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Free Fall

Dropping 14,000 feet out of the sky -- this was my son's idea of a birthday present?

By Joan Sheehy in Reader's Digest - November 2004

Friends for Life

Decades later, two pilots discover the bond they always shared.

By Ellen Sherman in Reader's Digest - March 2005

Hear the Plea to 911: "It's a Runaway Car!"

Jose Le Grand intervened when he spotted an out-of-control car.

Heart Attack at 55 MPH

Heart Attack at 55 MPH

An eight-year-old girl is trapped in a moving car after her father has a heart attack while driving. Can she be saved?

By Anita Bartholomew in Reader's Digest - January 2006

Hell on Wheels

A road rage story you'll never forget.

By Malcom McConnell in Reader's Digest - September 2001

Heroes: Cliff Hanger

Heroes: Cliff Hanger

Two fearless strangers save a three-year-old girl from a 1,000 foot drop off a cliff.

By Kenneth Miller in Reader's Digest - March 2008

Heroes: Close Call in a Hotel Fire

Heroes: Close Call in a Hotel Fire

In the chaos of a late-night fire, three students on spring break risked their lives to save others.

By Joseph Tirella in Reader's Digest - July 2008

HEROES: Day-Care Drama

HEROES: Day-Care Drama

A man with a gun, a roomful of screaming children—and a mom who wouldn't back down.

By Joseph K. Vetter in Reader's Digest - June 2008

Heroes: Day-Care Drama

Heroes: Day-Care Drama

A man with a gun, a roomful of screaming children-and a mom who wouldn't back down.

By Joseph K. Vetter in Reader's Digest - June 2008

Heroes: Runaway-Rig Rescue

First he saw the tractor-trailer going the wrong way. Then he saw the little boy behind the wheel.

By Tom Hallman, Jr. in Reader's Digest - April 2008

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