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Jim Sherman from Grangerland, Houston is a hero. When his neighbour became trapped in a blazing house fire back in March 2006, he did more than just call the emergency services and wait on the street for...

Arranged weddings are a bad idea in any culture, however in many instances the couples involved do attempt to make it work. Not in this case however. It has been reported in Chinese news this week that a...

It started just like any other school day. A normal Monday morning for 13-year-old Jeremy Wuitschick, waving goodbye to his mother as he boarded the school bus. However, the Milton, Washington, 7th grader...

Justo Gallego Martinez, an 89-year-old farmer and former monk from Spain, has spent over 50 years of his life single-handedly building a large cathedral in a suburb of Madrid. He has no prior architectural...

Leif Sonne likes beer bottles. The engineer from a small town called Svendborg in Denmark has been collecting unopened bottles of beer since 1968. Over the past 46 years he has amassed a collection of over...

The Gap in Sydney is a very famous suicide spot. On average 1 person a week decides to end their life there, by jumping off the cliff into the turbulent waters of the Pacific below. To live next door to...

It is very often those that have little in life that can be the most generous. That is certainly the case with James French, a homeless man living in Seattle. For the 3rd year in a row, James has saved up...

Very often a true hero never consider themselves as such. Whether their actions stem from instinct or training, the end result is the same; these brave people put themselves into life threatening situations in...

Aki Ra - Land mine deminer, campaigner and museum curator Aki Ra is a Cambodian hero. He has devoted his adult life to ridding his nation of land mines; a Herculean task as the Cambodian Mine Action Centre...

Joshua Garcia, ran almost a mile home while barefoot and soaking wet to have his mother call 911, saving his father's life If you have ever been involved in a serious road accident, you will understand how...