Hero of the Year

The everyday heroes profiled in Reader's Digest risk their own lives to help people in trouble. Read about these selfless individuals who were voted Hero of the Year.

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.

Everyday Heroes: The Terrorist Tracker

From her home computer, Shannen Rossmiller helps take down terrorists.

A Pit Bull Face-Off

Zohnn Griggs could only watch as two pit bulls viciously mauled a man.

Trapped on the Tracks

"I know somebody upstairs was looking out for us that day," says Cruz Caldera -- whose heroism saved close to 100 lives.

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“ And it seems to me you lived your life Like a candle in the wind Never fading with the sunset When the rain set in And your footsteps will always fall here Along England's greenest hills Your candle's burned out long before Your legend ever will. ”

— ELTON JOHN AND BERNIE TAUPIN, "Candle in the Wind 1997," for Princess Diana's funeral

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