Proud old man

This is an excerp of a letter I just sent to the CBC about a Fifth Estate piece I saw in late night TV. This is in light of having chatted recently with a friend about a mutual young acquaintance who seems so far from ever becoming a noble character that I saw in Bob Edmonds the hero of the documentary.

I just watched the piece about clerks who steal from lottery winners, I was so thankful that you brought such an important case forward. You are right, it could have been me or anyone else who has been cheated out of the winning ticket…really makes you wonder why this report has never been made before - good work!
Though I have to admit that what got me to write this note was actually not just a pat on the back of the great people at the CBC (you guys always have my support and I am sorry I don't say it more often to you...but alas such is the modern world) What impressed me most about this piece was Bod Edmonds himself.
He struck me as a genuine 'good guy' a concerned citizen, a man with a good heart and a strong sense of right and wrong. He is an old man from an older time where virtue was still a practice not just a value. It broke my heart when I heard how much he had to go through with his OWN family who doubted his conviction to correct this wrong. I felt what this man had to go through to get this story on the air was truly a feat fit of demigod...what I'm getting at is that this man seems like a hero to me, a real Canadian hero. He demonstrates and lives by a very strong code of honour (he could never put a mother of three children behind bars no matter how vile she behaved towards him). What really makes him a hero is his sense of modesty. In Bob Edmonds, I see a man who took on Goliath and won, who had his conviction tried and tested but did not brag about his accomplishment.
I hope I can grow up to be a man like Bob Edmonds one day.
Keep up the good work CBC in profiling our great Canadian heroes in the most obscure part of this country, because often great Canadian Heroes are the one who sit by us in the bus not just the high profile personalities that no one can live with. They are genuine and humble and want only what is best for everyone, and they keep their demeanour even in the face of great adversity.
Bob Edmonds, though I can't be of comfort to you during those moments when even your children doubted you much less one of our Crown Corporations - I am very proud to be living on the same planet as someone has your genuine honest goodness. If you were up for a Canadian Hero award, I would vote for you!
All the best to both of you (CBC and Bob Edmonds) for showing us how we can all be great people and citizens.
Viken mekhtarian, a very proud Canadian.