals as Craig Mawlam of Ionic Systems bringing water fed pole tech to the masses in the UK or Ivr Tucker inventor of the first water fed pole products that were way heavy but familiar to us today as our everyday tools. Any of these can be industry heros depending on what you think. If you dont have an industry hero then that's ok too