Reading Rainbow on PBS

Saluting heroes---superheroes, heroes of 9/11 and heroes of the everyday variety. The story: “Max,” by Bob Graham (read by Regina King), about the son of two superhero parents who doesn't think he'll measure up. Also: host LeVar Burton visits the “heroes” at Long Island's Wildlife Rescue Center for the Hamptons, and he asks New York City firefighters to describe heroism. Says one: “a hero is someone who helps another human being.”