Heroes


Children’s hospital in Oregon scaled by superheroes

Posted April 24th, 2013 by

The Randall Children’s Hospital in Portland, Ore., was encased in superhero powers on Tuesday after a slew of window washers descended upon the building dressed as superheros. Employees of Millennium Building Services, a company who has been washing the hospital’s windows for 22 years, decided that they would make their next call of duty a ... read more »

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9-year-old girl walks a mile after father killed in car crash

Posted March 25th, 2013 by

A 9-year-old girl who miraculously survived a car crash that claimed the life of her father early Sunday morning, walked a mile to seek help after her father was killed in a car crash. California Highway Patrol (CHP) said the girl was able to climb out of a mangled 2010 Ford Escape which had plummeted ... read more »

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Prison inmates save three drowning boys’ lives

Posted February 4th, 2013 by

A prison work crew in Hazel Dell, Wash. came to the rescue of three brothers after they heard screaming coming from a raging river near where they were assigned work detail last week as part of their prison term. One inmate, Nelson Pettis from Larch Corrections Center, said, “We just thought it was some kids ... read more »

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Mother shoots intruder in effort to protect kids

Posted January 7th, 2013 by

A work-at-home Ga. mother of two shot and seriously injured a home intruder on Friday after a man forced himself in to the woman’s home. The Walton County Sheriff’s office noted in a report that the mother heard her doorbell ringing while witnessing someone knocking at the door. The woman says she didn’t recognize the ... read more »

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Missouri 11-year-old boy saves 10-year-old’s life

Posted December 17th, 2012 by

An 11-year-old boy is credited on Monday with saving the life of a schoolmate, 10-year-old Zachary Sanchez, after he fell out of a tree. Andre Key, the boy who saved Sanchez, was waiting for his school bus on Dec. 7 when Sanchez fell out of a tree he had climbed earlier. The boys were waiting ... read more »

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Stranger hands Grandmother $100 after gifts were stolen

Posted December 11th, 2012 by

Merrily Fugate, an Oregon City, Oregon, Grandmother, was devastated when she went out to her gift-filled-car this weekend, after finishing up some shopping, only to find that all her gifts had been stolen. Fugate, whose first name honors her birthday — a day after Christmas, said while she doesn’t have a lot to spend on ... read more »

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Baby becomes lifeless on Ferris Wheel

Posted December 11th, 2012 by

A one-year-old Chicago toddler was riding the Ferris Wheel at Chicago’s Navy Pier on Monday with his mother when he started choking.  The baby’s mother, Sanovia Parks, was terrified, not knowing what she could do while the ride was still going and how to properly respond to the boy’s critical life and death needs. The ... read more »

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Mother and toddler pinned under car saved by good Samaritans

Posted December 5th, 2012 by

A mother, walking across the street in Aurora, Colorado, with her three children, was saved by an off-duty police officer, another police officer and several civilians when the woman and her toddler were struck by a vehicle Monday night. The accident happened as a mother, her 2-year-old daughter and her 4-year-old twins crossed a busy ... read more »

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Youngster collects stuffed animals for Hurricane Sandy victims

Posted November 13th, 2012 by

Katherine Schell, a 4-year-old Kansas City girl is helping to supply children in storm ravaged NYC with stuffed animals in effort to soothe their sorrow and loss. After Katherine told her mother that she was “worried about the kids that lost their animals”, her mother helped Katherine devise a way of replacing child victim’s toys. ... read more »

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Teen saved by a stranger after car stalls on train tracks

Posted November 5th, 2012 by

A Tinley Park, Illinois, teen has a lot to be thankful for after a close call he experienced early Halloween when his car stalled on the Metra train tracks. Bill Anetsberger, 17, was late to school so he neglected to put gas in his car last Wednesday. A power outage the night before failed to ... read more »

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Youngster to murdered Navy SEAL’s mother: ‘He should go to heaven’

Posted September 20th, 2012 by

The funeral for Glen Doherty, 42-years-old, the Navy SEAL who was murdered in a terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy in Libya last week, was held on Tuesday with the presence of a very unexpected guest. Jonathan Arcuri, 9-years-old, walked down to the funeral from his home in Winchester, Massachusetts, where the funeral was being ... read more »

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Woman gives college student free car after he was struck while walking

Posted September 9th, 2012 by

A West Georgia Technical College student was given a car by a Good Samaritan after she saw a news broadcast about his long, 15 mile round trip trek to and from his college classes. Branden Whitehead, 20, reportedly walked to and from college classes some 15 miles away. The journey took him 4 1/2 hours to ... read more »

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104-year-old grandmother celebrates birthday 7,000 feet up Mount Hood

Posted August 13th, 2012 by

Alice Aho celebrated her 104th birthday as an active grandmother and great-grandmother, showing her family that she’s still up for a great adventure. Aho reportedly told her daughter-in-law that she wanted to scale Mount Hood in Oregon for her 104th birthday, as a homage to her younger days, before she had children, when she and ... read more »

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Autistic girl falls from window, caught by neighbor

Posted July 17th, 2012 by

While mother Shaleema McCree was helping her young son go to the bathroom, her 7-year-old autistic daughter, Keyla, was pushing out a piece holding an air conditioning unit in the window of the family’s 3rd story Coney Island apartment. The little girl was able to wiggle her way through the tiny opening. Witnesses informed the ... read more »

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Heroic mom dies shielding toddler from tornado

Posted June 26th, 2012 by

Heather Town, a Florida mother of three, made the ultimate sacrifice to save her three-year-old daughter during a violent tornado on Sunday night. The mother and daughter were tossed from their mobile home by the tornado. Town was found covered in barbed wire and debris in a wooded area near her home, still clutching her ... read more »

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