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Floridians joined forces to rescue a 400 pound manatee from a dangerous situation in Melbourne Beach on Tuesday.

A young boy is safe thanks to the incredible work of a police K-9 in snow-covered Gastonia, North Carolina, on Saturday night.

Law enforcement officers and locals got the surprise of a lifetime when they noticed an unlikely creature near a highway early Saturday in Nelson County, Virginia.

Police officers are being honored for rescuing two children after a car crash in northeast Indianapolis on January 13.

At least two people were killed on Thursday, 12 were injured, and 35 are still missing after a landfill in the central Philippines collapsed and buried a village beneath an avalanche of garbage.

A convicted sex offender is facing more charges after being found with a missing child inside his truck in Florida, authorities said.

A sweet little dog was saved in the nick of time thanks to a police officer on duty just days before Christmas in Gardena, California.

A homeless man is being praised for rescuing a mother and her baby from an extremely dangerous situation in Dickinson, Texas, on Thursday night.

Viral video captured the rescue, showing orange flames and thick black smoke pouring from the ravaged building as Maningo whisks her canine friends to safety. 

Police officers and good Samaritans rushed to help Thursday when a mother and her baby were involved in a rollover car wreck in Fort Worth, Texas.

A huge blizzard swept the slopes of Mount Everest over the weekend, trapping hundreds of climbers and forcing rescue workers to conduct high-altitude evacuations.

A dog in Huaral, Peru, is getting lots of praise for taking swift action recently when its journalist owner was in danger.

A family in North Chicago, Illinois, is grateful to first responders who rescued one of their beloved pets when their home caught on fire.

A little boy is safe after a brush with danger at Hersheypark in Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon.

A mother in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, is grateful to her 11-year-old neighbor, who saved her 5-year-old son’s life on Friday.

The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) rescued three Americans overnight on Tuesday from Antarctica during a risky operation.

At least four people are confirmed dead, and almost a hundred are missing, after a flash flood wiped out the small riverside village of Dharali in northern India.

A whale died after boaters saw it make contact with at least two boats in New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay on Saturday.

Nine-year-old twin girls and a maintenance worker are being praised for saving the life of a four-year-old in Wixom, Michigan.

A little boy in Newaygo County, Michigan, was pulled back from the brink of death on Saturday thanks to the quick action of a state trooper.

Five hikers were swept away by a flash flood in the San Gabriel Mountains near Los Angeles this weekend but luckily were rescued by firefighters, according to a report.

A 13-year-old boy became a hero when a child was in extreme danger in Everett, Washington, on Monday afternoon.

A member of the U.S. Coast Guard is being hailed a hero for saving lives during his first rescue mission in the aftermath of the deadly Texas floods.

Detroit public safety officials are praising four brothers as heroes for rescuing two toddlers who wandered onto the roof of a home in their neighborhood.

A father took immediate action when his daughter fell overboard from a Disney cruise ship on Sunday.

Police officers in Sacramento, California, recently put their lives on the line to rescue a suspect from extreme danger.

Allegations of negligence and incompetency surround the death of a Brazilian female tourist who fell off a cliff next to an active volcano in Indonesia and efforts to save her proved futile.

A baby was rescued from a hot car on June 17 thanks to the swift actions of two police officers in Corona, California.

Law enforcement on Sunday saved a 68 year-old woman after they rescued her from a vehicle fire when her car flipped over during a crash in New York.

A 14-year-old girl dove into the frigid Delaware River in suburban Philadelphia and saved a nine-year-old boy from drowning this holiday weekend, police say.

Over 180 miners remain trapped in a South African gold mine after its hoist system was damaged in an accident.

When a tractor-trailer’s driver was in desperate need of rescue on Sunday morning in Louisville, Kentucky, first responders jumped into action.

A patriotic American did not hesitate to put his life in danger when he saw an injured bald eagle drowning in a Florida lake on April 19.

An elderly man was rescued early Saturday in Canton, Michigan, when community members and police officers rushed to help after he fell from a second-story window.

An Arizona rancher’s dog made sure a missing toddler was safe after he spent the night in mountain lion territory.

The search continued on Monday after the U.S. Coast Guard was alerted to a boat capsizing off the Florida coast.