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Vote for the Hero of the Year 2008

This year, Reader's Digest celebrated 13 ordinary citizens who unexpectedly found themselves confronted with desperate situations--and acted. Read their stories in the Hero of the Year 2008 slideshow. Let us know who inspires you the most.

Man Saves Co-Workers in Excavation Tunnel

Cliff-Side Rescue of a 3-Year-Old Girl

Man Leaps to Stop Runaway Truck

A Iraq Vet Motivates the Giants

Mom Wrestles Gun Away From Crazed Man

Students Alert Others to Hotel Fire

Teenager Saves 4-Year-Old From Dog Attack

Man Saves People Trapped in a River

Man Saves People From Burning Apartment

Stranger Saves a Woman Who Fainted Onto Subway Tracks