Awakened by his barking dogs about 2 a.m., Jamie Sheetz looked out his window to see a neighbor's mobile home engulfed in flames. Dressed only in shorts, he sprinted across the lawn, smashed through a window of the burning home, grabbed the child from his bedroom and carried him back out the window to safety.
A contingent of 38 doctors and nurses from Cleveland, New York and Chicago, along with Salvation Army Officers who act as interpreters and ministers, will leave for Honduras this Saturday to treat 3,000 patients in need.
A mother in suburban St. Louis was overcome by emotion when a woman approached her and handed her two $100 bills, that could help to get the heat turned back on in her family's home. The words "secret Santa" were stamped on the money and the woman said, "The only condition is that you do something nice for someone. Pass it on."
The owner of Ferguson Tree Farms says he is giving away one tree to every Reno family who can't afford one this Christmas. He says he gave away 400 trees Wednesday alone.
Something stirred inside Carey Barrett, 42, as he watched a news report about a program for people who want to donate a kidney. Even though he had no one in his life who was in need of an organ donation, he wanted to help. So, he flew to Texas to begin a pay-it-forward chain of kidney donations.
David Goodfellow's Hampstead home resembled a warehouse recently with 35 tons of toys and food baskets piled high, ready to be distributed in an ongoing giveaway known as the "Kindness Offensive."
Anonymous "Layaway Angels" have embraced the essence of the holiday spirit by anonymously paying off layaway balances at Sears' stores.
A Murfreesboro, Tenn. woman who recently found $100K in the bathroom of a local restaurant located the owner of the money and returned it.
Marking the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, the UN honored posthumously two individuals for outstanding work in the field of human rights: slain Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto and Dorothy Stang, a nun murdered in Brazil.
Everyone knows crime happens. But there are angels and "Good Samaritans" who come to the rescue and revive our belief that most people care -- and care enough to intervene at their own peril. Here is a news report that demonstrates such a truth.
A new memorial center in Berlin pays tribute to the thousands of German who risked everything to save Jews from Nazi persecution and documents the years these "Silent Heroes" kept their Jewish guests hidden from the authorities.
A Chicago entrepreneur has gone out of his way to help a perfect stranger get off the street and back on his feet. e set up a website and raised $11,000 to pay for food, housing and medical care for one year.
A half-dozen off-duty Marines who raced through a burning motel on Sunday warning sleeping guests that it was on fire were hailed as lifesaving heroes. Everyone escaped the motel, despite no smoke alarms sounding, including one elderly man who required oxygen after he was carried to safety by one of the Marines.
One young Ugandan, orphaned by the country's civil war, has managed to support his five younger siblings and pay for their education by setting up his own business in the slums of the capital.
When she found $7,500 in cash among donated shoes Nov. 7, she immediately turned in the money to her employer. The rightful owner was found and the Bulgarian immigrant has since received at least four checks – one from the family, one from Goodwill and two from private donors moved by her honesty in news accounts.
Kevin Walters is not only known for his business savvy and love for art and music, he has a deep appreciation for the Harlem community and the many nonprofit groups serving the disadvantaged residents there. So the restaurant owner decided this year that he would open his doors to the community and host a Thanksgiving […]
Stuck on a highway with flat tire or overheated engine? You might get some help from Thomas Weller, who patrols the highways to make sure anyone in need is quickly on their way again. In return, he asks only that they perform a good deed for someone else.
A street sweeper who helped save a driver whose car plunged into a Gold Coast river says he is not a hero. "Undoubtedly, without the help of these three people from the Gold Coast community, that victim would have drowned," he said.
Even renters who have not missed a payment have been caught in the foreclosure squeeze nationwide, but now Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has taken a stand saying he would help innocent renters who are playing by the rules but whose landlords are facing foreclosure by protecting them from surprise eviction.
This year's Top 10 CNN Heroes were announced last week. Each will receive $25,000 and be honored at a televised All-Star Tribute airing on Thanksgiving night, culminating in the crowning of Hero of the Year.