The vigilance of Pasco lifeguards is credited with saving the life of a teenager who went underwater at Memorial Aquatic Park on Tuesday. A lifeguard noticed the teen appeared to be getting tired while swimming in the mid-afternoon, Pasco Deputy Chief Chris Mortensen told the Tri-City Herald. The lifeguard jumped into the water, but wasn’t […]
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Columbia County deputy, man he saved recount heroic 2020 call
Columbia County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Tim Johnson on Aug. 10, 2020 received a call about a man who stopped breathing while driving on Washington Road. It was pouring down rain with heavy traffic and Johnson was the first to arrive. Johnson immediately began CPR on 32-year-old Will Johnson after he was pulled from his car. […]
Heroic U.K. 6-year-old saves family from burning home ‘just at the right time’
On the afternoon of April 4, Olivia Patterson looked up from her neighbor’s backyard in North Yorkshire, England, and saw smoke billowing from the roof of her house. The 6-year-old charged inside to wake up her mother and baby siblings. Everyone escaped unharmed thanks to her actions. Olivia is one brave little girl. While on […]
State Patrol calls bystanders ‘heroic’ for pulling man from burning car in St. Paul
When people driving on a St. Paul freeway during rush hour saw a fiery crash, they stopped and rushed to help the driver. Kadir Tolla’s vehicle is outfitted with cameras, which captured the dramatic rescue that he was part of and the video has been receiving international attention. Tessa Sand, a registered nurse, was heading […]
Effingham County Board hears about resident’s heroic actions
Apr. 18—An Effingham County resident received high praise this week for putting himself at risk to save a motorist in dire need of assistance. During the Effingham County Board’s meeting Monday, Effingham County Sheriff Paul Kuhns presented Travis Macklin of rural Mason with the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office Distinguished Act Award for helping a driver […]
85-year-old Idaho woman who killed intruder committed ‘heroic act of self-preservation’
The 85-year-old mother of a disabled son committed a “justifiable homicide” in Idaho when she shot an armed burglar who snuck into her home and threatened to “kill her multiple times,” a county prosecutor said. Christine Jenneiahn presented “one of the most heroic acts of self-preservation” that Bingham County prosecutor Ryan Jolley has ever heard […]
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Idaho woman, 85, fatally shot home intruder in ‘heroic’ act of self-defense
An 85-year-old Idaho woman shot and killed an intruder in her home in what a county prosecutor called “one of the most heroic acts of self-preservation I have ever heard of.” Bingham County Prosecutor Ryan Jolley said in a case review that the woman, identified Wednesday as Christine Jenneiahn, acted in self-defense and ruled it […]
Legacy, service of Vietnam War’s ‘heroic veterans’ celebrated at Johnstown ceremony
Mar. 30—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Stephanie Haines was a young child when the last American combat troops left Vietnam on March 29, 1973. She never thought seriously about joining the armed forces until she was 25. Haines eventually entered active duty with the Army in 1996, beginning a career during which she also spent time in […]
‘Heroic actions:’ Slain Independence police officer Cody Allen was married, father of 2
Cody Allen, 35, an Independence police officer and father of two small children, was shot and killed Thursday. Independence Police Chief Adam Dustman praised Allen’s “heroic actions” after a civil process server called for help during an eviction. A Jackson County civil process server, identified as Drexel Mack, was also shot and killed. Two other […]
Utah couple to welcome twins through heroic surrogate
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A Utah couple is days away from welcoming home the two newest members of their family and becoming first-time dads. The dads, Sam and Kameron Cook, said the arrival of their twins never could have happened without one woman who is “beyond just their surrogate.” All lanes of new West […]