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Railway worker who saved 29 lives honored in the UK
A railway station assistant in the U.K. has been appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his remarkable efforts in pre...
Ryan General
Asian American History
Meet Wallace Fong, the man who helped light San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge
An upcoming PBS docuseries episode will be featuring unsung heroes who helped bring San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge to life, including Ch...
Bryan Ke
History
Meet Aitzaz Hasan, the Pakistani teen who died saving thousands of children from a bomber
Pakistani teenager Aitzaz Hasan was hailed as a hero for sacrificing himself to save his school from a suicide bomber nine years ago. The in...
China
Viral video captures heroic moment delivery driver saves drowning woman in China
A delivery driver has gone viral on Chinese social media for jumping off a bridge to save a drowning woman. What happened: In a short clip t...
Editorial Staff
Video: Malaysian teen rushes into the ocean with wooden boat to save girl from drowning
A teenage boy heroically saved a 13-year-old girl from drowning by rushing into the ocean in a small wooden boat last week. The incident rep...
Phoenix gas station owner sells gas 50 cents a gallon cheaper than what he buys it for to help customers
Arizona resident Jaswiendre Singh loses around $500 each day since he shaved nearly 50 cents off per gallon at his gas station to help cust...
Carl Samson
Orange County doctor John Cheng remembered for his heroism at Taiwanese church shooting
John Cheng, a 52-year-old sports medicine doctor, was brutally shot during a mass shooting at a Laguna Woods church on Sunday. He was hail...
Michelle De Pacina
Man is hailed a hero after he catches young boy in freefall from his third-story room in China
In Southern China, a man was hailed a hero after he caught a young boy falling from the third floor of a building. What happened: On Oct. 9...
China’s Top Epidemiologist Injects Herself With UNTESTED COVID-19 Vaccine
China’s top epidemiologist reportedly subjected herself to an injection of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine that has never undergone a...
Feature
Pharmacist, 28, Dies of Overwork Fighting Coronavirus for 10 DAYS STRAIGHT
A young pharmacist deployed on the frontlines to help contain the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has reportedly died from being overwork...
Highway Patrol Officer Risks Life to Save Man From Speeding Car
Florida Highway Patrol trooper Mithil Patel is being hailed as a hero after risking his own life to save a local businessman from getting hi...
Asia
Chinese Delivery Man Stops to Save Little Girl from Drowning in River
A delivery man who plunged into a river to rescue a drowning girl in eastern China has been hailed as a hero on social media. On Oct. 13, th...
Man Donates 67% of Liver to Former Teacher He Used to ‘Hate’ For Hitting Him
A 25-year-old soon-to-be doctor saved his former primary school teacher’s life by donating 67% of his liver in what can be considered a very...
Fan of Anime ‘My Hero Academia’ Saves Woman From Ex-Boyfriend’s Machete Attack
A fan of the Japanese anime “My Hero Academia” is being praised for his heroism and bravery after saving a woman from her ex-boyfriend who a...
Teen Sacrifices Her Own Life to Save Sister from Falling Down Waterfall During 4th of July
A 16-year-old teen sacrificed her own life to save her 11-year-old sister from falling down North Carolina’s Rainbow Falls at Gorges State P...
Sikh Officer Hailed as a Hero After Saving Muslim Man from a Violent Mob
A Sikh officer is being praised as a hero on social media after shielding a young Muslim man from an angry mob in India. The incident occurr...
Heroic Cop in China Sacrifices Life to Save Pedestrians from Driver Speeding on Sidewalk
Many Chinese netizens are paying their respect to a 50-year-old traffic cop from Jingshan county in central China’s Hubei province after he ...
Heroic 90-year-old Grandpa Saves Kid from Drowning in Icy River
A 90-year-old grandfather from the village of Hejiaqiao in Santai county, southwest China’s sichuan province, is being hailed as a hero afte...
Hero Cop Uses His Body to Catch Woman Jumping from First Floor Window
A suicidal woman from Kuqa county in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region was saved last week from serious injuries by a hero...
Soldier Sacrifices His Life to Save 14 Kids From Sinking Vehicle in Indonesia
An Indonesian soldier who died while saving children from a sinking vehicle is now being hailed as a hero. Randi Suryadi, 25, was among a gr...
Hero Soldier Dies After Trying to Save Third Person from Burning Apartment in China
A Chinese soldier sacrificed his life to save another person trapped inside a burning apartment on Saturday after he saved two other people....
He Bravely Died Helping Others to Escape During the Florida School Shooting
People from all over the country are reeling after the Parkland Shooting on Wednesday, which left 17 dead and countless others injured, acco...
Heather Johnson Yu
Chinese Cop Saves Falling Pregnant Woman, Attracts Hordes of Women Wanting a Date
Dozens of women have tried to call a police station in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, hoping they could organize a date with the local hero co...
Chinese Man Risks Life To Save Elderly Woman Who Fell in Icy River in Viral Video
A Chinese man’s heroic rescue of a 70-year-old woman who fell into a frozen river in Northern China has earned him massive praise from netiz...
Alibaba Employee Gets Free Fish Heads for Life After Incredibly Heroic Act
An Alibaba employee’s act of bravery earned him a lifetime’s worth of free fish head meals after saving four Chinese civilians f...
Kyle Encina
Korean Store Worker Goes Viral for Protecting Customers During Intense Earthquake
An employee of a store is being praised by many netizens after he selflessly protected two terrified customers during a horrific 5.4 magnitu...
Brave Elderly Woman Saves Friend From Car Crashing Into Storefront in China
A brave elderly woman in China heroically saved her friend from being hit by a speeding car that crashed into a storefront. Both women were ...
Hero Chinese Doctor Saves Two Airplane Passengers During Trip to the U.S.
People are praising Chinese doctor Wu Xiaobo, and hailing him as a hero after he saved a couple of airplane passengers — on two separate occ...
Meet the Filipino Cab Driver Who Saved 6 People During the Las Vegas Massacre
Another heroic tale is emerging following the tragic Las Vegas massacre on October 1, considered to be the “deadliest mass shooting in U.S. ...
Hero EMT Gets Shot Shielding Girlfriend During Las Vegas Massacre, Still Helps Other Victims After
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Colby Jackson is one of the heroes who emerged in the middle of the chaos in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Octobe...
Heroic Crab in China Jumps Out of Boiling Water to Save Friends From Being Cooked Alive
One smart, courageous and certified badass crab risked its own life in what can be described as a daring escape to save its friends from bei...
Japanese Student’s Kind Act Saves Little Girl From Horrible Child Abuse
An ordinary Japanese student displayed extraordinary character when he went out of his way to offer his help to a complete stranger. Accordi...
World
Meet the Hero Who Risked His Life Saving Victims of the London Terrorist Attacks
A journalist and martial artist is being hailed as a hero after sustaining a near-fatal stab while saving another person in the terror attac...
Heroic Hong Kong Man Stops Traffic to Save Kitten
Netizens are hailing a Hong Kong man as a hero after he placed his life on the line to save a kitten. The good Samaritan turned out to be a...
Local Hero Spends 36 Years Digging an Irrigation Channel For His Waterless Village in China
A dedicated Chinese farmer spent 36 years digging through three mountains and 10 hills using hand tools and explosives just so he could brin...
Jacked Chinese Hero Apprehends Hijacker on Plane to Beijing
A real-life superhero prevented a potential air tragedy during a flight bound for China by subduing a crazed man who had tried to break into...
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