Heroes and Stories of Bravery

Join us in celebrating everyday heroes who risk their lives to help others and whose selfless acts and stories of bravery are sure to inspire.

Inspiring Stories

Our everyday heroes risk their own lives to help people in trouble. They know that doing right by others is more rewarding than a big paycheck, and they do it without expectation of accolades or even a thank-you. That's part of what makes them so inspiring.

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Pig Saved a Boy's Life

These pets have earned their keep, proving themselves to be more than just companions.

The Green Armada

Four cousins are cleaning up the Florida coastline in the hope others will get the hint.

How I Saved My Own Life

My weight was killing me. I had four children and a wonderful husband. I couldn't let the disease that devastated my family get me.

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.

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1 Heroes of China's Earthquake
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.

To learn more and donate, visit the American Red Cross.
2 Heroes: Day-Care Drama
A man with a gun, a roomful of screaming children -- and a mom who wouldn't back down.
3 HEROES: Day-Care Drama
A man with a gun, a roomful of screaming children—and a mom who wouldn't back down.
4 Out of the Wreckage
A wave of tornadoes brings death, destruction—and selfless acts of bravery.
5 Learning to Love
Seven years in a Romanian orphanage left Daniel Solomon broken and full of rage. How his new American family healed him -- and themselves.
6 2008 Hero of the Year
"The Witness" is our 2008 Hero of the Year.
7 No Escape
His co-workers were trapped belowground with water rising. Safety rules said: Don’t go back.
8 Hero of the Year 2008
Our Everyday Heroes risk their own lives to help people in trouble. Learn about the people who touched us the most this past year and find out who was named our 2008 Hero of the Year.
9 To Catch an Identity Thief
"I hunted down the woman who stole my life."