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Father Saves 10 from Bar Fire at Swiss New Year’s Party After Frantic Call from His Daughter

Andy Corbley — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:00:08 +0000

Out of the fire that claimed over 40 young lives in Switzerland on New Year’s Eve comes a story of heroism and coincidence that allowed an Italian Swiss father to help rescue 10 of the youth trapped inside the underground venue. In the Swiss town of Crans Montana, sparklers or similar items are believed to […]

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Firefighters Rappel Down the Windows of Children’s Cancer Hospital in Unforgettable Christmas Surprise

Andy Corbley — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:57:05 +0000

On Friday, a Georgia fire department undertook an unusual Christmas tradition. In place of decking the halls, the men and women of the Sandy Springs Fire Department (SSFD) link up with Santa, and rappel down the walls of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta to surprise infirm kids who can’t leave their rooms. The event is now […]

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Blind BBQ Master in Dallas Blows Away Guests with Brisket Cooked by Touch and Smell

Andy Corbley — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:30:11 +0000

When clients ask Christopher Jones how he cooks the delicious barbequed meat at his restaurant, he answers, “‘Just like you, except I have to concentrate a little harder.'” The extra concentration, for a blind man, is a necessity not an option. But as is so often the case, this became the mother of Jones’ invention. […]

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He Transformed a Veteran’s ‘Jungle’ Backyard For Free, Then Hands Over $14,000 and a Car

Good News Network — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 15:12:54 +0000

A 63-year-old veteran could barely access his backyard which overgrown with 6-8-foot weeds, until a kind-hearted cleaning company owner transformed the overgrown jungle for free—then he went above-and-beyond to transform the soldier’s life. Ben Saunders stepped in after meeting Nick Joyce and hearing the Army veteran had been waiting for the local council to clear […]

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10th Grader Saves Stepfather’s Life with His Newly-Learned CPR Skills Taught in Schools

Andy Corbley — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:30:55 +0000

Less than a year after Anthony Killinger attended a CPR course in his school gymnasium, his mother was at the door of his bedroom saying she thought her husband was dead. Running downstairs, Killinger found his stepfather, Mike Reese, unconscious on the ground making a snoring sound. With a prayer to God to “take the […]

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Boy’s Great Tagline Helps Raise Thousands For Underprivileged Kids to Afford Hockey

Andy Corbley — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:30:32 +0000

A hockey-loving boy from a hockey-loving family is selling special hockey merch to help other hockey lovers—and he’s loving it. His family took a childhood utterance, as genius as it was random, and spun it into a line of merchandise with the proceeds going to charities that pay for gear, rink time, and team fees […]

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Farmworkers Are Heroes After Rescuing 20 Children from Burning School Bus in California

Andy Corbley — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:00:06 +0000

Two California farmers were honored recently for being the first ones to help save over 20 students aboard a school bus that caught fire. Long before the Madera Country Fire Department arrived on scene, Angel Zarco and Carlos Perea were there, and in fact, the pair noticed the smoke billowing from the back of the […]

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Dogs Rescued from ‘Squalid’ House are Being Retrained as Police Sniffer K-9s

Good News Network — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 19:37:31 +0000

Four dogs rescued from a ‘squalid’ and derelict house in England are being given a new purpose—they’re being trained as police K-9s. The springer spaniels were found in April alongside dozens of other dogs crowded into a property in South Yorkshire. Newly-named Bruce, Pablo, Lola, and Nellie are currently acing assignments in their training to […]

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Toddler Safe After German Shepherd Tracks Her for Hours in Cold Dense Woods

Andy Corbley — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:30:58 +0000

A volunteer and his 7-year-old German shepherd named after a goddess have been hailed as heroes for finding a lost toddler amid plummeting temperatures. In Dorchester, New Hampshire, temps were passing 40 on route to an expected 20°F when a mother called 911 to frantically explain that her 2-year-old daughter and the family dogs were […]

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Good Samaritans Stripped Down to Briefs to Rescue 3 Stranded Whales on Canadian Beach (WATCH)

Nathan Frederick — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 16:14:01 +0000

Time was running out when Mark Rankin and Grant Cameron arrived on a Nova Scotia Beach earlier this week. After apparently swimming too close to shore, three pilot whales were found stranded at 9 a.m., with low tide quickly approaching. If the two friends didn’t intervene soon, the whales might never have a chance. One […]

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Rescued Dog Becomes the Rescuer: Family Pup Saved from Shelter Guides Officer to Missing Grandmother

Nathan Frederick — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 21:46:48 +0000

Once upon a time this dog had been injured and helpless, but a Florida rescue shelter never gave up on him. Now, it was his turn to return the favor. Back in 2019, Eeyore the dog had been hit by a car and taken to L&R Rescue near Pensacola with a badly broken femur. Euthanasia […]

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Wichita ‘Taco Hero’ Gets Year of Free Tacos for ‘Mind-Blowing’ Kindness After Card Reader Went Down

Andy Corbley — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 13:00:32 +0000

When the sales and payment software went down at a Wichita taco restaurant, the staff were anxious, and the line for the register, long. Tensions were high, and when the Shear family finally got through the out-the-door-wrap-around line, they were told that Tacos TJ 664 was only accepting cash. They were craving the fresh shrimp […]

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Hero Travelers Lift Helicopter off Woman After Crash on Highway: ‘Truly Amazing’ – WATCH

Nathan Frederick — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 14:50:46 +0000

The red helicopter was dropping steadily into a collision course with Highway 50, an 8-lane interstate dotted with commuters and travelers near Sacramento, California’s capitol city. Fortunately, when the REACH Air Medical Services chopper with three passengers did crash, there were drivers down below who would quickly transform into heroes. A dramatic video soon blanketed […]

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Gumbo Cook Worried About Regular Customer’s No-Shows Goes to His Home and Saves His Life

Nathan Frederick — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 15:34:21 +0000

Something had to be wrong. For over a decade, his routine was as reliable as the sunrise: every day around 11 a.m, the door to the Shrimp Basket in Pensacola, Florida would swing open and one loyal customer would walk in. Donnell Stallworth, a cook at the Shrimp Basket, said the regular visitor is like […]

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Over 600 North Korean Refugees Can Tell Their Stories After Public Speaking Classes from US Charity

Andy Corbley — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 18:29:18 +0000

In South Korea’s capital, Seoul, there are now tens of thousands of North Korean refugees, all living with an intense emotional burden—and a US-founded organization is helping to alleviate it. Freedom Speakers International (FSI) offers tuition-free and individualized mentorship for speaking in English and opportunities to engage with the international community through that most marvelous […]

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Determined Scientists Created Only Puffin Colony in the US, and Continue to Protect it Decades Later

Andy Corbley — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 11:00:02 +0000

For 50 years, the state of Maine has drawn worldwide attention for its efforts to restore a puffin colony, an effort that has brought controversy, hope, and a cottage industry you have to see to believe. Featured recently on the PBS News Hour, it’s a story that begins back in 1973 when a young ornithologist […]

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9-year-old Boy Saves Parents When Tornado Sends Car Flying into Trees

Andy Corbley — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:30:32 +0000

Rogers and Hammerstein wrote oh so famously that “at the end of the storm, there’s a golden sky.” At their home on the range, an Oklahoma couple are beginning to see that golden sky beyond a stormy nightmare that forced their 9-year-old son to try and save their lives after a tornado overtook their car […]

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Watch Ohio Policeman Save Woman from Jumping off 5th Floor Ledge: ‘There’s an Angel for You’

Andy Corbley — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:00:21 +0000

Ohio police officers recently saved a suicidal woman threatening to jump from the 5th floor of a parking garage. Captured on the officers’ body cameras, the harrowing, yet inspiring moments demonstrate the city’s finest in their finest hour. Multiple bystanders called 911 after seeing a silhouette on the roof of the garage, sending officers from […]

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Beating Cancer Required Thousands for Parking: She Now Fundraises for Other Patients’ Parking

Andy Corbley — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:16:11 +0000

Given all the expenses and anxieties that come with battling cancer, one might think that parking fees really shouldn’t be among them. Yet as wild as that may sound, some hospitals and cancer centers in Canada either charge for parking—as much as CAD$12 a day—or don’t have large enough on-site parking, forcing patients to park […]

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Rescuers Form a Human Wall to Dam a River with Their Bodies to Save a Boy Trapped by the Current

Andy Corbley — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:00:58 +0000

From southwest China comes the story of a group of strangers who stopped at nothing to rescue a boy from a raging river. While unable to literally move heaven and earth, their determination was such that they altered the flow of the river—with nothing less than their own bodies. The story began in Guizhou province […]

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Polish Officers Looking for Teen Hero Who Saved Woman from Bus Stop Attacker

Andy Corbley — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:00:18 +0000

Police in the Polish town of Rybnik are calling this teenager a hero after he reacted when no one else did to a random act of violence and allowed the victim to escape. Located in the Silesia region, the young man—found through his characteristic ‘Hello Kitty’ t-shirt—was standing at a bus stop along with a […]

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China’s ‘Bulldozer Hero’ Saves Over 100 Stranded Neighbors During Recent Beijing Flooding

Andy Corbley — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:00:07 +0000

A freak rain event dumped 40% of Beijing’s average yearly precipitation down in a single week, triggering floods. From out of the chaos, Chinese social media rose to salute the “Bulldozer Hero,” Wang Tianyu, a business owner turned rescuer. On July 28th far outside the city limits, Wang woke to an urgent phone call from […]

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Masked Hero Goes Viral for Painting Over Graffiti on Buildings in Northern Italy – WATCH

Andy Corbley — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:00:46 +0000

Under cover of darkness in the north Italian city of Brescia, a masked man has become famous for performing “acts of urban love.” Armed with a paint roller and the moniker “Ghost Painter,” this unknown citizen stalks the city streets, painting over graffiti left by vandals. Like all Italian cities, going back to the days […]

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4 National Guardsmen Save a Man’s Life After Stopping for Lunch in Poland

Andy Corbley — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:00:36 +0000

Their motto reads “Always ready, always there,” and when four national guardsmen from Alabama walked into a Burger King, that’s exactly what they were. The story comes from Skwierzyna, a town about 80 miles west of the headquarters of the US Army in Poland. Sgt. 1st Class Alicia Haggins, Staff Sgt. Jacob Roberts, 2nd Lt. […]

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Heroic Divemaster Rescues Cozumel Divers–and Public Raises $50k to Treat His Injuries

Andy Corbley — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 18:30:19 +0000

From Mexico comes the story of a heroic diving instructor, who was injured in the process of saving a group he was leading. Manolo Acuña Zepeda, a beloved and experienced divemaster in Cozumel, risked his life to save a group of divers from an oncoming speed boat illegally operating over Yucab Reef. This beautiful reef […]

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Trio of Neighbors Honored for Saving the Lives of Florida Plane Crash Survivors

Andy Corbley — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 15:30:08 +0000

A trio of brave locals were honored recently when a small plane crashed in Florida. Catching fire almost immediately, and with all souls both still alive and yet trapped inside, residents rushed to their aid, receiving the hero’s commendation from the Boca Raton PD. The small Cessna Skymaster aircraft was approaching North Perry Airport when […]

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Hero Lifeguards Race Toward Cries of Help and Rescue Mother and Son Drowning in a Rushing River Nearby

Nathan Frederick — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 20:34:23 +0000

Screams were coming from the woods, but the three lifeguards who had just started their shift at the Ohio pool didn’t hesitate. They sprinted away from the Pataskala Municipal Park and raced toward the screams, through the trees to the rushing river that flowed beyond. Eighteen-year-old lifeguard Kaden Ross ran the 150 yards to the […]

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Hero Service Dog Senses Owner’s Irregular Heartbeat–Saving the Veteran From a Catastrophic Stroke

Nathan Frederick — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 19:25:42 +0000

The Labrador usually lets Hank sleep late—but not on this particular day. Something was wrong. Very wrong. The service dog named Tommy had been with Hank Ford since he was a pup, and he knew his owner was at risk. He started nudging Hank with his nose, then pawing at him, and jumping on his […]

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Fearless Hero Sprints in Front of Train to Rescue Man Collapsed on Track – (WATCH)

Andy Corbley — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 13:00:28 +0000

An absolutely staggering rescue story comes now from Russia where a Good Samaritan tugged an unconscious man clear of an oncoming train with less than a second before it passed over him. In a video obtained by the Sun, security camera footage shows a tall man stumbling towards train tracks while what are clearly the […]

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Beached Whale Faced 6 Hours of Lethal Sun and Dryness, Locals Form Bucket Brigade to Save it

Andy Corbley — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:00:06 +0000

A beached minke whale survived 6 hours on shore to make it back to the water thanks to a helping hand from the locals, according to a report from Alaska. In the town of Seldovia, on Kachemak Bay, a 15-foot minke whale was beached on the rocks at low tide, believed to be an incidence […]

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A Drowning Foal Rescued by Canoers, Hitches a River Ride Back to its Mama

Andy Corbley — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:00:37 +0000

As two women were enjoying canoeing down an Alberta River, they had no idea they would have the chance to save a life. The sun was out, the water was glistening, and the birds were singing, but the idyllic drift down the Kananaskis River was interrupted when a horse waded into the water under a […]

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Courageous Hero Climbs to 6th Floor Ledge to Save Children and Mom Trapped By Flames in Paris (WATCH)

Nathan Frederick — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 19:28:07 +0000

The video is harrowing. Smoke was billowing outside a Paris apartment window. Fire was raging inside. Two adults and four children were trapped. Fousseynou Cissé never hesitated once he saw them —even though the only escape route was a narrow ledge 65 feet in the air. (Watch the video below…) The 39-year-old who works as […]

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Years After She Saved a Magpie it Returns the Favor Saving Her Life After She Fell from Window

Andy Corbley — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:30:31 +0000

When Sandie Gillard fell from a two-story window, the impact knocked the senior citizen unconscious, a state that may have become permanent if not for the intervention of a very small, very unlikely hero. Lightly tapping on her head, a bird named Jellybean roused its former caregiver enough that she could call her husband, who […]

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Solitary Rescuer Leads 165 Children to Safety During Recent Texas Flooding–Hailed as a Hero

Andy Corbley — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:30:46 +0000

A little-known Coast Guard officer has been hailed as a hero after rescuing 165 people from the Texas hill country floods. Petty Officer and rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan, a native of New Jersey, was on the scene when the Guadalupe River rose dramatically, causing flooding after 5–11 inches of rain fell in a short amount […]

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Baby Hare Survives After Farmer Performs Emergency C–Section with Pocket Knife

Good News Network — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 15:13:01 +0000

A newborn baby hare survived after a farmer performed an emergency Caesarean section, using his pocket knife. Robert Craig had been collecting his forage crops to turn them into livestock feed when he accidentally struck a hare with his machinery in a Scottish field near Dumfriesshire. He jumped down to inspect the animal and says […]

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Immigrant Truck Driver Becomes Hero Using Tractor-Trailer to Save Man from Burning 2nd Floor

Andy Corbley — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:30:56 +0000

There is no shortage of people in the world who see a burning building that isn’t theirs and choose not to risk their lives to help: Tomasz Zareba is not one of those bystanders. The Dublin truck driver helped save a man from a harrowing fall when the second-story window was his only escape route—and […]

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‘Miracles Happen’: Woman Uses CPR Training she Learned 40 Years Ago to Save Teen Baseball Player’s Life

Nathan Frederick — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:30:16 +0000

Johnette Wilmot learned CPR when she was 17-years-old and never needed it in the 40 years since then. But, recently, when a 15-year-old went into cardiac arrest during a baseball practice, Wilmot remembered everything as if she had been trained yesterday. Evan Tucker had just finished his freshman baseball season at Pinson Valley High School […]

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Hero Tells Mom on Burning 3rd Floor: ‘Drop the baby, I am going to catch her’

Andy Corbley — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:30:27 +0000

Absolutely gripping footage recorded during a recent apartment block fire shows a mother throwing her baby out from the third-floor window to a crowd of rescuers below. The arms of the rescuers envelope the falling child, and Cleveland news 19 reports that both mom and babe made it out unharmed. The ordeal began on June […]

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Parasail Operator Turns Into Rescuer After Storm Hits the Jersey Shore

Andy Corbley — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 11:00:53 +0000

From the Jersey Shore comes the story of a parasail operator rescuing a kayaker and her dogs as fast as the wind which capsized them was blowing across the water. It was Thursday evening in Sea Isle City and Brennan Bollard wasn’t working. A storm was forecasted and at around 7:00 p.m. it hit the […]

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12-year-old Hero Boy Saves Family from Blaze–and Secures Future Job by Impressing the Fire Chief

Andy Corbley — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:00:07 +0000

After a young Virginian saved his family from a house fire, the local fire chief admitted that if he ever needed a job in his hometown, it’s enough to come by the fire department. Romir Parker, a seventh grader from the city of Petersburg, near Richmond, was presented by the municipality with a special proclamation […]

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Four-year-old Credited with Saving Her Teacher’s Life at Tennessee Daycare

Andy Corbley — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 11:00:19 +0000

4-year-old Kyndal Bradley knows how to use a phone to call her mother, but how to call 911, or even when to do so, has not been talked about. So imagine the surprise of her mother and the teaching staff at a Tennessee daycare when, during a medical emergency, it was Kyndal who took action. […]

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War Hero Codebreaker Alan Turing’s Papers Found in Loft And Saved From Shredder to Fetch Record $625,000

Good News Network — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 11:00:04 +0000

A treasure trove of scientific papers by codebreaking war hero Alan Turing have fetched over a half million dollars at auction after being found in a loft and nearly shredded. The incredible archive of important works by the British mathematical genius was discovered gathering dust at a property in London after it was gifted to […]

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Myth Collides With History in Greece Where Tiles Found Marked ‘Odysseus’ Confirm Hero Worship of Homer’s Trojan War King

Andy Corbley — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:30:54 +0000

As is so often the case in Greek history, real events merge with myth—and there’s no more perfect example than the island of Ithaca, renowned as the homeland of ‘Odysseus’ the hero king in Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey. Now, at an archeological dig there, tiles bearing the name of Odysseus have been found, confirming […]

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Hero Air India Pilot ‘Saved Dozens of Lives’ with Last-Second Decision Before Crash

Andy Corbley — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:00:39 +0000

Rarely is there good news to be found amid the wreckage of a crashed plane, but from the Air India flight which recently went down in Ahmedabad, a ray of positivity emerges. The crash claimed 241 souls on board, but it could have been dozens, perhaps hundreds more on the ground, based on the last […]

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This Memory Cop’s Face Recognition Skill Has Identified a Mind-Blowing 3,000 Suspects–Keeping Streets Safer

Good News Network — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 19:41:09 +0000

A police officer dubbed the ‘Memory Cop’ has hit another milestone after his mind-blowing face-recognition skills helped him catch his 3,000th suspect. A Police Community Support Officer (PCSO), eagle-eyed Andy Pope was praised for his incredible ability as a ‘super recognizer’ with a reputation for spotting crime suspects. The 47-year-old remembers faces of wanted men […]

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Doctor Gave Free Care to Patients for Decades–Now They’ve Raised $280,000 to Pay for His Cancer Treatment

Nathan Frederick — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 15:03:07 +0000

Dr. Z never required a copay. Michael Zollicoffer, known to his patients as Dr. Z, spent the last four decades serving the residents of Baltimore’s poorest neighborhoods—and the family physician never turned anyone away, even if they couldn’t afford to pay. “Forget that dollar bill,” the 66-year-old told CBS News. “I’m going to see you […]

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12-Year-old Girl Plants 150,000 Trees in India, Becoming a Reforestation Leader

Andy Corbley — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:30:43 +0000

Called the Indian Greta Thunberg, this 12-year-old is on a mission to green India’s skies and minds. Armed with determination, a charming personality, and a great marketing concept, she’s planting a grassroots movement towards environmentalism that’s staggering to see in one so young. At age 8, she won the Dal Puraskar, an Indian order of […]

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Hero Crane Driver Who Rescued Man from Burning Building Granted Humble Bucket List Wish

Andy Corbley — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 13:00:50 +0000

In late 2023, GNN reported that a construction worker had been rescued from the side of a burning high-rise building thanks to a heroic crane operator. A basket was suspended on the end of Glen Edwards’ crane meant for holding people while they work along the facades of buildings, and despite terrible visibility from the […]

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Heroic Youngsters Pictured Saving Couple and Baby from Flipped Car

Andy Corbley — Thu, 29 May 2025 15:30:02 +0000

From the south of England comes the eyewitness account of a road rescue by a hoard of good, young, Samaritans. A photograph taken by a bystander shows one of the rescuers on top of the vehicle after it crashed, as well as a man and his 11-month-old son, who had been dragged from the wreckage […]

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Seizures Bar Him from Swimming–So He Saves a Drowning Girl with His Drone

Andy Corbley — Wed, 21 May 2025 15:30:38 +0000

From Pensacola comes the story of an improvised rescue that saved the life of a teenage girl who was caught in a riptide. A seizure-prone fisherman used his specialized drone to lower a life-preserver into the water, allowing her to rest and recover enough to fight the tide and stay above water. The girl’s father […]

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