Hero injured when saving elderly woman from apartment fire

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A fire moved fast and furiously through an apartment building on Cherry Hill Trail in Inkster early Saturday morning. The only way for some of the people inside to escape the flames was by jumping from a window.
    
An elderly woman was trapped on the third floor. A man below, Robert Sandul, extended his arms and gave her the okay to make the leap.

"He told her, 'You've got to jump. There's no way out, You've got to jump.' He's like, 'I'll try to catch you as best as I can,' and she jumped and he caught her," says Kelly Hull, a friend of Sandul's.

She survived the jump uninjured. But tonight her hero is in the hospital battling serious injuries.

"Bobby was laying on the ground and he couldn't move, and when

Read more: http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/24330955/hero-injured-when-saving-elderly-woman-from-apartment-fire#ixzz2p4J4Fp6U

                                      

Local Hero Receives Key To The City

                                                  

 The ceremony came as a surprise for Edward Freeman, as longtime friend and City Councilman Russell Gilbert presented him with the Key to the City.
        "It was like presenting to my father. It meant a lot to me to give this to him because he does so much for the city. All these years for the city to give back to him, to give him that key to the city is a blessing," said Gilbert
        On December third, Freeman rescued a family from a charred, burned out house on Mimosa Circle.  

http://www.wdef.com/news/story/Local-Hero-Receives-Key-To-The-City/GWPeB77MsEqQUJG1rII2Aw.cspx

Bettendorf woman will meet German donor whose bone marrow saved her life

Over the next five years, McFate made hundreds of hospital visits for chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Eventually she was told by her Quad-City doctor that her only chance of survival was a bone marrow transplant. The following day, in February 2006, McFate left the Quad-Cities for the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

"It was overwhelming because there was no match originally and I had a 50-50 chance of surviving the transplant even if there was a match," McFate told the Quad-City Times (http://bit.ly/1c8Ct5J).

Two months after her arrival in Omaha, McFate's luck returned when 19-year-old Michael Henkel from Dorsten, Germany, signed on the international bone marrow transplant registry.

"By the grace of God, he was the perfect 10-out-of-10 match," said McFate, who had her transplant on June 22, 2006.

Following the procedure, McFate had to wait a minimum of two years before contacting Henkel and his family.

"They don't want the donor and recipient to establish a relationship while the recipient has a high risk of death because that may cause guilt to the donor," said McFate, who works at the Detroit Arsenal for TACOM in Warren, Michigan, but lives with her 18-year-old son in Bettendorf on the weekends.

In September 2008, McFate received Henkel's contact information and the two have corresponded sporadically via email and Facebook.

On Sunday, McFate said she received the "most wonderful gift" of the season by winning a national online contest to bring Henkel to Bettendorf from Germany. The contest was sponsored by Angel MedFlight, an international air ambulance service, and McFate's story received 8,238 votes from people across the globe, 58.2 percent of all votes cast for the five finalists.  http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/24e878285f2d46238f2a9465632cdc1d/IA--Transplant-Success

Summer praised for life-saving action

                                                           

The energetic eight-year-old is a stellar student at Fountain Hills Charter School where she recently brought home the Noon Kiwanis Terrific Kid award and something really special, a "life saver" certificate (complete with a package of gummie Lifesavers).

Joann knows well of Summer's heroics on Dec. 17, when the young girl saved her life. http://www.fhtimes.com/news/local_news/article_5521ef20-6c0f-11e3-87e1-001a4bcf6878.html

‘Gem in the Rough’ Dog Saved From SF Landfill

          

A 3-month-old puppy just moments away from her death has a vigilant recycling plant worker to thank after he pushed the emergency brake on a conveyor belt, saving the puppy from a 20-foot fall into landfill waste.

Now, the puppy they've named Gem has a chance at a new life after dozens of offers to adopt her.

"It's difficult to imagine how the dog survived this ordeal," said Robert Reed, a spokesman for Recology, an advanced recycling program in San Francisco. "Nothing like this has happened before."  http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/12/gem-in-the-rough-dog-saved-from-sf-landfill/

Donors Help Blind Man Keep Hero Dog That Saved Him After Subway Track Fall

A blind man who was expecting to soon have to part with the guide dog that saved him and stayed by his side after the man fell onto New York City subway tracks gets to keep his loyal dog after all, thanks to several anonymous donors.  http://abcnews.go.com/US/hero-dog-saves-blind-man-york-subway-track/story?id=21263081

Christmas for the Boy Who Is Allergic to Everything

When Santa arrives at 4-year-old Michael Gonzalez's house in Florida, he won't find milk and cookies under the tree.

That's because Michael is allergic to every food he's ever tried except for raw hemp seeds, pure cane sugar and a formula for highly allergic children called Neocate. Food is kept locked away in the kitchen as if it were poison.

As a result, the Gonzalez family is skipping Christmas dinner altogether.

"He's sad to see other people eat, and doesn't understand why it doesn't hurt our tummies when it hurts his tummy," his mother, Jennifer Gonzalez, told ABCNews.com. "It's not fair that we can and he can't."

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/christmas-boy-allergic/story?id=21251553

Dog saves owners' lives

                                            

"I just figured, 'what is this stray doing out here in the middle of nowhere?'" said Adams County Sgt. Adolfo Coronado.

Sgt. Adolfo Coronado accidentally ran into Cora on Highway 26, headed east out of Othello Thursday night. It was pitch black, making it nearly impossible to spot Cora when she darted onto the roadway. She was apparently looking for help. Just as Sgt. Coronado went to check on her, his spotlight shined on something in the nearby field.  http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/Dog-saves-owners-lives-235894581.html

Dog ignores broken leg, helps save owner

BOSTON (CBS) A dog helped save her owner who was badly injured in a car crash just days before Thanksgiving.

John Miles was walking his dog Lucy on Neponset Street in Dorchester, as he does every day, when both of them were hit by a car.

John blacked out and doesn't remember what happened. Lucy, a husky-beagle mix, who was also injured, limped to a nearby dentist's office and barked until help arrived. She limped back and stayed by John's side until emergency crews arrived.  http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Dog-Saved-Owners-Life-Despite-Broken-Leg-235565321.html?ref=321

One Good Deed...

Mary McCloskey's worst moment was handing a grocery store cashier a bag of change to pay for a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread – all the money she had left – and the cashier refusing to take it. Her best moment she's finding harder to decide. It could be the moment two weeks ago when her doorbell rang and a pair of strangers stood outside, extending a gift of $100 and cans of food for Pumpkin, the family dog.  The moment took on even more meaning when she learned the couple had lost their own home to foreclosure two years ago.  http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20131208/COL01/312080035/

Top 10 List of the Most Interesting People – Kaylee Dobbins: 10-year-old creates unique program, helping hand through “Jolly Good Deeds”

10 years old, she has founded her own unique program to help people in her community and make the world a more peaceful place. Through her program, Jolly Good Deeds — albeit a one-man or "one-kid" program currently — she offers her services to people who need help doing work around the house. These chores are done for the elderly or people who just need assistance. She also does spontaneous, random acts of kindness for anyone in need.   http://www.dcspotlight.com/featured/top-10-list-of-the-most-interesting-people-kaylee-dobbins-10-year-old-creates-unique-program-helping-hand-through-jolly-good-deeds/

A Real Life Angel:’ Pitman’s Quick Response Saves Life in Tragic Accident

                                                            

"I remember her eyes, those beautiful brown eyes," said Molly Urfer, recalling the car accident that ultimately claimed her husband's life. Unable to move her neck without pain, Urfer sat still while a mysterious woman with a soothing voice held her neck in place until the ambulance arrived. It would be weeks until Urfer met her real life angel.  http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/12/prweb11401651.htm

Kidney transplant man to meet the people who saved his life 40 years...

A plea from a kidney transplant patient to meet the people who saved his life nearly 40 years ago has been met.  http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/10860386.Kidney_transplant_man_to_meet_the_people_who_saved_his_life_40_years_on/

Henry, Chihuahua That Was Shot For Target Practice And Tortured With Chemicals, Finds A Home

A tan Chihuahua mix named Henry may always have to wear the evidence of his traumatic past on his face, but he's looking forward to a new life now that he's found a new home. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/08/henry-chihuahua-denkai-animal-sanctuary_n_4401260.html?utm_hp_ref=green

Million-Miler Donates Holiday Flights to Less Fortunate

If getting home for Christmas is out of financial reach, Peter Shankman may just be your savior.

He's donating 25 round-trip flights for the holidays using his own frequent flier miles and some help from anonymous donors and JetBlue, which heard about his program and decided to donate another 10 flights. He will choose the winners through a contest that ends Sunday.  http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/million-miler-donates-holiday-flights-fortunate/story?id=21121034

Mercury opinion: Honest act shows good in people

There are so many headlines about the terrible things people do that it is easy to come to the conclusion that there is something wrong with human nature. That, of course, is not the case at all.

The reason the terrible things make headlines is that they are the exception, rather than the norm.  http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Mercury-opinion-Honest-act-shows-good-people/story-20263384-detail/story.html

Video: Luke Bryan Fulfills Wish for Eight-Year-Old Girl With Cancer

See the Dramatic Rescue of a Man Who Survived Days Under Capsized Boat

Watch the Video The chef on a sunken Chevron oil boat was found alive in the Atlantic. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/amazing-rescue-caught-tape-man-survives-days-capsized-21079428

Four honored for saving a life

On a gloomy, rainy day in September four women came to the aid of a stranger and saved her life using CPR.  http://www.theindependent.com/news/local/four-honored-for-saving-a-life/article_1f448f02-5b16-11e3-8b87-001a4bcf887a.html

Homeless Man's Music Moves Listeners to Tears at a Thrift Store

A homeless man who says he cannot read music and has had no formal musical training has stunned staff and customers at a Vancouver second hand store with his virtuoso piano playing.  http://abcnews.go.com/US/homeless-mans-music-moves-listeners-tears-thrift-store/story?id=21057869

5 Men Rush to Save Dying Woman as Cop Chats on Phone

Give the officer some credit, folks. He did have a gun in case someone's dog was nearby.

A police officer stood by, chatting on his cellphone while the men rescued the 62-yr-old woman, who is now in critical condition.

According to witnesses the woman was trapped in her vehicle for at least six minutes.