HeroicStories

A boyscout troup cheerfully changes their seats on a plane and others follow.

By Meg Goldsmith Groton, Connecticut, USA I first met Kerry via the Internet in 1993 due to our mutual interest in baseball. We didn’t actually meet until 1994, when several of us e-mail baseball pals got together in person for a week of baseball and friendship. Not until the year after that did I find … Read more

The tough guy act drops as a boy steps up to feed puppies with his own money.

After a beloved cat passes away true friends show up at the door with the gift of spending time together.

A small sailboat overturns on a rough sea and is rescued by the local ferry.

During a freezing snowstorm a CB radio operator rescues a freezing man, and simply tells him to pass it on.

Memories of his mother brings up a story about the 1918 flu epedemic.

Used to a different driving environment, a women stuck in Boston traffic is surprised by a friendly wave from a grateful driver she let pull onto the road.

After she gives away her seats to a family a woman is helped to her truck by arena security staff, and has her faith restored in the power of being nice.

by Lindalee Brownstein Ohio, USA In 1995 my husband, son Daniel, and I were on Ellis Island viewing immigrant photos and hearing their stories. We saw teenagers traveling alone across the ocean, heading for their hopes as everything they’d known faded behind them. We saw parents waiting to hear if they would be admitted to … Read more