Bear Literally Can't Stop Jumping For Joy After Being Rescued (WATCH)

We don't think we've ever seen such pure unbridled happiness in a bear before, unless it was the animated Baloo in The Jungle Book.

By Tiffani Spengler

22 April 56 Views

These Dogs are Changing The World Through Their Pawsome Heroism

A Milk-Bone campaign has hailed ten incredible pups as "Dogs Who Changed The World". You can submit your own hero hound story, too.

By Jeanne Goddard

21 April 45 Views

Dramatic 911 Call Helps Roadside Stranger Save a Newborn's Life (LISTEN)

Imagine driving along and seeing someone standing in the road frantically waving their arms. Would you stop? It's a good thing Ryan Cornelissen did stop. He was the calm presence needed in a crisis to revive a newborn who was not breathing after a man's wife had given birth in the car.

By Jeanne Goddard

26 March 34 Views

Chain of People Hold Hands to Save Boy From Drowning (Watch)

His father said the 12-year-old New Zealand boy was seconds away from drowning after being battered by waves, unable to emerge for air. The boy, who was swept out to sea by rough waters, was rescued by beachgoers after they formed a human chain to pull the boy back to the shore.

By Jeanne Goddard

11 March 69 Views

Prison Inmates Jump in to Rescue 3 Boys From Raging Creek

Prisoners working in a nearby park jumped into strong moving current to help save three boys floating downstream after their kayak overturned in a Washington state creek.

By Jeanne Goddard

01 February 34 Views

Town Full of Katrina Survivors Sends Love and Money to New York City Firefighters

Hundreds of South Mississippians stood in line at the Biloxi Town Green where more than 1,500 lunches were served and more than 500 pounds of donations dropped off to benefit New York City firemen. So many people over the years have helped us. We just want to say thank you.

By Jeanne Goddard

12 December 36 Views

Facebook Groups Reunite Jersey Shore Families with Photos, Items Lost in Storm

At least four Facebook pages were created to reunite people with photographs, kayaks, wedding invitations and other cherished mementos they thought were lost during Superstorm Sandy. The sites have reunited a woman with her wedding dress, an urn containing cremated ashes with a loved one, a mother with a baby album and the congregation of St. Elisabeth's Chapel-by-the Sea in Ortley Beach, which was destroyed by the storm, with a plaque bearing names.

By Jeanne Goddard

29 November 37 Views

Airline Passengers Help Locate Oceangoing Sailor in Distress

Australian authorities are thanking the crew of an Air Canada flight for helping to locate a sailor in distress off the country's east coast. Luckily, one of the passengers on an Air Canada Flight en route from Vancouver to Sydney had binoculars.

By Jeanne Goddard

18 October 38 Views

UK Football Stampede Survivor and the Doctor Who Saved Him on the Pitch

Gary Currie was laid out on the ground, presumed dead, when fellow Liverpool supporter Dr. Glyn ­Phillips spotted him and spent 15 minutes performing CPR, determined that Gary, then just 18, deserved a chance to live. Now in a moving interview with the Sunday Mirror, Gary reveals how he has struck up a lifetime bond with his saviour, since that day 23 years ago.

By Jeanne Goddard

24 September 32 Views

NY Police Save Baby Deer from 20-foot-deep Manhole

Long Island police spent over four hours rescuing a trapped fawn that had fallen into a 20-foot manhole. Landscapers working by a vacant lot under construction in the New York neighborhood of Mount Sinai called Suffolk County Police when they noticed the fawn had fallen into the manhole, police said.

By Jeanne Goddard

06 August 32 Views

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.

By Jeanne Goddard

30 August 50 Views

Hero Amid the Bullets: The Power of Female Friendship

President Barack Obama visited with survivors of the deadly Colorado shooting spree, and shared a moving, heroic account of two girls, best friends whose bond was stronger than fear or panic.

By Jeanne Goddard

24 July 39 Views

Aurora Shooting Miracle: Rare Birth Defect Saves Gifted Musician from Bullet in Brain

A gifted musician who was shot in the head during the "Dark Knight" massacre last week will likely not sustain any major brain damage thanks to a birth defect that her pastor called a miracle.

By Jeanne Goddard

26 July 42 Views

For Family in Plane Crash, Ring Tone Sets Off Chain of Hope

They thought cell phone service would be impossible, stranded on the remote Idaho mountain after their plane crashed. But then the Brown family heard a voice echoing into the night: "You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen…"

By Jeanne Goddard

19 June 33 Views

Tennessee Community Saves Elderly Woman From Eviction

It was a house she and her late husband built in 1956. Mary Cate Jones had spent the past few weeks packing up memories and preparing for a forced eviction from the home where she lived in Tennessee for 56 years. But after her plight was featured in the local paper last month, donations began pouring in. And now, thanks to more than 500 people and a $15,000 check from an anonymous donor, Jones and her family will be able to keep their home.

By Jeanne Goddard

22 June 52 Views