Kathryn Bolkovac's Tragic Hero

Kathryn Bolkovac put herself in danger in order to rescue women and children in captivity; moreover she not only puts herself in danger, but she also sacrifices her career when she discovers some of her co-workers are culprits. Her sacrifices, hardwork, and dedication is what made me choose this inspirational person. To begin with, Kathryn initiated as a police officer in Lincoln,Nevada; she took the job with the U.N international police task in order to pay for her children’s education ,travel the world and to educate herself about international law. (Kathryn Bolkovac - Moral Heroes.) However, as she started the job, problems with her co-workers started to unfold, and she discovered corruption in the local authority. Therefore, she dedicated …show more content…
However, behind the bar she espied multiple passports of women from Eastern Europe, along with numerous US dollars. Growing curious, she then continued to creep onto the second floor unaware of what lied ahead, there she found seven women trapped inside, with used condoms all over two mattresses on the floor terrified as if they'd been gang-raped.This shows how Kathyrn is self- sacrificing because she took a risk and put herself in danger with no experience. (Kathryn Bolkovac - Moral Heroes ) Another way she is self-sacrificing is when she discovered some of her co-workers took part in the complication and decided to take charge, putting her career in danger; even stating “At the moment I sent the email, I had already been experiencing serious retaliation against my work and reporting. Of course I never thought that my international law enforcement career would be destroyed for telling the truth and seeking justice, which is of course what the role of a law enforcement officer is supposed to be.” (Maiello, Lia Petridis n.d). As a result, she lost her credentials and labeled as a “Whistleblower”. This shows that she sacrificed her well being and even her career for what she believed …show more content…
Helping them is all she wanted to do and did not care about herself. She stated ‘At the moment I sent the email, I had already been experiencing serious retaliation against my work and reporting. Of course I never thought that my international law enforcement career would be destroyed for telling the truth and seeking justice, which is of course what the role of a law enforcement officer is supposed to be.” (Maiello, Lia Petridis.) This portrays she is compassionate because although this is something that should not affect her, she gave up her normal life and job to assist the people in need.Furthermore, once she won she stayed humble and stated “I can't say I was totally elated when I won. I was proud of what I had done and glad that I was able to win the case. But I was still very embarrassed for my country, because I do believe that DynCorp is a huge misrepresentation of what the US should be sending to these missions” (Applebaum, Stephen) This shows she is compassionate because after her victory she stayed humble and did not excessively demonize the