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Firefighters and Good Samaritans heroically saved a woman whose vehicle was submerged in a sinkhole in El Paso, Texas.

A seven-year-old boy showed incredible courage recently when a toddler was in extreme danger.

Firefighters with the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) rescued a dog that was thrown off a bridge into a river on Wednesday afternoon.

Heart-stopping body camera footage shows three police officers rescue a man from a burning vehicle in Bergen County, New Jersey.

A Minnesota mother is praising God for a 12-year-old girl who heroically saved her four-year-old son after he fell into a sewer, according to reports.

Flag football players in Jacksonville, Florida, took quick action on Saturday when a man drove his car into a pond.

Two individuals were transported to a local hospital after tumbling into a vat of chocolate inside an M&M factory in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, on Thursday.

Police in Norwalk, Connecticut, helped save two people from a sinking 48-foot boat on Saturday and another three whose canoe sunk Sunday.

Seven people were saved by Missouri firefighters Friday after becoming stuck on a carnival ride that left some suspended 40 feet in the air.

A twelve-year-old Kansas boy and his father are being hailed as heroes for their remarkable caught-on-camera rescue of a drowning 4-year-old boy with nonverbal autism.

Shocking footage captured the moment a Washington State toddler ran towards a black bear in her backyard before her worried mother corraled the child and brought her into the house.

A loyal dog was ready to lay down her own life to rescue her best friend during a recent mountain lion attack in Northern California.

Nerve-wracking body-camera footage captured the moment police in New Jersey rescued a woman from an overturned vehicle in the Delaware River last month.

A pair of Oklahoma high school sophomores rescued another teenage driver who crashed into a pond while having a medical issue, according to a report.

Three Missouri firefighters were recently honored for their heroic rescue of an unconscious ten-year-old girl during a roaring house fire in January.

A pit bull puppy named Loki that was rescued from a Sacramento debris fire earlier this month has found its forever home with a firefighter.

A 22-year-old Delaware police officer helped six people escape a scorching Dewey Beach house fire last weekend, which victims and officials say could have turned deadly if not for his actions.

A Louisiana fire chief is praising three men for heroically rescuing a 67-year-old woman from her burning home on Saturday.

A policeman in Mesa, Arizona, and fellow citizens put themselves in danger to help a 63-year-old man out of an extremely dangerous situation.

A cable-car accident in eastern India’s Jharkhand state on Sunday — which left dozens of frightened passengers hanging mid-air for 40 consecutive hours — turned deadly after two people fell to their deaths during subsequent helicopter rescue missions and a third person died from injuries sustained inside one of the carriages, the Indian Express reported Thursday.

The Coast Guard recognized a heroic man for jumping into the Houston Ship Channel and rescuing a motorist from a sinking car on New Year’s Eve.

Two Ohio police officers were honored Saturday night for their heroic rescue of a four-year-old boy who was drowning in a recreation pond. 

A swift-acting ten-year-old boy helped his eight family members escape an early morning Mississippi house fire earlier this week.

A rescue team located a missing nonverbal teen in the woods of Southern California after a team member heard the boy clanking rocks together. 

Authorities in South Carolina said they will not file charges against the person who fatally shot a man he helped save from a lake, and one resident called the shooting incident “crazy.”

Six people aboard a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department rescue helicopter survived when the aircraft crashed Saturday afternoon.

Three officers from the Oakland Police Department (OPD) in Florida are being lauded for rescuing two residents from a house fire Tuesday.

The cargo ship Al Salmi 6 sank in the Persian Gulf Thursday, and according to reports one of the thirty crew members remains unaccounted for.

Video captured the moment firefighters in Massachusetts rescued a black lab from frigid waters Thursday after she fell through the ice on a pond.

First responders in Michigan rescued a labradoodle that became stranded on an ice floe in the frigid Detroit River Monday afternoon.

Baton Rouge firefighters used ropes and ladders to rescue a woman who was seriously injured in a major car wreck Sunday morning. 

A group of surfers are getting a lot of attention after rescuing an elderly man from being dragged out to sea by rushing water in Sydney, Australia.

A tractor-trailer hauling U.S. mail fell off a bridge into the Charles River in Weston, Massachusetts, on Saturday, and photos showed its driver being rescued.

A courageous Kansas mother braved scorching flames and dense smoke to rescue her young child from her burning home. On Wednesday, Officers Alex Brittain and Stephen Ramsdell of the Lawrence Police Department (LPD) were conducting a follow-up investigation at a

Two children were rescued from a fire at a Mesa, Arizona, apartment building on Friday thanks to a heroic citizen and police officer.

A good Samaritan helped rescue a 20-year-old woman after she crashed off a Florida bridge early Tuesday morning and plunged into a river.