Hero Pilot Guides Novice Aviator in Emergency Landing After He Sees Her Tire Fall Off
A young pilot is thanking her lucky stars there was someone to guide her through an emergency landing after she lost part of her landing gear
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'Hero' Dogs From Rescue Operation in Turkey Get First Class Seats on Airliners Flying Them Home
When the full extent of the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria became apparent, rescuers came from around the world and across political boundaries to aid in the lifesaving efforts; and they brought their dogs too. Trained rescue dogs and their handlers came from the US, Israel, El Salvador, Mexico, Qatar, South Korea, China, India, […]
Woman Spontaneously Offers Homeless Man a Job on Her Farm Proving the Power of Kindness
After it became clear that Brian Bannister was a kind soul who had simply fallen on hard times, Danielle offered him a job on her farm.
A Marathon was Blocking Delivery Route for Organ Donation So a Surgeon Ran Through the Race to Get it
66-year-old Charles Rowe was waiting on an operating table with his surgeon Adam Bodzin who suddenly told him he had to go get his new liver.
Hero Passerby Scales Building in China to Save Boy Who Fell Out Window Onto a Ledge
In China, it's said of society "love the children, honor the elders," which is beautifully encapsulated in this short rescue.
Nature-Loving Grandma Stages One-Woman Protest to Protect Tree Due to Be Felled By Local Government
A disabled, grandmother staged a one-woman protest to get a stay of execution for a healthy willow tree about to be chopped down.
Man Sprints Along 4-Lane Snowy Highway to Stop Woman's Runaway Car
The tall, powerful Dominican sprinted across a 4-lane highway in the snow to try and stop her car as it brushed against the guardrails of I-93
Marine Veteran-Turned-Cop Tracks Down Stranded Man in Forest Who Nearly Died of the Cold
The man was suffering from hypothermia, and the officers took turns laying on him to raise his body temperature.
Local Hero Broke into School to Save 24 People During a New York Blizzard
A remarkable Christmas blizzard story in Buffalo, NY, where a 27-year-old broke into a school to save 24 lives of people stranded and freezing.
Off-Duty EMT Rescuer Spends Day Keeping Skier Alive After Avalanche
A lucky skier burried by an avalanche was rescued by a passing EMT on his own ski trip who called search and rescue.
He's Earned a CNN HERO Award for Transforming Lives on City Streets Where he Once Sold Drugs
CNN Hero Tyrique Glasgow overseas every manner of volunteer community assistance program you could imagein on the streets where he sold drugs.
Teen Lifts a Truck to Free His Trapped Father: 'My Son is My Hero' (WATCH)
15-year-old Dalin Wilkinson is being hailed as a hero after lifting a truck that had fallen on his father's chest.
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