Howell boy's instinct helps save elderly neighbor

The family of an elderly Howell resident is "forever grateful" for a 10-year-old boy they've dubbed a hero.

An 80-year-old woman, who lives alone in Nelson's Ridge Condominium Complex, slipped in her garage Saturday night after eating out for dinner, said her daughter, Sandy Mitter. She was unable to get up.

"We think she laid there for two to two-and-a-half hours," she said. "She kept trying to yell for help and was banging on the wall for neighbors."  http://www.freep.com/article/20140129/NEWS05/301290080/Tony-DiPietro-elderly-woman-hero-Howell

Donations pour in for 'hero' boy, 8, who died after saving 6 relatives in New York blaze

Friends and strangers have raised nearly $50,000 to fund the funeral of an 8-year-old boy who died after saving six relatives from a fast-moving blaze in his grandfather's trailer home in western New York.

Tyler Doohan is being hailed as a hero days after he awoke his grandmother, aunt and cousins, including two children ages 4 and 6, after spotting the fire early Monday in the single-wide trailer in Penfield. The boy's body was later found near the bed of his disabled uncle, who authorities believe he'd gone back in to save in a doomed effort as brave as it was heartbreaking.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/01/22/boy-8-remembered-as-hero-after-saving-6-relatives-in-ny-blaze/

5-year-old boy is the town hero after calling 911 to save his father's life

One 911 call in Rockwood, Michigan on January 16 between a 5-year-old boy and a resourceful emergency dispatcher saved a lucky father's life.

Cathy Krause, 46, of The Rockwood police department is Akin to getting calls from children, most of which are usually a prank. 

However, a phone call from 5-year-old Jackson McManus who said his father Mike McManus was in trouble was the real deal. Krause managed to send help to the little boy's house even though he didn't know his address, reported The News Herald.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545692/5-year-old-boy-town-hero-calling-911-save-fathers-life-help-resourceful-emergency-dispatcher.html

Hero, 8, dies after saving six relatives in trailer home fire

By Michael Muskal

January 22, 2014, 1:00 p.m.

They say no good deed goes unpunished, a lesson that the upstate New York town of Penfield learned again the hard way after an 8-year-old boy, who saved six relatives from a trailer-home fire, died while trying to save the seventh who couldn't move because he was disabled.

Tyler J. Doohan, of East Rochester, N.Y., didn't have school Monday because of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. He talked his mother into allowing him to spend the night with his grandfather, Louis J. Beach, 57, who lives in a trailer in Penfield, a town of about 36,000 people near Rochester in Monroe County.

"He was his best friend," Crystal Vrooman told the TV station WHAM, describing the relationship between her father and her son.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-hero-boy-8-dies-rescuing-six-relatives-20140122,0,3475341.story#ixzz2rEnhXMAQ

Watch the Video: Life-saving teen caught on camera

This is the moment a hero teenage lifeguard saved a man's life after he got into difficulty when swimming.

Eagle-eyed Lauryn Deverson sprung into action when the 60-year-old swimmer panicked in the pool at Fulwood Leisure Centre.

Her actions were captured on the centre's CCTV. 

Watch the video here:  http://www.lep.co.uk/news/life-saving-teen-caught-on-camera-1-6383674

Alaska Teen Working at Home Depot Saves Baby's Life; Receives 'Angel Award' From Retailer for His Heroic Act

Christopher Strickland, a 19-year-old Home Depot employee living in Anchorage, Alaska, has unexpectedly garnered national and international attention after catching a falling baby at the retail store last Thursday. A nine second video taken from security footage that documents the teen's heroic act has gone viral on multiple online platforms, including YouTube, where it's received more than 230,000 views as of Friday afternoon.  http://www.christianpost.com/news/alaska-teen-working-at-home-depot-saves-babys-life-receives-angel-award-from-retailer-for-his-heroic-act-112815/

Celebs that are heroes

                               

Not all celebrities are hedonistic money-mongers! According to this list, at LEAST 17 of them are real-life heroes!! LOLz! Seriously. At least 17. And we have the stories of their heroic deeds! Why does Hollywood need to make up stories about superheroes when there are real life heroes already making them rich?? Who knows, but U might be surprised who has put themselves into harm's way for the good of fellow man — and you can read about them right heeeere!  http://perezhilton.com/fitperez/2014-01-15-ryan-gosling-17-celeb-heroes-save-lives#sthash.uj4RPjpj.dpbs

Hero Afghan interpreter helps others flee Taliban, battle U.S. bureaucracy

An Afghan interpreter who earned a hard-fought visa after saving the life of a U.S. soldier who took up his cause is now helping others settle in America under a program critics say falls short of repaying foreign linguists who risk their lives to help the military. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/01/14/hero-afghan-interpreter-helps-others-flee-taliban-battle-us-bureaucracy/

Video Message from Good Samaritan at Hit and Run in Portland

Good Samaritan has message for SE Portland hit & run driver - KPTV A good Samaritan is pleading for the driver who hit a young man in a Southeast Portland ... www.kptv.com/story/.../good-samaritan-has-message-for

Hero seven-year-old boy saves his granddad’s life

A QUICK-thinking seven-year-old has been hailed a hero after saving his grandad's life.

Adam Smith was at home in Pennywell with his sister Amy, three, when 76-year-old Bob Donkin suddenly collapsed with severe chest pains.

The grandad was having a heart attack, but Adam kept calm and dialled 999 after he and Amy helped him to lie down. http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/hero-seven-year-old-boy-saves-his-granddad-s-life-1-6366507

Pakistan salutes young hero for saving his schoolmates from a terrorist attack

                                                                              

HANGU, Pakistan - The Pakistan nation salutes its young hero, Aitzaz Hassan, as he sacrificed his life to save his schoolmates from being killed in a botched suicide attack in Hangu. The people of Pakistan feel sorrow for harboring these barbarics and now understands they have to fight against them and need more brave souls like Aitzaz. Pakistan's soldiers —its Jawans - give their lives to save the country, and Aitzaz was one of them, and he has become a country icon. He is a son of the nation, and the government should grant an award for Aitzaz to recognize his bravery and name his school after him. http://www.eturbonews.com/41542/pakistan-salutes-young-hero-saving-his-schoolmates-terrorist-att

Have-a-go hero saves neighbour from bungalow

           

When Jimmy Creevy saw his disabled neighbour's house on fire he rushed to the rescue without a second's hesitation.

Now the Lancaster pensioner is being hailed as a hero because his actions may have saved the man's life.

Helped by a passer by, Jimmy ran into the smoke-filled bungalow on Sefton Drive at Scale Hall and pulled his neighbour to safety. http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/news/local/have-a-go-hero-saves-neighbour-from-bungalow-blaze-1-6356103

High School Students Praised For Good Deed

Sela Fetsko, Grace Goodwin and Piper Scarry were walking out of the building one day when something caught their eye.

It was a money bag containing hundreds of dollars.

The bag belonged to the Geibel Cafeteria and had been dropped inadvertently by a worker.

The girls immediately took the bag to the school office.

They say they would want someone to do the same thing for them if they had lost somethingvaluable.

School principal Don Favero is praising the girls for their decision.

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/01/01/high-school-students-praised-for-good-deed/

Aristocrat saved from river by mystery hero as she rescues dog from drowning

Annette de Rohan, whose husband, Prince Raoul, can trace his ancestors back to the French royal family, was struggling to keep her head above water when she was plucked to safety by the Good Samaritan.

The 73-year-old aristocrat had been trying to reach her Briard puppy Fonzinella who had fallen into the River Asker in Bridport, Dorset, when a section of bank crumbled beneath her feet. She plunged into the river and found herself head-deep in the cold water. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/451910/Aristocrat-saved-from-river-by-mystery-hero-as-she-rescues-dog-from-drowning

Dog walker who saved woman's life: I'm not a hero

A dog walker credited with saving a woman's life after her car careered 60 feet down an embankment, and landed on the beach, has said he does not think of himself as a hero.

David Redhead was walking his dogs at Whitley Bay when he saw the drama unfold. He rushed over, dialled 999, broke into the upturned vehicle and held the woman's hand as the water levels rose, until help arrived.

http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/update/2014-01-03/dog-walker-who-saved-womans-life-im-not-a-hero/

Hero EMT Saves 4-Year-Old Boy's Life & Loses His Job

An EMT who rushed a 4-year-old child to the hospitalbecause he was having seizures has been suspended -- because he was one year too young to help the kid. Say what?? It all started when 20-year-old First Aid and Rescue Squad volunteer Stephen Sawyer was at his squad's headquarters in Ellenville, New York, when a call came in about a little boy desperately needing an ambulance.  http://thestir.cafemom.com/in_the_news/166192/hero_emt_saves_4yearold_boys

Sheriff's deputy called hero after saving life of teenager

                             

ST. PAUL, MN (WTAQ) - A sheriff's deputy is being called a hero for saving a western Wisconsin teenager on a ski slope in neighboring Minnesota.  

17-year-old Dan Mannon, a snowboarder from Wilson, was waiting in line for a chair lift ride when he collapsed last Saturday at the Afton Alps ski resort east of St. Paul.  

Mannon just happened to be standing next to Washington County deputy Shane Linehan -- who kicked off his skis, checked Mannon, and found that the teen did not have a pulse.  

Linehan and ski instructor Kevin Neubauer performed CPR while the ski area's general manager, Joe Yasis, arrived with a defibrillator. The unit shocked Mannon's heart enough to get it going again.

http://wtaq.com/news/articles/2014/jan/01/sheriffs-deputy-called-hero-after-saving-life-of-teenager/