Charlie Evans and Jonathan Willard Pull Family from Burning Car

What would you do if you saw a person driving a car that was on fire?  These guys knew what they had to do: they got Mom to pull over, then got her, the kids, and the dog out really quick!  Now what do you do when Mom asks you to go back for her purse?  Not just heroes, but gentlemen too! If it had been me, I think Momma would have had to get a new driver's license.  Good on you guys!

http://www.wate.com/story/22926545/crossville-man-tennessee-titan-rescue-family-from

Book on Heroes is now on the Street!

Just finished an e-book on the subject of heroism that I hope will inspire and encourage you.  It is also full of survival tips for common risky situations.  Take a look at the sample at the link below!

 



You can preview the book at this link
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DTKABDE#reader_B00DTKABDE

If you don't have a Kindle, you can download an app for your computer so that you can read it there (or even on your smartphone).  Just get the "kindle for PC" or "kindle for Mac" app at this link
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=200450200#download

Temar Boggs and Friend Rescue Kidnapped Child

Temar and his friend hopped on their bikes and pursued a kidnapper who was driving away with a five-year-old abductee.  They stuck to the guy like glue until he was forced to release the child.  This guy could easily have had a gon and turned it on them at any time.  Wow!

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/15/justice/pennsylvania-teen-heroes/index.html?c=mobile-homepage-t

Life Happens!

The last several weeks have been a busy period, so updates have been limited.  The good news is that I have nearly completed a book I have been writing on acts of heroism similar to those you have read about here.  Within a week, look for an Amazon link to the new book.

Meantime, thank you for checking in!

mark d

Unarmed, Loyau-Kennett Faces Down a Killer

The picture says it all.  With nothing but her courage to work with, this woman and two others placed themselves between a hatchet-wielding attacker and his victim.  Her comment' "Better me than a child," speaks volumes about how she knew this might end, but she did it anyway.  See her hands?  They are in her pockets!  What a lady!

(Photo Credit: Twitter via London Evening Standard)



http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/better-me-than-a-child--one-of-the-heroines-of-woolwich-explains-why-she-risked-her-life-to-confront-bloodied-knifeman-8628922.html

Tiana Levi Refuses to Leave Fire Without Her Siblings

Even though she is only 12, this young girl, awakened at 2 in the morning in a burning apartment, wasn't about to get out of there without somehow packing up her three toddler sibs.  This was no small feat, because this fire had already created a wall between all three kids and their mother.  Tiana had to strap two of the kids into a stroller to keep a grip on them, put the other on her hip, and then make her way through dense smoke and advancing flames to safety.  You would even make a Marine proud, Tiana!  So cool under pressure!

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10878778

Nick Coultas Makes Two Trips Into Burning Home

The New Zealand auto mechanic likely saved two lives when he was the first on the scene for a house fire.  He made sure that help was on the way, then got both elderly residents to safety.  Bravo!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8529723/Mechanic-risks-life-to-save-elderly-couple-from-burning-home