Third-grader saves brother, 2, from going under truck
A third-grader at Albany Street Elementary in Utica is being called a hero after she put herself in the path of an oncoming truck to save her brother’s life Tuesday evening. »
A third-grader at Albany Street Elementary in Utica is being called a hero after she put herself in the path of an oncoming truck to save her brother’s life Tuesday evening. »
As one man’s career is ending, another man’s is beginning and they couldn’t be more proud of each other. »
Some ducks brought traffic to a stop in Meridian Township. Eight baby ducks rescued from a storm drain on Grand River Avenue. The babies fell through the grates of the drain while crossing the street with their mother. She got upset, and township workers came to the rescue. »
A dog, who went missing after Hurricane Wilma two years ago, was reunited with her family. »
The Spanish Environment Ministry has decided to stop the construction of a 300-kilometre motorway to save the Iberian lynx, the world’s most threatened feline species. The motorway would link Toledo with Cordoba, passing through two nature parks containing two of the country’s three most important lynx populations, the daily El Pais reported. »
It took four days for Liberty High School student Ellis Davis to tell his mother he saved a 3-year-old boy’s life. »
After more than two weeks of swimming up and down the Delta, a humpback whale and her calf appear to have returned quietly to the Pacific Ocean. »
An intriguing study of mule deer and whitetail deer conducted by the University of Alberta and the University of Lethbridge showed that both species responded to the recorded distress calls of fawns, similar to the responses elicited when coyotes attack fawns, with mule deer mothers responding to both whitetail and mule deer calls, even when their own fawn stood next to them. »
A ring in a toilet is never a good thing — especially when it’s made of diamonds. »
A fireman braved a burning petrol station forecourt and prevented disaster after a man flooded the area and covered an attendant in fuel. »
An Oklahoma City boy is honored with a heroism award for jumping into a back-yard pool to rescue his then-3-year-old cousin. »
It was May 20, 2006, and Conan Marchi was celebrating his sixth wedding anniversary the same way he had spent the last three — in a foreign country fighting in the war on terrorism. »
Kim Imrie was enjoying a sunny afternoon of inline skating along a popular trail in Quesnel last week when she heard screams that shattered the quiet of the day. »
An Uttlesford District Council refuse collector turned good samaritan on spotting photos and a driving licence in a handbag that had been binned. »
A Michigan toddler is hospitalized after being pulled from a burning car wreck. »
A first aid kit for dogs and a celebrity cookbook took the honours at a school business plan competition, finals of which were held at the Sport and Rugby Institute on the Palmerston North campus on Thursday. »
SCIENTISTS have made a massive leap towards identifying the roots of hereditary breast cancer after a groundbreaking study picked up new genes which can increase the risk of the disease. »
Little Luyanda Mhlongo has two new heroes, two Pinetown schoolboys who saved her life and her mother Cindy believes they should be nominated for an award. »
An heroic neighbour today told how he rescued a pensioner as his home caved in around him. »
A Chinese woman has been relieved of 64 years of recurrent headaches after doctors removed a bullet that had been lodged in her head since World War II. »
Giving rescue workers training to administer drugs and insert a tube down the throat of someone with life-threatening breathing problems can save lives, Canadian researchers reported. »
A pair of 2-year-olds who wandered out of a vacation home and into the Australian wilderness were found Monday – scratched and dirty but unhurt – after spending more than 24 hours outdoors. »
A HEROIC team of passers-by lifted a 14-tonne bus off the ground to free a 13-year-old schoolboy trapped under-neath. »
The City of Norwich Fire and Police Departments have recently received a new water rescue device. Each Norwich police car and fire department first response vehicle are now equipped with a rescue disc, according to Police Chief Joseph Angelino. »
A milkman has saved a pensioner from her blazing house in County Durham. »
If people were like cats and had nine lives, a 16-year-old Rockwood male would have used up three of his lives in one week. The young man might think twice before leaving home in the future. »
A volunteer firefighter is being heralded as a hero after he jumped into a burning car to save a woman’s life. »
Scrumpy the Collie is being hailed a hero this week after his barking alerted neighbours to his canine pal’s predicament. »
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School fifth-grader, Lester Knauls, Jr., has never seen someone perform the Heimlich maneuver. »
Heroism happens every day. We see examples of it on the news, from our soldiers overseas who commit acts of inspirational bravery. We owe them a debt of immeasurable gratitude. »