Woman Rescued From Car Moments Before Train Smashes It
A Delaware woman trying to free her car from railroad tracks as a train approached was pulled to safety by two strangers moments before the train crushed her vehicle.
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Marine Credits "Good Karma" for Hitting $2.9 million Jackpot
Marine Cpl. Alexander Degenhardt credits good karma for hitting a nearly $3 million jackpot in the Las Vegas Bellagio casino. Only days before winning the second highest amount ever paid for the slot machine, he learned he was accepted as a bone marrow donor to an anonymous patient.
83 Year-old Gives $25,000 After Watching Sheriff's Screening of Anti-Gay Bullying Film
When the Broward Sheriff's Office held a town hall-style screening of the anti-gay bullying documentary film 'Bullied: a Student, a School and a Case that Made History,' they hoped to change a few minds and attitudes. They got all that, and a check, to boot.
Guy Teams Up With Internet to Give Dying Friend a Parting Gift
A man with cancer, who was not expected to live past June, wished he knew how his favorite book series would end. His friend, suspecting the internet can do anything, used Reddit to obtain an advance copy, effectively lifting the only remaining regret of his dying friend.
New Yorkers Give $1.9M for Daughters of Slain Hero
New Yorkers rang in the new year with continued generosity as donations kept pouring in for the scholarship fund for the children of slain NYPD cop Peter Figoski with totals nearing $1.9 million. Figoski, was gunned down on Dec. 12 while backing up other officers at a home-invasion.
Mom Hears First Words From Paralyzed Son in 19 Years: I Love You
A paralyzed man who suffered brain damage in a car crash almost 20 years ago spoke for the first time - and said 'I Love You' to his devoted mother. Doctors said Simon Ellis, now 37, would never be able to talk again.
Hero Attorney Who Caught Arsonist: 'This Is A Lot More Exciting Than My Day Job'
It wasn't a veteran detective or even a full-time cop who finally caught the man suspected of lighting 52 fires in Los Angeles last week. The hero is an Iranian-born real estate attorney by day, who patrols the LA streets by night as a reserve deputy working for the sheriff's office on nearly a volunteer-basis.
English Teenager is Hero on Stricken Costa Concordia Cruise Ship
A teenager from the West Midlands today told how he led a dramatic rescue of terrified passengers as chaos gripped the stricken Costa Concordia cruise liner. Dancer James Thomas acted as a human climbing frame to help 16 passengers into lifeboats after the luxury liner ran aground off the Italian coast, before toppling on to its side in shallow waters.
New Miss America Heals Family Pain of Prison
The nation's newest Miss America is a 23-year-old Wisconsin brunette who had long conversations with her family mulling whether or not to make her father's jail time for mail fraud the heart of her campaign in the beauty pageant. Laura Kaeppeler said she wants children of incarcerated adults to feel less alone, to have mentoring and as much of a relationship with their parents as possible.
At SC Coffee Shop, Random Acts of Kindness Pay Forward Drinks for Two Years
If you're measuring the kindness at the Corner Perk in Bluffton, S.C., it's safe to say their cup runneth over. It's a cycle of generosity that started two years ago when an anonymous customer gave the barista $100 to pay the bills for the next customers in line.
Transplant Nurse Donates Own Kidney to Patient
The way Clay Taber looks at it, he's got three moms now, after a transplant nurse, practically a stranger, donated one of her healthy kidneys so that he might start married life untethered to a dialysis machine. When she heard a young 22-year-old man was in renal failure, she said, "It just tore me up."
Playing Online Game, Words with Friends, Saves a Life Thousands of Miles Away
For many it is just a game, but for two couples who live half a world away from each other, Words with Friends was more that that, it was a life saver.
Family Rescued from Seaplane Crash by Group of Good Samaritans
Some quick-thinking Good Samaritans were lifesavers for a Richardson, Tex. family whose small seaplane crashed into the ocean off the coast of a small Caribbean island near Honduras.
Group of Motorists Rescue Trapped Children After Icy River Crash
Good Samaritans are undoubtedly the reason three children who were trapped in a car submerged in the Logan River are alive to experience the New Year. About eight men jumped into the icy water to try to free the children.
Chinese New Year Offers Hope and Prosperity in Year of the Dragon
Chinese around the world will be wearing lots of red today, to celebrate the Lunar New Year marking the end of the disaster-filled Year of the Rabbit and to usher in a new year with more prosperity. January 23 begins the Year of the Dragon, which should bring relief following 2011, which was foreseen by the Chinese calendar as a very bad year.
A Runner for Cancer Decides to Become Oncologist After Losing Father
Jenna Norton is not your typical medical school applicant. In fact, until two years ago, she had never considered a career in medicine. It took Jenna seven years to graduate with a degree in Theatre, while working as a waitress and acting on the side. The death of her father, Henry, who passed away after a brief battle with cancer, also delayed her graduation. But his death later propelled Jenna's future in a direction never imagined -- a tribute to the man who owned a hardware store and supported his daughter's passion for Shakespeare.
Hero Air Controller Guides Couple to Safety After Pilot Passes Out
When one of the nation's 15,000 air traffic controllers does something wrong, you always hear about it. When one of them does something right, it's called a save. After just completing a class on recognizing the symptoms of oxygen-deprivation, a Denver-based controller averted disaster by talking to the wife of a pilot who had passed out from the condition.
Reddit Community Helps Machete Victim Defend Kenyan Orphans, Raising $65K in One Day
The online news-sharing community, Reddit, came to the rescue again for member posting a personal appeal. Now, they have raised $65,000 in 24 hours for a defender of an orphanage in Kenya who was attacked by thugs and wanted to build a security wall to protect himself and the children.
Army Depot Breaks Toys for Tots Record in Memory of Fallen Military Member
Military families at the Red River Army Depot joined together to help the children of Texarkana in a Toys For Tots drive that broke previous annual records. Members loaded Army trucks with 500 bicycles, 1350 toys, 6,200 non-perishable food items and $875 in cash contributions.
Santa's Mailroom Helpers Moved by Letters to Help
Operation Santa Claus, hidden away in New York City's main Post Office, lets donors become elves fulfilling wishes expressed by needy children in their letters to Santa. Across the US, 75 Post Offices are helping, six times many as last year.
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