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Several Good Samaritans are being praised for rescuing two women from a burning car after it crashed early Sunday near Jefferson, Texas.

A California cop rescued a woman trapped inside an overturned, burning car by pulling her from the wreckage by her wrists, according to police bodycam footage.

A four-pound Chihuahua was named the country’s most heroic pup Monday during the American Humane Hero Dog Awards show in Los Angeles.

A Chick-fil-A worker in Columbus, Georgia, is being praised for saving a child’s life in the restaurant’s drive-thru line on Monday.

Police officers in Dallas, Texas, got some much-needed help from community members to rescue a man trapped in a burning vehicle recently.

Dallas, Texas, police worked with a group of citizens to pull a man from a burning car after a six-vehicle crash, according to a video of the incident.

A bridge inspector is being praised for rescuing a dog stuck high above the Mississippi River over the weekend.

A Georgia man says he owes his life to the persistent barking of his neighbor’s dog.

A man whose kayak capsized in 30 feet of water in Lake George, New York, held on to his kayak for dear life until he got rescued by a group of priests on a floating tiki bar.

Officers in Miami-Dade County, Florida, are being praised for saving a man from a potentially tragic situation on August 29.

An anonymous tipster led the police to rescue nearly 80 sick cats from a home in Missouri and arrest two suspects on animal abuse charges.

An 11-year-old dog is being called a very good boy after he helped save his elderly owner recently in Glendale, California.

Three officers with the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Police Department rescued about a dozen people who were stranded due to flash flooding on Tuesday evening, according to dash cam footage.

Lodi, California, police released body cam footage showing one of their officers rescuing a wheelchair-bound man from train tracks with only seconds to spare before a train rolled through.

First responders in Salt Lake City saved two children from a submerged car that landed upside down in a canal Saturday after the driver lost control.

A tree fell on a New Jersey home during the middle of Tropical Storm Isaias Tuesday afternoon, trapping a seven-year-old girl inside the rubble.

A rookie police officer in Upland, Pennsylvania, is being hailed as a hero after he saved an unresponsive infant’s life on Sunday.

Three men in a blow-up boat stranded in the Long Island Sound in New York were rescued by the police and are back on dry land.

An 18-year-old from Washington state who went missing on July 24 was found eight days later in a heavily wooded section of the Cascade Mountains east of Seattle in what rescuers say is a “miracle.”

Two police officers in Pensacola, Florida, are being hailed as heroes for saving a little girl’s life recently.

The United States Coast Guard rescued an injured hiker Saturday evening from Olympic National Park in Washington.

An alert off-duty Nassau County, New York, police officer saved a woman from drowning after she got trapped under a marina’s dock Wednesday afternoon.

A man in Huai’an, China, performed an amazing rescue recently when he saw a toddler in a precarious situation.

A Philadelphia man is being honored for his efforts to rescue a struggling swimmer caught in the waves at Wildwood Beach along the Jersey Shore.

Sam Ratuski ran across lanes of incoming highway traffic to rescue an injured bald eagle on Saturday.

Detective Josh Simmons and North Carolina state trooper Justin Stone saved the life of an elderly woman on Tuesday.

A six-year-old boy is being praised for his heroic efforts after he survived multiple dog bites to his face while trying to save his younger sister from a charging dog.

A Socorro, Texas, police officer ran inside a burning mobile home to save an eight-year-old boy and his family trapped inside, according to a shocking video.

A rescue dog in Franklin, Tennessee, is being praised for alerting her owner to what might have been a tragic situation on Saturday.

A family from Toronto, Canada, is lucky to be alive after their neighbor’s dog named Georgia alerted them to a fire inside their home, according to a video.

A California sheriff’s deputy sprung into action to save the life of an 11-month-old toddler who lost consciousness during a protest.

A New Jersey State Trooper and a Good Samaritan are credited for rescuing eight people from a sinking boat at the New Jersey Shore last weekend, state police said.

A Texas fire chief helped save an 18-month-old’s life when the child was in danger of drowning this week.

An off duty California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer is being praised for his quick thinking in a life or death situation over the weekend.

A police officer in Canton, Georgia, is being praised for saving two teenagers caught in a swollen river on Tuesday.

Graham joined a few other Republican senators to object to bolstered unemployment benefits in the economic rescue bill.