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Rescues, medical saves, and kindness from firefighters, police officers, EMTs, paramedics, 911 dispatchers, and search-and-rescue teams. Each story is checked and linked to the original report.
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HeroesThe boys climbed steep rock south of the lookout and could not get down. A Washoe County helicopter crew lifted them to deputies waiting below. They were tired and cold, and in good condition.
Verified · The Mountain Messenger
HeroesA hiker called 911 after getting turned around at Lizard's Mouth on Oct. 22. Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue used a phone location and three teams, and the first team walked him to his vehicle.
Verified · edhat
HeroesOfficers Chernyavskiy and Sena started CPR at a September cardiac arrest. Folsom firefighters joined them, the patient regained circulation, and was awake before leaving for the hospital.
Verified · Folsom Times
HeroesIn the North Hills rain, LAFD crews took a woman from the wash in stable condition, lifted a man out by helicopter, and hoisted another man off a bridge abutment. A reported fourth person was already ashore.
Verified · ABC7 Los Angeles
HeroesRaymond Chen knew he was too small to lift Jade Chen out of the water. He pushed her to the poolside after a leg cramp made her start to sink.
Verified · NBC Los Angeles
HeroesA gardener working in the yard saw the flames and rang the doorbell with a neighbor. The woman got out with her two dogs, and he held the fire back with a garden hose until firefighters arrived. No one was hurt.
Verified · NBC Los Angeles
AnimalsRescue dog Mayzie has made more than 230 visits to first responders in Northern California and Nevada, comforting more than 3,000 people. Voting runs through Oct. 19.
Verified · Placerville NewsWire
HeroesOfficers Joseph Murphy and Yevgeny Shipley, with people who stopped to help, lifted a car off a man who had been dragged underneath it.
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