Before leaving the burning wreckage, the pilot - a 57-year-old Air France veteran who was injured in the crash - sent a radio message to report he had made a complete row-by-row sweep of the aircraft to ensure all passengers had escaped.
That is my definition of a hero.... what ever caused the accident, crew involvement or not. To go against the flow into a burning aircraft to leave the ship last once you know it is empty defines you as a true Skipper!