Heroes

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A Winning Friendship on the Yankees

A Winning Friendship on the Yankees

Four teammates and the bond that helped make them champions.

By Molly O'Neill in Reader's Digest - October 2005

Car Wash Calamity

Car Wash Calamity

When a freak accident fells an attendant, one customer goes into overdrive.

By Eric Pape in Reader's Digest - October 2009

A Heroic Freight Train Rescue

A Heroic Freight Train Rescue

A freight train was just seconds away, and June Griffith couldn't move. A group of college students knew what to do.

By Steven Dudley in Reader's Digest - September 2009

Heroes: Rescue in the Water

Heroes: Rescue in the Water

How the quick thinking of three college women saved the life of an experienced fisherman.

By Jason Kersten in Reader's Digest - August 2009

Flight from the Fire: A Dramatic Condor Rescue

Flight from the Fire: A Dramatic Condor Rescue

The forest was ablaze and eight rare condors were trapped. Joe Burnett led the team to save their lives.

By A.J.S. Rayl in Reader's Digest - July 2009

Heroes: Roadside Inferno

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.

By Jason Kersten

Heroes: In the Nick of Time

Heroes: In the Nick of Time

When his father got pinned under the family car, this pre-teen didn't think twice about jumping in a forklift and getting the car off his dad--saving his life.

By Charlie Schroeder in Reader's Digest - May 2009

Our Hero of the Year 2008

Our Hero of the Year 2008

You voted, and Iraq war veteran Greg Gadson is the Reader's Digest 2008 Hero of the Year.

in Reader's Digest - April 2009

11-year-old Survivor of Floodwaters Saves Her Family

11-year-old Survivor of Floodwaters Saves Her Family

As Maddie McRae struggled to reach the shore after an icy plunge, she had only one thought: "I Have to Save My Family--Now."

By Tamara Jones in Reader's Digest - April 2009

How 7 People Found Hope and Refuge in America

How 7 People Found Hope and Refuge in America

They fled in the dark, hid in black holes, and ran from bullets. Seven remarkable men and women tell how Nazis, Pol Pot, and the monsters of Darfur could not keep them from freedom.

By Sam Boykin in Reader's Digest - April 2009

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