A police sergeant said it was pure dumb luck how a 20 year old, Nick Simmons, was reunited with his family in upstate New York after a news photographer shot his photo huddled with homeless men on a grate in Washington, DC.
A dog that got stuck on cliff high above Portugese Beach in Sonoma County, Calif. was rescued Saturday afternoon after a sheriff's deputy dangling from a helicopter plucked it off a sheer rock face and returned it unharmed to its owner. The black and white Labrador named Oreo somehow made her way about 40 feet down a huge 90-foot high cliff, where there was no way of return.
After having just adopted a puppy three weeks ago from the Humane Society, a Michigan family owes the husky-mix their lives after he alerted them to a gas leak in the middle of the night. His adoptive mom, Jill McLarty, had a cold and couldn't smell the gas streaming from a gas burner left on in the kitchen.
Dramatic video of a Chinese man catching a young child after he fell from a second story window were released on Friday by Chinese state media.
Firefighters from FDNY Rescue 1 were practicing water rescues in Central Park Saturday afternoon when a man appeared in the middle of the lake, fell through the ice, and disappeared.
Onlookers cheered rescuers as they pulled a 101-year-old man from beneath the ruins of his house where he was buried for a week after the Nepal earthquake.
The crew aboard a passing German container ship rescued a sunburned and dehydrated South Carolina sailor Thursday, who had survived at sea for 66 days atop his capsized boat, called Angel.
A farm dog in the west African country of Ghana is being praised as a hero hound this week after saving the life of an abandoned two-week-old baby. he dog apparently found the baby under a bridge in the northern part of the country. Rather than abandon (or eat) the vulnerable tot, the dog curled up next to him for the night, refusing to leave his side.
Fara, a military explosives detection canine who helped keep our troops safe in Kuwait, returned home to a hero's welcome at Baltimore's BWI Airport, greeted by her adoptive handler, Military Working Dog Adoptions, and a cheering contingent from American Humane Association.
A monkey kept as a pet for ten years in a tiny cage and fed french fries in Indiana has been rescued by sanctuaries in Kentucky and Texas. The macaque was treated for depression and stomach problems but now can live out the rest of her days free to climb trees and swim with other monkeys like herself.
A man who took a suicide leap off the Golden Gate Bridge told an audience at a mental health conference how he survived the normally deadly fall after a sea lion pushed him to the surface and kept him afloat until the Coast Guard arrived.
Larry WhiteEagle-Fisher is certain that his Native American heritage is the source of his passion for birds of prey, and every day he cares for the injured ones like they're family.
A River Raft business risked thousands of dollars in fines to help bring a hungry baby bear to safety last week after she climbed aboard one of their rafts.
When Lemonade first arrived, he was unable to walk more than a few steps. But this is one determined lamb, and when life handed him lemons...well, you know.
A picture of a little girl hugging her rescuer came to symbolize the hope amid Hurricane Katrina's destruction ten years ago— watch their emotional reunion.
A chance encounter with an orphaned sloth ten years ago led Monique Pool to rescue more than 600 animals-and earn a CNN Hero of the Year nomination.
The US Coast Guard rescued 217 freezing sea turtles, rushing them to warmer waters aboard their ship.
Herbert has plenty to grin about after being rescued before Christmas, but warning, his smile is highly contagious.
This man spent 12 hours in five below zero temperature weather, and was frozen solid when rescuers found him, but is doing great a year later.
Step aside shelter kittens: there's a new cutest mammal in town... A sloth rescue has renewed our affection for the most adorable face in the rain forest.
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