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Two years ago CNN released a photo taken by the photographer Anil Prabhakar in the forest in Indonesia. The image shows an orangutan, currently under threat of extinction, while stretching out his hand to help a geolgist who fell into a mud pool during his search. When the photographer uploaded the photo, he wrote this as a caption: “In a time when the concept of humanity dies, animals lead[ Read More... ]
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Sacramento, California. Caltrans posted a video of a bear out for a walk who comes across an orange traffic cone that is tipped over to its side. The bear stops and grabs the cone in their teeth and stands the cone back upright, positioning it just right with a nudge. Satisfied with a job well done, the bear continues down the road.Caltrans HQ posted the video above to its social media[ Read More... ]
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Massiah Browne, a 7-year-old boy from Sacramento, California:"I was just playing in the pool and then I saw a boy at the bottom of the pool," Massiah, a second-grade student, told "Good Morning America." "And I went to go get him."Massiah was swimming with relatives at the apartment complex where he lives with his mom and brother. He was in the pool with a 9-year-old relative, Savannah. He[ Read More... ]
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Nick Bostic, a 25 year old pizza delivery driver in Lafayette, Indiana, was in the right place and right time for this family and very grateful parents who have a new family member. After having an argument with his girlfriend, Bostic took his car for a drive to clear his head on the summer night. He ended up saving 4 siblings and their friend from a burning home, including a 6-year-old girl he[ Read More... ]
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Sunday 2:30 am a car drove off a boat launch and into the Pascagoula River in Moss Point, Mississppi, because the driver was following GPS and didn't realize she was going into the water. The car, with 3 teenage girls inside, floated about 20 feet away from shore and started sinking.“They drove straight under the water,” 16-year-old Corion Evans told WLOX. “Like, only a little[ Read More... ]
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This awesome turkey stopped traffic in Litchfield, New Hamshire, on March 14 to help the other turkeys cross the road safely. The turkey waited in the middle of the two-lane road until all have passed by, folllowing the last one in the group to the other side of the road.Watch the video here by New Hampshire resident Donald Pomerleau, from his car on Pinecrest road.It looks like it's a male[ Read More... ]
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22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama climbed up four floors of the Paris, France apartment building in just seconds to rescue a child dangling from the balcony edge.The real-life spiderman hero, a Malian migrant, was in Paris to watch a footbal match in a local restaurant, and saw the commotion on onlookers at the bottom of the building."I like children, I would have hated to see him getting hurt in[ Read More... ]
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Like the saying goes with 'shirt off the back', Chicago native Maurice Anderson gave the boots off his feet to a homeless man in need on the train. Another passenger on the train, Jessica Bell, shared the moment of his act of kindness on Facebook:Jessica Bell added 2 new photos — with Potus Polo at Chicago Transit Authority.January 12 at[ Read More... ]
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San Jose great-grandfather Walter Wilson noticed a car had turned right onto the train tracks across Sunnyvale Avenue and had stopped, Thursday evening around 6pm.“I stopped and saw a Prius about 50 feet down the track,” Walter Wilson said.63-year-old Wilson stopped his car, ran down the tracks, and told the elderly woman in the driver's sear to back up. She tried but got[ Read More... ]
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La Conchita, CA, watch video:A man risked his life to save a wild rabbit as it got dangerously close to flames from the Thomas Fire along Highway 1 in La Conchita.The daring rescue was captured by a news photographer who happened upon the scene Wednesday night. The man, who did not want to be interviewed, pulled over and was panicking as the rabbit he chased hopped right near large flames.As the[ Read More... ]
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Panama City Beach, Florida, a bunch of heroes:There was no lifeguard on duty, and law enforcement on the scene had opted to wait for a rescue boat. People on the beach had no rescue equipment, only boogie boards, surf boards and their arms and legs.“Form a human chain!” they started shouting. ...“That’s when the chain got the biggest,” Ursrey said. “They[ Read More... ]
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Boys at the Isca Academy in Exeter, Britain asked for permission to wear shorts because of the hot weather. The boys were told that wearing shorts would be against the school's dress code, so they decided to wear skirts instead in protest. The school now says they are "happy to consider" its policy.Around 30 boys participated in the skirt protest, saying the idea came from the[ Read More... ]
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Hero in the subway station in Manhattan:Jonathan Kulig, an engineer for utility company ConEdison, was in the middle of his commute at a New York City subway station when he heard a commotion and soon realized that a man fell onto the subway tracks.Jumping from the platform at the L train’s Third Avenue Station in Manhattan, Kulig was able to carry the man from the middle of the tracks and[ Read More... ]
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Three men drive their boat up to a submerged convertible in the Louisiana deep flood waters, the woman screaming she is drowning. They work to break the car window, and the car is continuing to sink. Boat passenger David Phung jumps out of the boat and onto her car and into the water, grabbing her and pulling her out of her car. The woman is distraught over her[ Read More... ]
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In a shopping center parking lot in Cupertino, California, a Santa Clara man rescues a man from a burning car, putting his life on the line to save a life:Aram Harutyunya realized the seriousness of the situation just a few yards ahead of him, while others moved away from the burning car, he never stopped moving towards it.Then with one swift move, Harutyunya grabbed the man behind the wheel,[ Read More... ]
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Sometimes some people call showing love as spoiling, and some just call it love, like this mom, via her Facebook post:Dear Woman in Target-I've heard it before, you know. That I "spoil that baby". You were convinced that she'd never learn to be "independent". I smiled at you, kissed her head, and continued my shopping.If you only knew what I know.If you only knew how she spent the first ten[ Read More... ]