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A scruffy dog named Benji was rescued Wednesday in Las Vegas, Nevada, after heavy rains trapped him inside a storm drain. 

A little boy in Plainfield, Illinois, got a huge surprise after only one of his classmates showed up for his birthday party Saturday.

A doctor saved a football referee’s life after he had a sudden heart attack while on the field recently. 

Two police officers are being hailed as heroes after they pulled an unconscious woman from a burning vehicle in Farmville, Virginia.

A Colombian cat is being hailed a hero after it saved a toddler from tumbling down a flight of stairs on October 31.

A husband and wife are being called heroes after rescuing a woman from inside her burning vehicle this week in Waller, Texas. 

Ten dogs rescued from kill shelters are making a difference in the lives of inmates at a prison in Vacaville, California.

A family dog is being hailed a hero after she chased two suspects away from her family’s home in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 

High winds caused a window washer in Edmonton, Alberta, to fall from scaffolding hanging several stories above street level.

A man’s life was saved in the nick of time Wednesday morning thanks to the heroic actions of a Utah Highway Patrol Trooper.

A search-and-rescue team discovered a dog alive under a pile of debris in the Bahamas, more than three weeks after Hurricane Dorian struck the islands.

A helicopter pilot flying supplies to hurricane-devastated areas of the Bahamas found villagers stranded in rubble on one of the islands.

A vegan activist who “rescued” 16 rabbits has been accused of causing the deaths of almost 100 other bunnies in the process. 

The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued more than 200 people in the Bahamas since Hurricane Dorian made landfall on the area.

Dive boat owners say they should not be held financially responsible to the families of the victims who died during the California boat fire that occurred Monday. 

A woman who survived nearly three days trapped inside a septic tank was rescued on Tuesday in Estacada, Oregon, reports said.

The life of a wheel-chair bound Carnival cruise passenger was saved by two men after she fell from a dock in the Virgin Islands Monday morning. 

A Florida dog owner showed an alligator who is boss on Friday when he pulled apart the alligator’s jaws to save his beloved pet.

Three people were killed and two injured when a cliff collapsed on top of them at a beach in Encinitas, California, on Friday.

Aerial video footage shows the moment good Samaritans in Illinois flipped over a pickup truck to rescue the driver trapped inside on Monday morning.

An off-duty Florida police officer rescued two men trapped inside a vehicle which flipped over and landed inside a pond.

A fast-thinking Chick-fil-A employee jumped out of the drive-thru window to save a child who was choking in a car. Logan Simmons was working in the drive-thru at the restaurant’s location in Flowery Branch, Georgia, when he heard a distraught

An animal welfare organization rescued nearly 200 dogs from a hoarder in New Jersey on Tuesday, with many animals lacking basic care needs.

Four teenaged boys from Tulsa, Oklahoma, are being hailed as heroes for rushing into a burning home to save the life of their 90-year-old neighbor.

A Florida sheriff’s office who adopted a dog found with its mouth taped shut in February decided to make the dog a part of the force.

Jeremy Taylor and his dog Ally were finally found and rescued in Oregon on Friday after being trapped in Taylor’s car beneath the snow for five days.

Louisiana’s Cajun Navy headed to Tennessee on Tuesday to assist areas of the state ravaged by flooding after a strong storm pummeled the area.

A Michigan weightlifter who witnessed a car crash outside his workplace Thursday rushed into action to save a driver trapped inside his vehicle.

A retired U.S. Marine is whisking away North Carolina residents stranded by Tropical Depression Florence in a military transport vehicle.

“We love the Cajun Navy – THANK YOU!” Trump wrote on Twitter on Friday, sharing a video of the group.

A quick-thinking New Jersey police officer in his seventh month on the job rescued a man who was nearly struck by a commuter train, according to a dramatic video of the incident.

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump rejoiced Tuesday in the completed rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a deep cave in Thailand.

President Donald Trump said on Sunday morning that the United States is “working very closely” with Thailand’s government to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been trapped in a cave.

A picture of a 2-year-old beagle “Gregory” riding with his rescuer, Joe Kirk, has gone viral.

A group of U.S. scientists have had to be rescued by helicopter from Antarctica after being trapped by encroaching ice.

A two-year-old German Shepherd went above and beyond to protect his owner after he took bullets and blows defending his best friend from a home invader.