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Carnegie Hero Award is New Start for Felon who Saved 91-Year-old Woman
In saving a life, Pierre Johnson may also have transformed his own.
Locked up in a Minnesota prison over the past year for selling cocaine,...
Carnegie Hero Fund Cites 21 for Extraordinary Heroism
The Carnegie Hero Awards were announced today. The bronze medallion and $4,000 were awarded to 20 individuals who risked their lives to an extraordinary...
Disabled Man Breaks up Robbery with Knife, Awarded Carnegie Hero Award
The Carnegie Hero award is given to persons who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives...
4 Heroes Given Carnegie Medal for Extraordinary Bravery Saving Lives
Risking your life to save someone else sounds heroic. We'd all like to think we'd do the same thing, but actually jumping into action...
21 Extraordinary Acts of Heroism: Carnegie Medals Announced
21 people were named Wednesday by the Carnegie Hero Fund to receive the Carnegie medal, given to those who risk their lives to an...
Carnegie Medals Awarded to 22 for Extraordinary Acts of Heroism
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission this week named 22 individuals as recipients of the Carnegie Medal, awarded throughout the U.S. and Canada to those...
Florida Teen Wins Prestigious Carnegie Award and Full-Ride Scholarship After Daring Rescue
From Lantana, Florida comes the story of a courageous teenager who rescued a woman adrift in the fast current of a canal carrying rainwater...
Pakistani Man is True Hero in Dramatic Cable Car Rescue After Youths Were Stranded 15 Hours–WATCH
A rather unassuming young man with kind brown eyes is being hailed as a hero for his volunteer efforts to rescue 7 teenagers trapped...
All His Training Pays Off: Slackliner Wins Carnegie Medal for Ski Lift Rescue Over Cables
Up on the Colorado ski slopes in 2017, a man was suspended from a chairlift by the strap of his backpack coiled around his...
Hero Award Recipient: ‘I Can’t Let This Baby Die’
Tom Porter says he doesn't think he's a hero, but he'll soon have a bronze medal that says he is.
The Texas resident was awarded...
19 Awarded Carnegie Medals for Bravery
A Wisconsin man who lunged in front of a train to save a 3-year-old from certain death and a New York man who twice...
Good News in History, April 15
136 years ago today, Corrie ten Boom was born in Haarlem. A Dutch watchmaker and later a Christian writer and public speaker, ten Boom...
Good News in History, November 10
101 years ago today, one of the most famous dogs in the world, Hachikō the Akita, was born in Ōdate. He is beloved, revered,...
N. Carolina Youth Pulls Couple and Dog from Pickup Truck Sinking in Floodwaters
A North Carolina youth bravely rescued a man and woman from drowning just before their truck slid into deep floodwaters.
First reported by Columbus County...
Toddler Saved from Train Tracks After Falling Seconds Before it Thundered Past
This is the heart-stopping moment a toddler was saved by a hero commuter after falling onto a railway line seconds before a high-speed train...
Good News in History, June 10
65 years ago today, one of the greatest football managers of modern times, Carlo Ancelotti, was born. With his calm demeanor, raised eyebrow, and...
Good News in History, May 11
120 years ago today, Salvador Dali was born. Known for his striking and bizarre images, he is one of, if not the most famous...
Good News in History, May 5
121 years ago today, one of the most influential chefs in American history, James Beard, was born in Portland. His towering success led to...
Farmers Were Organized to Collect Eggs of Endangered Wildfowl, Which is Saving a Species in Australia
There are 25,000 Malleefowl left in Australia, but only 2,800 in the densely-populated state of New South Wales. But an unlikely group of heroes...
Paleontologists Uncover Rarer-than-Rare Fossil of Oviraptor on Nest of Eggs With 24 Embryos Inside
A jaw-dropping fossil has been found of an oviraptor crouching upon two dozen eggs containing fossilized embryos inside—with 7 containing “babies” mere hours from...