Tag: good Samaritan

Many times when we want to help others, we're encouraged to draw from our skillsets and knowledge bases to provide unique services to those who need them. But sometimes, the ...

One infant in Louisville, Kentucky, is alive today thanks to the expert training and quick actions of several members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron. The ...

Macario Chism of Missouri spends most of his days as a sanitation worker with Waste Pro USA, taking care of people's trash. But on one day in January, that very ...

An elderly couple traveling through Harvey in western Australia nearly lost their lives last month when the trailer they were pulling fishtailed and rolled on the South Western Highway. The ...

Last year on New Year's Eve, a driver at the Lynchburg Ferry Terminal in Baytown, Texas, made a grave error. For whatever reason, the driver did not stop in time ...

Having video footage of events often proves crucial when trying to address injustice. Word of mouth is one thing, a scene caught "on film" is another. That appears to have ...

If you have a dog that means the world to you, you know how dire your situation would have to be to force you to give it up. A young ...

Thursday morning, a Georgia dog found itself in a rather sticky predicament. It had managed to crawl into a storm drain that was actively channeling water and full of mud, ...

Nikki Mediouni and her family were excited to go on a trip she had planned last October. She, her husband Malek and their two boys -- ages 6 and 3 ...

While many people were celebrating the arrival of a new year on Jan. 1, a group of young people was plotting an attack. At around 2:40 a.m., that group assaulted ...

When Erin Sorensen and her dog Scout were out for a walk on March 3, Scout noticed something out of place: a toy, ragged and dirty, on a road in ...

Every person is unique in his or her gifts, and when people tap into those strengths to help others, a beautiful and creative variety of charitable outreaches are born. For ...

In July 2021, a woman came across a moving post online that prompted her to ask her husband a question: Would he be willing to donate a kidney to a ...

It can be difficult to know how to help people far away who are dealing with realities that most would consider a nightmare. Some people seem to have obvious options ...

Many daring rescues that are pulled off are just as miraculous for the rescuer as they are for the rescuee. Plenty of good Samaritans put themselves in danger without the ...

When Flaik the cat ventured into a storm drain, he bit off more adventure than he could chew. His owner, Wendy Olivier, was worried sick when he disappeared into the ...

An animal rescue in Fairfax, Virginia, has taken on the monumental task of orchestrating the intake of 400 beagles so the dogs can experience loving forever homes instead of lives ...

A Philadelphia mother watched helplessly as two large dogs nearly mauled her 5-year-old son to death right in front of her. The two loose rottweilers attacked Kasion, who has austism, ...

When Riley Leon of Texas set out for a job interview at a local fast food restaurant on March 21, his mother warned him against it. The weather was ready ...

A fire broke out in Willow Springs, Illinois, in the wee morning hours of March 21, but thankfully the residents were alerted to the danger. When police officers arrived on ...