HeroicStories

Surprised by a scruffy college student jumping out to help attach her gas cap a woman learns the power of small kind gestures.

A constant worry about her son with schizophrenia is relieved with a few kind words.

The story of a woman killed in the Oklahoma bombings shows how the entire community came together.

A scruffy vagrant steps up to help when a car breaks down in the middle of the road.

Climbing Everest a group a travelers gather around and help a man with altitude sickness.

Jayleen L. Hatmaker Ohio, USA In August 1980 an ugly scene brought my 13-year marriage to an end. I fled our home with my two children, $5 and nowhere to go except my mother’s. Staying there more than a couple nights wasn’t an option. The next morning I headed out to find help. The welfare … Read more

A volunteer restores boxes of photographs that were damaged in the flood in Centralia, Washington.

A music teacher inspires generations of students with a great attitude, despite a personal handicap.

An anonymous donor delivers a winning lottery ticket to help neighbors whose homes were destroyed by a typhoon.

A kind pizza restaurant worker makes sure a pizza is delivered, even when she has to pay for it herself.