Adults and 3 Year Old Child Rescued from River

A car plunges into the river. The adults are able to make it out of the car — but what about the three year old still trapped inside? Arriving officers find an empty car…

In the 1930s, a sweet miracle took place in Whitman, Mass.

Too bad sainthood is not generally conferred on bakers, for there is one who is a possible candidate for canonization.

Newspaper carrier rescues senior stuck in bathtub 2 days

The observations of a woman delivering newspapers led to the rescue of an elderly Moncton resident who was stuck in her bathtub for two days.

Stolen pit bull safely returned

Thumbelina, a 9-week-old pit bull who was ripped from her owner’s arms, has been safely returned after a woman walking along the Greenway bike trail off of Paxton Street in Swatara Twp. found the dog abandoned on the Fourth of July.

A hero without the paperwork

It was a day of minor miseries. There was a new eight-page form that replaced an old one-page form. Two pharmacies called about patients whose medications had run out but could not be renewed without prior authorization. A social security application required more documentation. We live in a mad land where helping people rests on faxing paperwork.

100-year-old man attends his 80th reunion at Bates

There were no classmates to share memories with, but 100-year-old Alfred Webber found plenty of admirers when he returned to Bates College to mark his 80th class reunion this weekend.

Holocaust survivor reunited with Polish rescuer

More than six decades after the end of World War II, the question still boggles the mind: How did they survive?

Hero helps others fight for cancer drug

Kate Spall has become an unlikely hero. A 36-year old housewife from Chester, she’s become a life-saver to cancer patients around the UK.

Australia Spends Millions to Rescue Reef

Australia will spend A$3.8 billion ($3.5 billion) to fight climate change, including A$200 million to rescue the Great Barrier Reef, as part of a four-year plan outlined in the government’s budget on Tuesday.

Veterans Home to replace about 200 worn headstones

The Vermont Veterans Home is planning to replace the worn headstones in its cemetery, some of which are more than 115 years old, with new marble grave markers.

Donor miracle ends family curse

A MOTHER who lost her husband to kidney disease has saved the life of their son by giving him a kidney.

Ordinary people honored as true heroes

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.

Strangers help soldier make it home for birth

Tiffanie Joost knew her husband was facing a lot of odds in making it to the birth of their first child.

Celebration set for snow angel record

North Dakotans are invited to Bismarck to celebrate North Dakota’s snow angel record of 2007 listed in the Guinness Book of Records.

Remembering our heroes

As a chill wind blew over the veterans and their families at a cemetery in Port Huron on Sunday, Katie Stephens took her audience to Flanders Fields in Belgium.

Shark attack surfer friend hailed a hero

THE parents of the Bonza Bay shark attack victim yesterday praised their son’s surfing buddy for his courage during the ordeal with the four-metre Great White shark.

Double amputee struggles, succeeds

The Atlanta Ironman kept to his wheelchair this past week. The ends of his amputated legs were blistered, swollen and raw, and showing signs of infection. His muscles felt like they had been doing laps through a pasta maker. The gifts of completing one of the globe’s notorious endurance races just kept giving.

The world-famous miscarriage clinic that saved our daughter

It took Selma Holmes 10 years to get pregnant. It took her a further five years and four pregnancies to carry a baby to full term. As she now sits cuddling her two-year-old daughter, Ayshe Mae, Selma still finds it difficult to talk about the two babies she lost at 24 and 19 weeks, as well as her two early miscarriages. And she looks back in astonishment at the two needless operations she underwent before her dreams of becoming a mother finally materialised.

Man Shocked By Power Lines Survives

Roger Bennet, who was airlifted to Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh after being shocked by power lines, was back home Wednesday and shared what he remembered with NEWS9.

Abandoned Dogs Being Rescued By One East Texas Woman

They were found abandoned and starving to death, but now some East Texas dogs have found their saving grace. A month ago KLTV told you about more than a dozen dogs dumped at an East Texas plant. Saturday, they’re being rescued, all thanks to the generosity of East Texans and one in particular.

Family in Washington to receive award for volunteer work

More than anything, Vicki Jay says representing a city like Midland is what humbles her most.

Fire department to honor family who rescued twins

The Fairfield Twp. Fire Department plans Tuesday night to recognize a Liberty Twp. family whose actions helped save the lives of two children earlier this month.

Holocaust survivor recalls heroes who saved him

To commemorate Holocaust Martyrs’ Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah, a retired Glen Burnie physician who survived the Nazi and Soviet occupations of Poland will speak tomorrow at Temple Beth Shalom in Arnold.

Woman meets her guardian angel

An 89-year-old great-grandmother shed tears of joy this afternoon when she met the mystery woman who saved her life.

Hero emerges: Former soldier stepped up when he saw lives in danger

Eric Fullerton says he didn’t feel his skin being sliced when Curtis Allgier cut his throat, but he did feel the cold steel of the serrated knife and hear his flesh ripping.

Heroes to life

It couldn’t happen.

Stem cell first for Parkinson’s

US researchers have for the first time injected human stem cells into monkeys with Parkinson’s symptoms, seen as a key step in the fight to find a cure.

Man is hero on Boston-bound flight

Next time you take an airplane— you may want to ask Hingham’s Bob Hayden to come along.

Baby Ivie Update: She’s a toddler

Baby Ivie hits another milestone, she’s three years old!

Soldier survives, credits comrades

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.

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