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Hero Mom Pulls Car Accident Victim To Safety For 2nd Time In Two Years

A 24-year-old California woman was being hailed for her bravery once again after pulling a driver from an overturned vehicle on an interstate highway Wednesday morning, her second live-saving intervention during a freeway accident in the last two years. The officer was like, 'What made you do that?' I'm like, 'Well, it's not the first time that I saved somebody,' said Williams.

Ingenious Surgery Saves Eyesight - and the Life - of Bronx Mother

When 36-year-old Nordia Palmer-Ferguson went to her doctor complaining of blurred vision, headaches, pressure and swelling in her left eye, little did she know she was facing the possibility of blindness, or even death. After other surgeons gave up, the ingenious solution of an ophthalmologist and professor at Cornell, not only saved life, but restored her sight.

Carnegie Hero Award is New Start for Felon who Saved 91-Year-old Woman

In saving a life, Pierre Johnson may also have transformed his own. Locked up in a Minnesota prison over the past year for selling cocaine, Johnson was stunned to learn this week that he is among 22 Americans receiving the Carnegie Hero award for risking his life to save a 91-year-old neighbor woman from a burning house in Brooklyn Park.

Louisiana Father-Son Team Rescues 120 From Flooding

They stayed behind rather than evacuating their Louisiana home in the path of Hurricane Isaac. While police and the fire department were unable to reach stranded people using their vehicles, Jesse Shaffer, 25, and his father were able to save dozens of lives using boats.

Dear Customer, Who Stuck Up For His Little Brother

A pair of brothers came into a video game shop. No sooner had the younger boy picked out his gift when his father insisted that he choose a more manly (shooter) game and scoffed at the boy's choice of a purple controller. Then, big brother stepped in.