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Cameraman Puts Job On Hold to Help Rescue Haitian Toddler

An Australian TV cameraman apologized to his boss for missing the big shot of a child being pulled from the rubble after last week's devastating earthquake in Haiti, but he had possibly the best excuse we've ever heard -- he helped rescue the ...

Hero Kid Saves Pal From Perishing in Icy Pond

A California boy is being hailed as a hero after saving the life of a young friend who fell through the ice and into a man-made pond. Victor Flores, 9, and seven-year-old friend Aiden were playing near the pond on property owned by Victor's ...

Boy, 3, Survives River Ride in Toy Car

Demetrius Jones took his electric toy truck for a ride down a river near Peace Island Park in Canada. Credit: Energeticcity.ca
When three-year-old Demetrius Jones went missing on Sunday morning from his family's campsite in Canada's Peace ...

Teddy Bear Rescue

How far would you go to rescue your child's beloved stuffed teddy bear? Would you climb down the side of a hill in the rain? Two parents in Southern California had to answer that very question recently and found that, while their hearts were in the ...

Kids Stop Killer With Baseball Bats

A would-be killer armed with a handgun is no match for a pair of eight-year-olds with baseball bats. Listen to this one: After his girlfriend broke up with him, Charles Arby Bradley of Gainesville, FL, tried to reconcile, but she wasn't having any ...

Baby uses cellphone to get help

When Linda Wright heard her eleven-month-old granddaughter, Amelia, answer the cellphone, she knew something wasn't right. The baby wasn't allowed to play with the phone, under normal circumstances, so when she heard her say "Who's that?" and "Mama", ...

Teen saves boy from drowning

Water safety is pretty darn important, especially if you're going to be hanging out at the lake. You can either opt for swim lessons, a good lifejacket or PFD (personal flotation device), or, you could just keep Jason Wright of British Columbia, ...

Teen saves five-year-old from surf

John Palencar is but sixteen years old, and yet he has already experienced much. He's taken a cruise with his family to the Bahamas, spent a day at the beach in Nassau, and saved a drowning five-year-old's life. Palencar was hanging out with other ...

Don't forget to say goodbye

Every morning, Kevin Roy would say goodbye to his one-year-old son Koby and give him a kiss. Yesterday, however, he forgot. Worried that that might just be the day that something happened, Roy pulled back into his driveway to make sure he said ...

Six-year-old saves grandmother

At six years old, Macey McCann Widmier wants to be a teacher -- a noble, if not lucrative goal. Sure, that might change by the time she gets to college, but I'm betting she'll do something that involves helping others. She's already gotten some ...

Eleven-year-old Aussie saves dad

They make 'em tough and rugged, down under. Take, for example, Lachlan "Lochie" Nally. He and his dad were driving along when something happened and their car ended up rolling over. A lot of kids would start crying and wait for help to arrive, ...

Pub crawlers uncover baby after crash

Having apparently eaten their Mentos, a group of drinking buddies saved the life of a four-month-old baby by lifting a Ford Fiesta into the air, after an accident had trapped the child underneath the car. Jackie Stephens was pushing her grandson Luke ...

Ronald Reagan saves teen

14-year-old Laura Montero of Albion, Illinois owes her life to the Ronald Reagan. No, not the dead president who isn't in any shape to save anyone, but the US Navy warship named after him. Miss Montero was aboard the cruise ship Dawn Princess for a ...

Boy rescued by illegal immigrant

Suppose you were doing something illegal -- say, crossing into another country to try and find a better life for yourself -- and came across an automobile accident. Would you stop to help? Even if it meant you might be caught? I'd like to think I ...

Spider-boy saves baby from burning home

The other day, for whatever reason, Jared decided to don his Superman costume from this past Halloween and wear it around the house all afternoon and evening. I guess five-year-olds do that. Riquelme Maciel of Brazil did that too. He was wearing a ...

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