Responding Well To Save Another

Bystanders team up to lift a burning vehicle off a motorcyclist. (Picture Courtesy WDBO-TV) There are people everywhere who refuse to stand by and let another person face death or injury alone, even though it is not their job to help. This blog honors their courage.

Saturday, December 28, 2019

Dave Briscoe Pulls Unconscious Man from Burning Vehicle

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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...

Kyshaune Lindsay Pulls Paralytic From Burning Home

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I love the 15-year-old's bottom line about the rescue: "It feels kind of good!" https://www.azfamily.com/news/teenager-res...
Sunday, October 23, 2016

Travis Boland Pulls Two From Burning Car

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(Photo: Courtesy Top Notch Video)  "I did not really think about what I was doing... I just did it." This is the kind of...
Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Hollebone and Kidd Spend Nearly 5 Minutes Searching Burning Home

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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...
Sunday, October 2, 2016

Bartholomew Honored for Icy Water Rescue

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This happened over a year ago, but it is still worth sharing. The folks at the Carnegie organization have been awarding medals (and money!) ...
Thursday, September 29, 2016

With Flames Climbing Windshield, Shaw and Santaniello Free Trapped Woman

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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 th...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

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

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O'Brien's reaction to the label "hero" is so common to folks like him who just see themselves as doing the right thing. Ev...
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As a retired USAF Test Pilot and former NASA Research Project Manager, I've had the chance to see a number of high-risk situations over the years. I am always amazed at the ingenuity and courage that people of all types display.
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