Courtesy of Lio Cundiff family From Chicago comes the story of a pair of heroes rescuing an infant that had been blown into Lake Michigan. 30-year-old Lio Cundiff was on the phone with his aunt at Belmont Harbor when he felt the wind pick up fiercely, followed by a bloodcurdling scream from a woman close … Read more
Osaka City Waterworks Bureau Have you seen the price of gold recently? In the Japanese city of Osaka, one man obviously did, and decided to cash in for the sake of his community. The mayor and his staff were staggered when they discovered an anonymous resident had presented 21 kilograms of gold bars to the … Read more
Credit: MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE A Good Samaritan said he thanked the Good Lord that he was close at hand when a mother, driving with her kids, suffered a seizure and hurtled off the road into a canal. What started as a calm Sunday drive turned into anything but when a glance into his review … Read more
Courtesy of Shedly Appolon and the Martin County Fire Rescue A woman some 8-months pregnant has a total stranger to thank for her life, and that of her baby. When she was driving down I-95 in Martin County, Shedly Appolon remembered feeling dizzy. It was her 29th birthday; she was probably in a good mood, … Read more
Lavonne Schaafsma (Courtesy photo) From NPR’s Unsung Heroes column comes the story of a woman whose purse was saved from a thief by two women she didn’t know—and she wasn’t even there. She had left her purse by accident on a bench, and it was the mere optics of the situation that drove two Samaritans … Read more
Josh Pache – credit, Daniel McKellar via GoFundMe From Australia’s Gold Coast comes the story of an honest young man who handed over $3,500 he found at a gas station and was repaid manifold. 17-year-old Josh Pache was the first to notice a wad of Australian dollars sitting on the cement outside Fox’s Pantry. The … Read more