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
Shark! How One Surfer Survived an Attack
When a two-ton predator caught surfer Todd Endris in its jaws, an unlikely group of swimmers came to his rescue.
By Cathy Free in Reader's Digest - July 2008
On May 12, a major earthquake jolted southwestern China's Sichuan Province. Located 100 kilometers from the earthquake’s epicenter, Juyuan Middle School collapsed immediately in its wake. See the school’s survivors and the heroes who risked everything to save them.
By Michael Wang and Joel Poon
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
They expected to be home by midnight. But when a blizzard blew in, Tom and Tamitha Garner's pilgrimage to photograph a herd of mustangs turned into a fight for survival.
By Ken Miller in Reader's Digest - June 2008
How a chair, rocks, aspirin, and a scarf can keep you alive in 12 do-or-die emergencies.
By Pamela F. Gallin, MD in Reader's Digest - June 2008
When cancer interrupts a lifelong friendship, two women find solace in the sea - and the strength to accept the unexpected.
By Sallie Tisdale in Reader's Digest - June 2008
Sold by her parents and smuggled into the U.S., one young girl did a family's dirty work for two years. And then help arrived.
By Mary A. Fischer in Reader's Digest - May 2008
After her cruise ship sank in the Antarctic, one world traveler found herself on the ultimate adventure.
By Cathy Free in Reader's Digest - April 2008
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