An 11-year-old North Carolina boy saw a toddler slip away from his mother and jump into a swimming pool earlier this month, and when he couldn’t get anyone’s attention to help, he just rescued the boy himself. Max Belward was at the pool but not swimming that day because he was recovering from swimmer’s ear, …
A woman climbed through a vehicle’s sunroof to rescue a pair of toddlers who were left inside on a steamy summer day, KOKH-TV reports. A security guard working for an Oklahoma City Walmart on August 14 reported that the vehicle was hot to the touch and that she had burned her hand in attempting to …
A 7-year-old boy pulled a toddler from the bottom of an Sacramento apartment pool this week, and adults took over from there to get the little boy breathing again. Massiah Browne, who has been swimming for half his life, said he spotted the child at the bottom of the pool and immediately told his 9-year-old …
Before the 2nd story jump, Nick Bostic got four others out of the house.
A Texas police officer whose swift actions likely prevented a mass shooting earlier this year is speaking out about the ordeal, the Houston Chronicle reports. The newspaper recently interviewed Houston Sgt. Kendrick Simpo about the incident on February 5 at The Galleria mall. A children’s dance competition was occurring at the time when Simpo, working …
A heroic New Mexico mother sprang atop her SUV earlier this month when a carjacker attempted to steal the vehicle with her two young children inside, KOAT-TV reports. Melody Maldonado, 33, had parked her white Hyundai Santa Fe in front of a store in Hobbs, New Mexico, on July 4, so she could buy a …
A Mississippi teenager dove into the Pascagoula River early Sunday and helped rescue three girls after their car went off the boat launch into the river. Corion Evans, 16, also helped rescue a police officer who’d responded to the situation but was pushed underwater when the girl he was helping panicked. City of Moss Point …
A New England teenager is being hailed for her bravery after she scared off an accused home intruder and then helped authorities nab him, WBZ-TV reports. Around 7:20 a.m. Friday, 14-year-old Avery Cormier awoke to the sound of a stranger in her home. “I heard the boots walk through the house and I thought that …
A pair of Texas police officers have been recognized for rescuing two children who were allegedly kidnapped and nearly vanished without a trace last year, KLTV reports. On Friday, the Kilgore Police Department awarded commendations to Lt. Joey Chitwood and Cpl. Joey Johnston in honor of how they handled the case. A woman had notified …
An 8-month-old boy is safe after Louisiana authorities found him alive in an open field in Baton Rouge. According to WAFB9, the baby’s mother admitted she left him in a field near the 8200 block of Cypress Road. Early Wednesday morning, police began searching for the infant and found him sleeping in a field. He …
A New York nanny is being hailed a hero after she saved a 1-year-old boy under her care before she was fatally hit by a truck, the New York Daily News reports. The woman, 52-year-old Arcellie “Celi” Muschamp, had been in a medically induced coma following the crash on December 20. She died Friday. Witnesses …
A U.S.Marine Corps veteran is being credited for stopping a robbery Wednesday after three people tried to hold up a gas station. The incident happened at a Chevron gas station near I-8 and Fortuna Road in Yuma on Wednesday. At around 4.30 a.m., three suspects dressed in black walked into the store. When one of …
