Heroine rescues blaze woman
A WOMAN was today hailed a heroine after she rescued an elderly woman from her burning home. »
A WOMAN was today hailed a heroine after she rescued an elderly woman from her burning home. »
A San Francisco man remains in critical condition with severe burns after a heroic neighbor pulled him out of an apartment fire early Monday morning in the city’s Richmond District, a Fire Department spokewoman said. »
Jean Murphy and her students at Long Range Academy have a lot of fun with math. »
A Polish woman who saved thousands of Jewish children during World War II by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto has died in the Polish capital after a long illness, aged 98. »
A mother and three children saved from a burning house in Oxford yesterday thanked their rescuers. »
A WOMAN who dived into the sea and rescued a man being attacked by a shark will be nominated for a bravery award. »
Selina Meyer, of Indian Trail Elementary School, is the 2007-08 Kentucky Special Education Teacher of the Year. She teaches the self-contained Functional Mental Disability class at Indian Trail. »
Western & Southern Financial Group named veteran teacher Kimya Moyo this year’s winner of the Dr. Lawrence C. Hawkins Educator of the Year Award, an honor than comes along with a no-strings-attached $10,000 check. »
A SCHOOLGIRL repeatedly stabbed in a frenzied attack met her footballing heroes during a visit to Everton’s training ground. »
THE hero train driver who broke his neck in the Grayrigg rail crash is set to return to work two months earlier than expected. »
Family and friends of pilot Jane Kekana were touched by an angel, because angels fly. »
Yom Hashoah, better known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, is a way for Jews and non-Jews to commemorate unthinkable loss and invaluable strength at the same time. »
A TRAFFIC officer has been hailed a hero after he helped stop a man throwing himself off a 100ft motorway bridge. »
The Westminster Police Department recently announced the recipients of annual awards honoring its best officers and staff. »
On the second Thursday of December, Lauren Barnes plans to lay a wreath on her father’s grave at Medford’s Eagle Point National Cemetery. »
At Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, Stillwater officials presented Hope Hendrix with a Citizen Commendation for her actions during a house fire during the early morning hours of Feb. 17. »
A YOUNG boy from Aldwick who was not expected to live has turned lifesaver. »
A FILIPINO fisherman was saved from almost certain drowning when two strangers came to his rescue at the Salmon Holes on Good Friday. »
Police brass recently honored an Emergency Services detective who saved the life of a 3-year-old girl in Queens in February. »
A SHEFFIELD (UK) schoolteacher found himself rubbing shoulders with sporting superstars when he was nominated for a top national journalism award. »
Heroism no longer has the distinction it once did. Athletes are called heroes for tossing a ball through a hoop. Philanthropists are called heroes for signing a check. »
A JCB driver has been hailed as a hero after helping to put out a barn fire. »
A disabled girl around 11 years old is in hospital after firefighters rescued her from the window of a burning building in Montreal (Canada) early Monday morning. »
A number of Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Department deputies will be recognized in April for acts ranging from saving residents from a fire to solving ongoing cases to organizing charity events. »
Indian River Community College adult education teacher Ed Musgrove thought he was going to hear about budget cuts when he and his adult education colleagues were called to a 9 a.m. meeting Friday. Instead, he learned he is getting a national adult education teaching award. »
Patty Stone pulled a page out of an Atlas and began tracking the South American journey of her 25-year-old daughter, Sarah. A trail of yellow highlighter snaked through Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. »
At the front of the Wal-Mart Supercenter in North Little Rock, the single mothers and their children lined up with their carts. »
A former South Florida teacher of the year inspired her students to help others. »
A SPLIT-second decision to protect strangers almost cost a city man his life when he came within inches of death.
Talking for the first time today, as he recovers from having his stomach slashed open by a knife, 22-year-old Nick Petruzziello said stepping into a scene of mayhem and chaos in the city centre had made him determined to become a police officer. »
A hero British Airway pilot saved the lives of his 136 passengers with a miraculous emergency landing at Heathrow Airport this afternoon. »