Dave Briscoe Pulls Unconscious Man from Burning Vehicle

Like so many of those who go to the rescue of someone else, Briscoe basically says that the action was a "no-brainer". He couldn't just ignore someone in trouble.

https://www.silive.com/news/2019/12/good-news-heroic-staten-islander-pulls-accident-victim-from-burning-car.html

Thanks!

Kyshaune Lindsay Pulls Paralytic From Burning Home

I love the 15-year-old's bottom line about the rescue:

"It feels kind of good!"

https://www.azfamily.com/news/teenager-rescues-man-in-wheelchair-from-smoking-house-in-phoenix/article_b52bebaa-2838-11ea-b4ef-0729f398ef1f.html

Thanks Kyshaune! It feels kind of good even to read about it!

Travis Boland Pulls Two From Burning Car

(Photo: Courtesy Top Notch Video)



"I did not really think about what I was doing... I just did it."

This is the kind of explanation that we hear time and again when folks take personal action to resuce another from danger. It is this "automatic" response to which another pair of folks owe their lives. Thank you Mr. Boland!

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/travis-boland-risked-his-life-to-save-father-and-son-from-blazing-4wd/news-story/dc250879f3d7b20400a65765a01a0360

Hollebone and Kidd Spend Nearly 5 Minutes Searching Burning Home

One youth wound up hospitalized after leading the effort to help a neighbor who was known to be still inside her burnning home. The quote at the bottom is one that we hear repeatedly from people like this: "You do what you've got to do."

Thanks for rising to such a frightening challenge, guys! Our prayers go out for young Mr. Kidd.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/he-risked-his-life-teen-hailed-as-a-hero-after-house-fire-rescue-attempt-at-lake-macquarie-20161003-gru24p.html

Bartholomew Honored for Icy Water Rescue

This happened over a year ago, but it is still worth sharing. The folks at the Carnegie organization have been awarding medals (and money!) for a hundred years to people who do just the kind of thing that we cover in this blog. It would certainly seem that they picked a good one this time. You can see more of their heroes at the Carnegie link to the right.

http://wtvr.com/2016/09/28/midlothian-doctor-who-risked-his-life-to-save-woman-honored-with-carnegie-medal/

With Flames Climbing Windshield, Shaw and Santaniello Free Trapped Woman

This is another of those stories that makes you proud. The car was actively engaged, and would soon be totally destroyed by the fire, but these guys were not stopping until they got this woman free. To make it even worse, they did it after being awakened at 2 a.m. from a dead sleep!

That is true teamwork!

http://www.timesreporter.com/news/20160927/bud-shaw-and-vincent-santaniello-rescue-crystal-roup-from-burning-truck

Peter O'Brien Braves Multiple Threats to Aid a Sheriff's Deputy

O'Brien's reaction to the label "hero" is so common to folks like him who just see themselves as doing the right thing. Even though he could have been killed by either of two attackers or their pitbull, he did not let that stop him from doing the right thing. Mighty heroic for a guy who calls himself "...no hero..."!

http://www.buffalonews.com/opinion/buffalo-news-editorials/hero-who-risked-his-life-to-save-a-deputy-deserves-the-communitys-thanks-20160904