It is a split-second nightmare for any parent. One minute, you are packing up the car for a holiday weekend; the next, a massive black bear is sprinting full-speed down your driveway directly toward your child.That heart-stopping scenario became a reality for Connecticut father Jeffrey Tazzara as his family prepared to leave for a Fourth of July party. But before the wild animal could reach his...[ Read More... ]

Massiah Browne, a 7-year-old boy from Sacramento, California:"I was just playing in the pool and then I saw a boy at the bottom of the pool," Massiah, a second-grade student, told "Good Morning America." "And I went to go get him."Massiah was swimming with relatives at the apartment complex where he lives with his mom and brother. He was in the pool with a 9-year-old relative, Savannah. He...[ Read More... ]

Humanity.

Sunday 2:30 am a car drove off a boat launch and into the Pascagoula River in Moss Point, Mississppi, because the driver was following GPS and didn't realize she was going into the water. The car, with 3 teenage girls inside, floated about 20 feet away from shore and started sinking.“They drove straight under the water,” 16-year-old Corion Evans told WLOX. “Like, only a little...[ Read More... ]

ABC News story on beach rescue by water polo coach/expert swimmer and good samaritan Robert Palmer, right on time to help boy and sister:STINSON BEACH, Calif. (KGO) --Rough waves triggered a record number of rescues at Stinson Beach in Marin County over the weekend. One rescuer was just enjoying his day at the beach, now he's being called a hero.There were 17 rescues at the beach -- 10 on Sunday,...[ Read More... ]

Quick reflexes and great catch by this gymnastics coach that does his own flip as he catches a gymnast during her level 6 bars routine dismount, the flyaway (back flip layout), and makes sure she does not get hurt.  The gymnast releases the bar too soon and would have landed on her head/neck had it not been for the quick thinking and good judgement of her skillful coach spotting her....[ Read More... ]

Hero in the subway station in Manhattan:Jonathan Kulig, an engineer for utility company ConEdison, was in the middle of his commute at a New York City subway station when he heard a commotion and soon realized that a man fell onto the subway tracks.Jumping from the platform at the L train’s Third Avenue Station in Manhattan, Kulig was able to carry the man from the middle of the tracks and...[ Read More... ]

La Conchita, CA, watch video:A man risked his life to save a wild rabbit as it got dangerously close to flames from the Thomas Fire along Highway 1 in La Conchita.The daring rescue was captured by a news photographer who happened upon the scene Wednesday night. The man, who did not want to be interviewed, pulled over and was panicking as the rabbit he chased hopped right near large flames.As the...[ Read More... ]

Boys at the Isca Academy in Exeter, Britain asked for permission to wear shorts because of the hot weather.  The boys were told that wearing shorts would be against the school's dress code, so they decided to wear skirts instead in protest.  The school now says they are "happy to consider" its policy.Around 30 boys participated in the skirt protest, saying the idea came from the...[ Read More... ]

In a shopping center parking lot in Cupertino, California, a Santa Clara man rescues a man from a burning car, putting his life on the line to save a life:Aram Harutyunya realized the seriousness of the situation just a few yards ahead of him, while others moved away from the burning car, he never stopped moving towards it.Then with one swift move, Harutyunya grabbed the man behind the wheel,...[ Read More... ]