hero

Inspired Stories 10/21/21, 03:31

60 Minutes Australia has recently aired an episode of a boy who fought through unbearable pain to save his father's life. Though the story happened in 2004, its meaning still rings fresh today.  Tyler suffered two punctured lungs and seven shattered ribs when the quad bike Tyler and his father David ...

Inspired Stories 09/30/21, 19:07

A Nashville man was commended for courage and nobility, after intervening in what he considered to be mid-flight bullying. Oklahoma resident Savannah Phillips prefers to fly alone since she is self-conscious about her weight. "I am not the biggest person on the airplane but I am not the smallest," she said on ...

Inspired Stories 09/12/21, 23:59

A southern Californian delivery man was commended for saving a toddler's life after rescuing him from a busy street at night. Gerson Tavares did not hesitate to stop work after seeing a toddler run in front of his vehicle along busy Burbank Boulevard, about 16 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Tavares ...

U.S. 08/31/21, 03:33

On Saturday morning, Aug. 28, Nashville-based helicopter pilot Joel Boyers had just finished assisting his fiancée in obtaining her pilot's license, and they were on their way home to celebrate when he received a phone call from a distressed woman in Pennsylvania. Her brother's house in Waverly, Tennessee, was flooded, and ...

Inspired Stories 07/30/21, 19:23

A brave grandma recently saved the life of a toddler who fell 15-20 feet from an open window in an apartment building in Russia. Svetlana Saranova, 64, was going home from the grocery store when she noticed the toddler standing at an open window from a second-story apartment block. Dropping her ...

U.S. 02/12/20, 21:35

A Georgia family is counting their blessings after a 5-year-old boy's brave actions helped save them from a fire that started inside their home. The fire was reported on Sunday, Feb. 9, at a family home in Kingston, Fox 5 DC reported. While the family of nine was asleep, 5-year-old Noah Woods ...

Inspired Stories 12/10/19, 05:53

Darin Barton from Denver, Colorado, spent many days panhandling at a busy intersection so he could afford to eat, which is why he was nearby to save lives during a massive pileup. Barton said he became homeless in July 2014 after being injured in an accident involving a light-rail train and ...

U.S. 11/20/19, 09:34

A fundraiser to benefit the family of a fallen Worcester hero will feature a popular Massachusetts band. American Celtic punk rock band Dropkick Murphys will play a short acoustic set at the Worcester Beer Garden and Pavilion on Friday night, Nov. 22, in honor of Lt. Jason Menard, of the Worcester ...

U.S. 11/16/19, 21:20

A war hero, whose courageous combat was illuminated in the book “Black Hawk Down,” died Nov. 5, at age 64. Sgt. Major James McMahon was laid to rest on Saturday, Nov. 16, at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Durand, Illinois, according to his obituary. In the book by journalist Mark Bowden called ...

U.S. 10/02/19, 18:37

The 17-year-old Miami boy hailed as a hero for saving a mother and her son at a sandbar off Virginia Key, Florida, who was left hospitalized has died, according to a representative at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Cristian Burgos succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday morning, Oct. 2, hospital officials said. Burgos was ...

U.S. 10/02/19, 05:52

An American Airline employee, who intercepted an out-of-control catering cart before it nearly hit an aircraft, is being hailed as a hero. The incident happened Monday, Sept. 30, at Chicago’s O'Hare International Airport when a cart was parked by an Embraer 140 aircraft as beverages were being loaded for the outbound ...

U.S. 09/17/19, 21:36

LEAP maintenance employee Larry Lord is credited with saving more than a dozen staff after warning them about the smell of gas. As the Farmington community comes to grips with the LEAP Inc.'s  explosion tragedy, heroic stories are emerging. The heroic actions of Larry Lord, the maintenance worker at LEAP, a nonprofit ...

U.S. 09/03/19, 16:38

The 25-year law enforcement veteran, Columbus Police Department (CPD) Capt. Stacey Deans, died at Baldwyn Nursing Facility on Tuesday morning, Aug. 27, after a lengthy illness. Lee County Coroner Carolyn Green confirmed that he died of natural causes, according to The Dispatch. Capt. Deans, 53, leaves behind his wife, Yolanda Bounds, ...

U.S. 08/30/19, 08:35

The Independence Police Department in Missouri is looking for the boy in a photo that is getting a lot of attention on social media. Officer Joe Holt took it and said he was helping an elderly woman in the rain. Holt stopped to get a bite to eat at the Hy-Vee ...

New York 08/26/19, 15:07

An 11-year-old New York student said her teacher told her she wasn't allowed to select President Donald Trump as her “hero” in a school project because he spread negativity and said bad stuff about women. Valerie Moscato told News 12 Long Island that her 11-year-old daughter, Bella Moscato, a sixth-grader at the ...

U.S. 08/22/19, 14:53

A 16-year-old Conner High School student is being hailed a hero after he stopped what the Boone County Sheriff’s Office said was an attempted kidnapping Monday, Aug. 19. Cody Hardin stopped Benjamin Margitza, 18, from potentially kidnapping a classmate in the parking lot of Conner High School.  Boone County deputies said Margitza ...

U.S. 08/22/19, 06:23

Joey Grundl, 27, a pizza delivery driver for a Domino’s location in Waldo, Wisconsin, is being hailed a hero after saving a kidnapped woman. On Sept. 27, 2018, Joey showed up to deliver a pizza to a woman's house when Dean Hoffman, 55, her ex-boyfriend, opened the door. That's when something ...

Texas 08/15/19, 13:26

El Paso police are calling the public to find the man who they said helped save lives in the tragic El Paso shooting at Walmart. On the evening of Aug. 14, the El Paso Police Department posted a screenshot from the security camera, saying: "Crimes Against Persons is requesting the community’s help ...