A “hero” is how family and friends will remember 17-year-old Xaven Garcia, the Albuquerque resident who died recently when he ran back into his home that was on fire to help his family.
A mystery jogger is being hailed as a hero after he rescued a family’s pets from a house fire while they were out of the home.
An Ohio community is relieved after authorities found a seven-year-old girl alive late Friday evening following her disappearance earlier this week.
An Indiana man recently recalled how he heroically rescued two young children from drowning at St. Pete Beach in Florida.
A Maryland Natural Resources Police officer is being praised for saving a suicidal woman who jumped from a pier into a river near Chesapeake City.
A 17-year-old Eagle Scout rescued two people who were drowning at the beach this past summer and recounted his story in a recent interview.
Citizens acted fast with help from Port Orange, Florida, police officers when a pizza delivery driver veered off the roadway and landed in a canal.
California firefighters rescued a woman from a rolled-over vehicle in the nick of time as fire was rapidly engulfing the car.
An 82-year-old woman was rescued from a house fire in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, by a family member and good Samaritans who were passing by.
Video footage caught the moment a Sacramento man rescued a kitten that was caught in floodwaters on October 24 after a northern California storm.
A Massachusetts State Police K9 named Orry assisted in the rescue of a young woman who fled an ambulance on her way to a hospital and gave herself self-inflicted injuries, police say.
A woman was formally recognized in North Richland Hills, Texas, on Monday after she helped save a drowning toddler.
A hiker who found themselves lost on a Colorado mountain ignored calls from rescuers because they were unfamiliar with the number, authorities explained.
A man is being hailed as a hero for rescuing a woman from her burning home in Springfield, Missouri, on October 20.
A man who stepped in to stop a violent attack and alleged attempted abduction of a Fort Lauderdale woman told reporters he was in the right place at the right time.
Nigerian security forces said Thursday they had rescued 187 people recently abducted by armed gangs in the northwestern state of Zamfara, Nigeria’s Premium Times reported Friday.
Video showed the moment two men saved a 97-year-old woman as a fire raged inside her home on Friday in Nashua, New Hampshire.
A man from Coatesville, Pennsylvania, employed as a UPS driver is getting a lot of attention for helping save a family from floodwaters.
New Jersey State Police bodycam footage showed a trooper in August on the Garden State Parkway, rescuing an eight-year-old boy whose dogs were in the middle of the highway.
Police officers in Marietta, Georgia, and a Good Samaritan are being praised for rescuing a woman who may have been about to fall to her death.
A 74-year-old Florida woman saved her dog’s life by fighting off an alligator that latched onto the golden retriever mix.
Boulder, Colorado, police officers rescued a toddler who wedged her head between two bars on a porch at an apartment complex, which left her trapped.
A brave black lab named Beauty saved her helpless duck friends from an alligator that was looking for its next meal. The ordeal occurred at Lake Powell on the western side of Panama City Beach, Florida, when beauty followed the
A Wisconsin teenager is being praised for rescuing his four sisters from a house fire that occurred recently in Webster.
A bride was saved recently by a police officer when her car broke down in the middle of a roadway as she was driving to her wedding ceremony.
A mother is extremely grateful to her legally blind son who took action when their basement apartment in Queens began flooding due to Hurricane Ida.
A man in San Joaquin County, California, is being praised for helping save his friend’s life even though they were hundreds of miles apart.
A policeman in Walnut Creek, California, rescued a man from his SUV once it crashed through a fence and into a swimming pool, according to authorities.
A man in a wheelchair fell onto subway tracks in New York City on Wednesday but several heroic citizens rescued him in the nick of time.
Ray Lucas and his girlfriend went to a nearby gas station in Eastpointe, Michigan, recently and were gone for approximately 15 minutes.
A scene along the Downtown Connector in Atlanta was caught on camera and showed citizens helping a man experiencing a medical emergency behind the wheel of his truck.
Police officers and bystanders are being praised for jumping into action when a vehicle slammed into a mother holding her baby while they crossed a street.
A good Samaritan and members of the Coast Guard rescued two boaters when their propeller hurt one of them Saturday near Tolchester Beach, Maryland.
A woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted and held against her will for three days by a man she met on the Tinder app was rescued when a good Samaritan heard her cries for help in Oakland, California.
A state police officer received the Michigan State Police Bravery Award on Monday in light of his off-duty efforts to rescue an unconscious man from a burning semi-truck.
A state trooper, police sergeant, and a couple are being praised for saving a woman who found herself stranded in her truck during a flood in Columbia, Connecticut.
A 10-year-old Texas boy is being praised for swimming to the bottom of his apartment complex’s pool to save a five-year-old girl recently.
Intense video showed the moment a public safety officer from Harper Woods, Michigan, rescued a man from a car engulfed in flames.
Israel Defense Force is on the ground in Surfside, Florida to help with rescue operations after the partial collapse of a condominium.
A couple in Montana embarked on a rescue mission when they saw a horse drowning in the Bitterroot River on Father’s Day.
