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Veteran Helps Comrades “Walk off the War” With Hikes on Appalachian Trail
Sean Gobin was a hero long before CNN nominated him for the title this year.
He completed three deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan before leaving the...
Nike Partners With Disabled Teen to Create Easy-Entry Shoe
When a teenager with cerebral palsy wrote to Nike requesting a shoe he could put on himself, the company decided to ‘Just Do It’.
When...
Teen Celebrated for Building Star Wars Fighter Jet Around His Wheelchair
13-year-old Matthew Tillyer, who’s been paralyzed for two years due to complications from pneumonia, recently won first place for turning his wheelchair into a Star Wars...
Terminal Cancer Survivor Spends Days Smiling and Waving at Drivers
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Chris Lamb of Tucson, Arizona may be partially blind and paralyzed, but the survivor of terminal brain cancer has defied the odds for...
Argentine Surfer Sacrifices Win for the Best Reason Possible (WATCH)
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A five-time Argentinian surf champion, Matt Passeri, was set to go for another win, when suddenly he dove into the waves with an...
Trucker Hero Stops to Rescue Officer Being Strangled by Prisoner in Car
A trucker hero from Kentucky who saved a law enforcement officer from being strangled was one of three finalists named this month by the...
The Top 10 Good News Stories of 2014
In many respects 2014 was a rough year, with Ebola, the Islamic State, and deaths in Ukraine, but it was also one in which...
With Teacher Who Believed in Him, Quadriplegic Teen Publishes Book
Macon High School senior Dominic Bergfield is like any other student, except that he is paralyzed from the neck down. He has always dreamed...
Dramatic Dashcam Video: Hero Truck Driver Saves Family From Fiery Crash
A truck driver is being called a hero by many after he selflessly took action that likely saved the lives of a grandmother and...
Alvin Ailey Dance Camp Gives Disadvantaged Teens a Way to Shine
Fighting multiple sclerosis since he was 8 years old, Jahi Gibson was unable to defend himself while growing up in a crime-ridden neighborhood.
Weeks of...
Spinal Cord Injury May No Longer Mean Permanent Paralysis
Severe spinal cord injury results in a permanent loss of function and sensation -- understandable because the connection between the brain and the lower...
Alabama Doctor Walks Six Miles in Snow to Perform Brain Surgery
Many reports out of the southern U.S. this week hailed people who were performing kind deeds during the freak winter storm that paralyzed much...
Good Samaritans Hand Out Cocoa to Stranded Drivers in Snow-Shocked South
There's some good news coming out of the rare snowstorm that hit the southern United States where localities have been paralyzed because they own...
Soldier Who Suffered Severe Injuries in Iraq Inspires Town with Positive Attitude
When Jerral Hancock came home from the Iraq war missing one arm and a paralyzed body that was burned all over, he was a...
Canadian Man Invents Boat for Wheelchair Canoeing
Jon Pimlott is blessed with a wife, two beautiful kids, a job and a healthy body ready for life. He's also got the persistence...
Record $390,000 Pours In for Cancer Patient Struck by Paralysis
After being dealt one devastating blow after another, a record-breaking number of donations has changed the life of a former cancer patient who suddenly...
Quadriplegic Woman on the Love Behind Her 31-year Marriage
Joni Eareckson from Agoura Hill, California, has been wheelchair-bound since the age of 17, after severing her spinal cord in a diving accident that...
A Beautiful Day in Sports: NFL Team Signs Disabled Player
Until now, building an NFL team roster was all about business, and never sentiment. This week the Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach is receiving praise...
This Amazing Device Just Made Wheelchairs Obsolete for Paraplegics
The young man in this video looks like he's riding a Segway. But Yusuf Akturkoglu was paralyzed after falling from a horse five years ago,...
CNN Hero Awards Show Tonight is Unlike Any Other
Who will be named the Top CNN Hero of the Year and receive $100,000 to boost their selfless projects to help others around the...