What started out as a memorial for a little boy has become a gift for a community in need of smiles. Hundreds came out to help hang ceramic wind chimes around the city as gifts for citizens to find and take home.
Facebook helped 4 million people in Paris use its "Safety Check" feature to let loved ones know they were safe. 3 other apps helped keep them safe.
A Muslim group in Detroit asked its members to break their holy Ramadan fasting so they could donate blood in the aftermath of the Orlando shooting.
Witness this heavenly sight as the Orlando Shakespeare Theater creates giant wings to shield funeral mourners from the likes of Westboro Baptist Church.
Pop singer Christina Aguilera is offering all the sales from her first solo song in four years to help victims of the Orlando shooting.
Professionally trained comfort dogs from at least nine states have arrived in Orlando to help people affected by Sunday's nightclub attack.
This couple from Virginia already had three children of their own, but as Stephanie Culley's good friend lay dying, they agreed to take on six more.
A heartwarming story from Dallas occurred when a Black Lives Matter rally met up with white counter protestors with Texas flags wearing cowboy hats.
More than a dozen stars from the music industry have collaborated on a new charity track dedicated to the victims of the gay nightclub tragedy in Orlando.
Citizens lined up in Dallas to express their condolences to uniformed police officers– and hugs became the best way to say what words can't.
A woman who saved 30,000 children during Burundi's civil war was awarded with a $1 million humanitarian prize for her work.
Simple acts of kindness from residents in Orlando, and big donations of food, plane tickets, and services by businesses, are easing the pain of this tragedy.
Bill Greenberg would not stop CPR. Forty minutes after his wife Hilary had been found at the bottom of the sea with her scuba breathing regulator dangling along side her during a family trip to Costa Rica, a physician continued to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on his unresponsive wife. Even rescue workers tried to revive her, but nothing seemed to work. Still, Greenberg did not give up.
Instead of holding up his phone to capture dramatic images of a fire on Mission Street in San Francisco, which displaced 54 people in apartments above small businesses, 26-year-old Zack Crockett found a way to help the distraught fire victims.
Shekeb Neda threw his mother on his back and rushed down the steps in Grenfell Tower as fast as he could during the recent fire disaster to save her life.
This Italian dog made a miraculous recovery after being totally buried in earthquake debris, except for his muzzle just barely sticking out of the dirt.
Birds and rainbows offered symbols of peace and hope as thousands gather to remember shooting victims at candlelight vigils in Orlando, Florida.
Roseann Sdoia believes that some things happen for a reason – like the awful tragedy that connected her to a wonderful man, her future husband.
When the tsunami swept through Indonesia 10 years ago, a family became trapped on the top floor of a house with water rising fast to their necks. But they launched an amazing escape when a boat became lodged on the roof. During village reconstruction the boat was preserved right where it landed, as a reminder of nature's power and a beacon of hope.
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