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A five-year-old Minnesota boy saved his brother’s life on Easter Sunday but is now fighting for his own as his community rallies around his family.

Rescuers saved a parent who plunged off a 70-foot cliff in Utah’s Pritchett Canyon area of Moab while on a family vacation.

A woman visiting Florida who helped rescue a struggling swimmer in the ocean later learned he is wanted for the double murder of his wife and her alleged lover.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry claimed on Monday that Sunday’s daring American rescue of a downed pilot might have been a “deception operation” for a failed attempt to steal Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium.

“God was watching us” during the historic rescue operation in Iran, President Donald Trump said during a press conference on Monday, detailing the rescue operation.

Rev. Franklin Graham is encouraging Americans to express their gratitude to God for the rescue of the U.S. Airman whose plane went down behind enemy lines in Iran.

A 12-year-old girl took swift action when she realized her two brothers were in extreme danger at their home in Savannah, Georgia.

An 8-year-old boy saved his entire family and numerous other people on March 14 when they were in extreme danger in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

An injured owl got some much needed help from California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers on Thursday evening.

Deputies in Van Buren, New York, rescued a struggling pup from the Seneca River on Monday evening using a helicopter. 

A Bernese Mountain Dog has been hailed a hero after leading his owner to a lost dog that was shivering and unable to stand in the freezing wilderness of Alberta, Canada.

Neighbors in Arley, Alabama, joined forces to rescue a stray dog on Thursday who found himself in quite the predicament.

Two strange-looking deep sea fish washed ashore in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, recently and were rescued by beachgoers.

A fire at an apartment building resulted in three lives saved and a firefighter experiencing a close call on Wednesday in Kansas City, Missouri. 

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office’s Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force, working with other law enforcement agencies, has rescued more than three dozen missing teens, some of them victims of sex traffickers.

Video shows Port Orange Police Department officers in Florida rescuing an elderly driver who crashed into a stormwater pond on Monday. 

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

A mysterious, stray dog — “a blessing from God,” an officer said — helped lead authorities in Louisville, Kentucky, to a missing three-year-old boy, which was documented in newly released body camera footage from police.

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.

A Florida man came to the rescue when he saw two small children in extreme danger on Sunday in Brevard County.

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.

Firefighters in Westerly, Rhode Island, rushed to aid a neighbor’s dog on Thursday when it became trapped in icy waters.

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.