
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
When a freak accident fells an attendant, one customer goes into overdrive.
By Eric Pape in Reader's Digest - October 2009
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
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
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
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
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
You voted, and Iraq war veteran Greg Gadson is the Reader's Digest 2008 Hero of the Year.
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
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