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. »
Monday, Jul. 21, 2008
Wednesday, Jul. 16, 2008
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. »
Monday, Jul. 7, 2008
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. »
Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2008
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. »
Monday, Jun. 9, 2008
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. »
Friday, May. 30, 2008
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? »
Friday, May. 16, 2008
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. »
Tuesday, May. 13, 2008
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. »
Wednesday, May. 7, 2008
Cinderella-style fairy godmother comes to the rescue
The prom ticket is $95, his share of the limo will run $40 and then there’s the corsage he’ll buy for his date. But as the mother of a graduating son, I’m getting off easy. »
Tuesday, May. 6, 2008
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. »
Thursday, Mar. 27, 2008
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. »
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008
Good News Roundup
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Friday, Dec. 14, 2007
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. »
Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007
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. »
Monday, Nov. 12, 2007
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. »
Friday, Nov. 9, 2007
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. »
Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007
How Holocaust heroine rescued 2,500 children
The young Kansas women have become known as the “rescuers of the rescuer.” »
Monday, Oct. 22, 2007
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. »
Tuesday, Sep. 4, 2007
Hero workers save man from fireball
UK — A driver was saved from certain death by fire by heroic passers-by who saw the car crash. »
72 yo neighbor rescues pensioners from fire
UK — Two pensioners stuck while fire raged upstairs at their Shropshire home were rescued by their heroic 72-year-old neighbour. »
Friday, Aug. 31, 2007
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. »
Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007
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. »
Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007
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. »
Friday, Aug. 17, 2007
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. »
Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007
Two men rescue several from fire
Alaska — Raymond Patterson and Brent Babb had stepped out on the balcony of a Mountain View apartment building for a cigarette shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday when they saw a man run to a black sedan and speed away, they said. »
Monday, Aug. 13, 2007
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. »
Friday, Jun. 29, 2007
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. »
Thursday, Jun. 28, 2007
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. »
Wednesday, Jun. 27, 2007
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. »