Backpacker Uses Life Savings to Fund Home For Orphans She Met in Nepal
A teenage backpacker hiking through Nepal asked her parents to send her savings of $5000 so she could create a home and school for hundreds of needy children.
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Veteran Helps Comrades "Walk off the War" With Hikes on Appalachian Trail
A man who is helping his fellow veterans "walk off the war" -paying for expenses and equipment on long hikes - is up for a $100,000 Hero prize.
Woman Donates Part of her Liver to a Child She Didn't Even Know
Kimberly Springer, a near-stranger in North Carolina was donating a part of her liver to an infant with a rare liver disease whose last hope was a transplant.
"Firefighters ROCK" Screamed Signs at Homemade Parade Honoring Colorado Firefighters
Children rode bicycles with signs exclaiming “Firefighters ROCK,†and dogs meandered with sandwich boards reading “Thank You,†-- all for the men and women who decided to stand as the only thing between the town’s homes and raging fires.
The Story of How This Young Man Gave A Stranger A Hand Will Melt Your Heart
A picture may be worth 1,000 words, but it'll only take about 150 to explain what makes this one out of Hamilton, Ontario is so beautiful.
Miami Billionaire Uses Own Helicopter To Rescue Hurricane Victims
A Florida billionaire took his private helicopter to the Bahamas to help deliver supplies and rescue victims of Hurricane Joaquin.
Car Dealer Makes Local Special Needs Teen Part of the Team
"Moderate mental retardation" is a particularly cruel diagnosis for a boy obsessed with cars. It meant that Jake would not be able to drive a car. But, everything changed when his family pulled into the Ford dealership in Apple Valley and, for the first time, a salesmen did more than pay Jake a passing glance.
Lowe's Employees Jump to Help, Fix Disabled Vet's Broken Wheelchair
Michael Sulsona, who lost both his legs after stepping on a land mine as a soldier in Vietnam, was lucky to be in his neighborhood Lowe's hardware store recently when his wheelchair broke down. Three employees stayed an hour past the store's closing time to fix the old wheelchair, and did so without any charge to the Marine veteran.
Daring Rescue: Man in Wheelchair Falls on Train Tracks
When a man rolled off the platform and onto the train tracks yesterday around 1:00pm, one man jumped right in after him, and another soon followed.
Kenyan Exchange Student Runs for His Tiny Village Back Home
He set out on his own in 2009 when he took the 8,000-mile flight from Kenya to Maryland as a foreign exchange student. He had no running experience before coming to the US, but now owns the fastest 1,600 time in the state and has secured a college scholarship. But his long goal is to return to his village that has no electricity or running water and teach them to read.
How Do You Get a Near-Drowned Moose Out Of a Frozen Lake? (WATCH)
This moose wasn't going to last much longer hanging onto the ice if Washington officials hadn't shown up with a sledgehammer.
Hold On For Deer Life: Man Risks His Own to Rescue Frozen Doe (Video)
When he saw a deer trapped in a frozen river, this man crawled across the ice himself rather than call emergency 911–he recorded the rescue from shore.
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