#Heroism

Articles (15)

• 🇺🇸 'I wouldn't be here': Cadets pay tribute to officer who died stopping Old Dominion shooter — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  The ROTC cadets getting ready to leave their class at Old Dominion University last month had never seen the stranger who entered the room, but thought maybe he was someone early for the next class

  Related: #Campus Safety, #Trauma Recovery
• 🇺🇸 Bucs safety's fiancée helped woman hit by bus — 22/03/2026 [USA]

  Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield Jr.'s fiancée, Teesa Mpagi, rushed to aid a pedestrian struck by a car in front of the friends-and-family bus headed to Saturday's Fanatics Flag Football Classic at ...

  Related: #Community
• 🇺🇸 Airman Awarded Silver Star for Extraordinary Heroism During Combat Operations — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  Air Force Maj. Michael A. Blea, assistant director of operations assigned to the 480th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing, was awarded the Silver Star during a ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

  Related: #Military Awards
• 🇺🇸 Brave ROTC students credited with stopping deadly shooting at Old Dominion — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  Officials praised the "brave" actions of ROTC students who confronted a gunman Thursday after he opened fire in a classroom​ on the campus of Old Dominion University, killing one person and injuring t...

  Related: #Campus Safety
• 🇬🇧 Texas welder called ‘highway hero’ for stopping unconscious driver — 10/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Rene Villarreal-Albe averted possible crash by pulling truck up to car and halting it as driver faced medical episode</p><p>A <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/texas">Texas</a> man who r...

  Related: #Public Safety
• 🇺🇸 WATCH: Trump awards a U.S. Coast Guard with a medal for rescuing Texas flood victims — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  President Trump recognized World War II veteran George "Buddy" Taggart and U.S. Coast Guard Scott Ruskan during his State of the Union address.

  Related: #Politics, #Disaster Response, #State of the Union
• 🇺🇸 Two American Heroes Awarded Medal of Honor During State of the Union — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  Tonight, in the nation's capital, two heroic Americans were honored with the country's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor. At the conclusion of his State of the Union address, President D...

  Related: #Military Recognition, #Presidential Ceremony
• 🇺🇸 Trump praises Coast Guard swimmer for rescuing girls during Camp Mystic flood — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  President Donald Trump praised Scott Ruskin, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer, for saving more than 160 girls during the Camp Mystic flood in Texas that killed 27 campers and counselors.

  Related: #Disaster Response, #Presidential Recognition, #Tragedy
• 🇺🇸 When Rhode Island shooter opened fire, bystanders jumped into action to end the carnage — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  Pawtucket police say the group of "courageous citizens" who rushed to intervene in the attack "undoubtedly prevented further injury and increased the chances of survival for the injured."

  Related: #Gun violence, #Community response
• 🇺🇸 Man who saved baby blown into Lake Michigan didn't know how to swim — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  The man who heroically jumped into Lake Michigan to save an 8-month-old baby in a stroller who had been blown into Chicago's Belmont Harbor doesn't know how to swim.

  Related: #Emergency Response, #Weather Danger
• 🇺🇸 Parents of 19-year-old counselor say she died a hero in Camp Mystic flood — 16/02/2026 [USA]

  In their first television interview, the parents of 19-year-old Katherine Ferruzzo say she died a hero trying to save children from the devastating flooding at Camp Mystic last summer. John and Andrea...

  Related: #Tragedy, #Legacy
• 🇬🇧 Emergency call released of boy who swam for hours to save family — 11/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Austin Appelbee, 13, swam to get help for his mother and siblings after they were swept out to sea.

  Related: #Rescue, #Family
• 🇬🇧 ‘We need a helicopter to go find them’: 13-year-old’s emergency call to save family stranded off WA coast revealed — 11/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Austin Appelbee told authorities he was ‘really scared’ after swimming 4km in rough seas to get help for mum and two siblings</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/...

  Related: #Rescue, #Survival
• 🇺🇸 Hero dog leads police straight to missing 3-year-old — 11/02/2026 [USA]

  A neighborhood dog helped authorities in Louisville, Kentucky, find a missing 3-year-old boy last month in a dramatic rescue seen in newly released body camera footage. "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony ...

  Related: #Public Safety, #Human-Animal Bond
• 🇺🇸 Boy swims 2.5 miles to save family swept out to sea: "Superhuman" — 03/02/2026 [USA]

  "The waves are massive and I have no life jacket on. … I just kept thinking 'just keep swimming, just keep swimming,'" Austin Appelbee said.

  Related: #Water Safety, #Family, #Resilience