Kendall said:

to him, Barry was a hero. However, I also discussed it with Tommy Makem over dinner, and he said Barry was a hiding under a truck.

I don't see any necessary conflict. If a hero finds himself grossly outnumbered, and he without a functioning weapon, it would be folly not to hide, methinks. And doing the reasonable thing under that set of circumstances is hardly unheroic.

Dave Oesterreich