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The person nearby who noticed, and then did something about it. 43 verified stories. Stories come from Chattanooga, Louisville, and Lake Charles. Each one is checked and linked to the original report.
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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
HeroesSgt. Alex Wood crawled through a burning trailer near Roanoke Rapids, found the resident, and pulled him out. The man is stable.
Verified · WITN
CommunityDream on 3 surprised 18-year-old Sam Schreiner, who has Down syndrome, with a limousine send-off to a weekend of Nebraska football festivities.
Verified · 10/11 NOW (KOLN)
HeroesOfficers Joseph Murphy and Yevgeny Shipley, with people who stopped to help, lifted a car off a man who had been dragged underneath it.
Verified · KNX News
HeroesCarter Hicks told adults that a camper trailer was smoking, and the Blooming Grove Volunteer Fire Department later gave him a patch and a certificate.
Verified · Eagle Country 99.3
HeroesJordan Hope handed his own slides to an older man whose shoes were falling apart, bought him candy, and has checked on him every day since.
Verified · AZ Family
CommunityDave Irvin gave two AEDs and the cabinets to hang them in. They are mounted at Cousins Cafe and Coffee and at Lancaster Senior Housing.
Verified · NEMOnews
CommunityA state grant and local partners put 124 free access points across Manhattan and Riley County, including at the emergency shelter.
Verified · The Manhattan Mercury
AnimalsSharon and Scott Jacobs stopped for a bird on a fence. A driver named Brandon had gloves and cutters, the landowner agreed by phone, and a vet removed two barbs.
Verified · Good News Network
HeroesA silver maple fell through Gilbert Kirk's roof and trapped him and his dog for hours. After he asked on television for a tarp, neighbors covered the hole. They did not rebuild the house.
Verified · Good News Network
CommunityHe was facing eviction. She knew what it felt like to need a break, so she gave him one.
Verified · TODAY
HeroesJerami Segura and April Comeaux were found alive on a platform in Lake Sand after a fisherman radioed the Coast Guard and nearby deputies responded.
Verified · WBRZ
HeroesIn August her car went into a flooded retention pond on North Prospect Avenue. Three residents received Community Lifesaving Awards. Four officers received the chief's challenge coin, not those awards.
Verified · Good News Network
CommunityEmmy Keating is nonverbal and has seizures in her sleep. Her community covered the family's $20,000 share of a trained service dog in two days.
Verified · Coeur d'Alene Press
CommunityHarvey Wetterlund's daily walks to say hello at the fire station, police station, and downtown shops earned him a key to the city.
Verified · KDWA
HeroesBen Pineiro draws Mickey and Minnie on car windows at ScrubaDub in Salem. For five-year-old Liam, who has autism, that made the car wash the family's favorite outing.
Verified · WMUR
HeroesGeorgia Curry promised her late friend she'd look after her aunt. When Miss Marie couldn't call out, Georgia found someone at QLI who could.
Verified · KETV
CommunityMore than 100 players rotated across a restaurant stage in Lansing, improvising without a pause from Monday morning until Wednesday night.
Verified · NPR
AnimalsA leash-cutting in Granby marked the new Grand County Pet Pals shelter, with the doors set to open to the public on October 1.
Verified · Denver7