Amazing Stories

One can't help but get inspired by these amazing true stories, which prove the human spirit is both resilient and selfless.

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  • 1 Finding Gilbert
    While stationed in France during World War II, an American soldier took a seven-year-old orphan under his wing. Decades later, his daughter made it her mission to locate that boy.
  • 2 Heroes: Roadside Inferno
    The big rig was about to explode and the driver's legs were engulfed in flames. The Coopers came to the rescue.
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    Giant dogs? One-winged airplanes? Death by Pop Rocks? Sounds like a case for Snopes.com.

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