VIDEO: Bravery took on many different forms at Sunday’s fifth annual “Battle of the Heroes” softball tournament.
Greenville fire and police departments faced off at Flour Field, playing the game for a good cause — to support children like 12-year-old Chiles Bishop. Bishop is one of many children who receive care from Shriners Children’s Hospital, braving medical conditions each and every day.
“It could be a lot of pain one day, the next day there’s going to be no pain. Just got to work through it,” said Bishop, who threw the first pitch on Sunday. Bishop’s bravery is contagious, inspiring the men and women who many call heroes.
“They go through stuff that makes them more of a hero than I’ll ever be, especially Chiles, the kid who threw out the first pitch today,” said Michael Dean, a detective with the Greenville Police Department. “I think they said he went through six surgeries so far and he’s got another one coming. So I mean, kids like that, that get up and they do it, and they do the fight every day. That means a lot. That’s what we’re here for.”
