HeroicStories

The friendship of an airline pilot opens up dreams for an ill boy, and gives him wings.

Children answer the call after 9/11 to raise money for the Red Cross.

A young girl gets a healthy mouth from an Air Force Base dentist.

by Susan L. Miller California, USA After four years of marriage, I wanted my family to meet my husband. Over the 1978 Fourth of July weekend, my husband and I flew from California to New York. At La Guardia Airport, we discovered a bus strike. How would we get to Manhattan? Taxis were expensive, and … Read more

A couple of sisters find the perfect solution for moving their mother into assisted care after a hospital stay.

A beggar on the streets of San Salvador teaches a lesson of sharing and hope.

A young Romanian woman steps up and helps a volunteer through a sudden hospital stay.

Feeling uncomfortable because of your own first impressions might not be a bad thing, as we all learn to look deeper.

A website generously offers to help Katrina victims and matches up small heroes with families who lost their homes.

A waitress provides regular dinners for two little hungry children.