Christopher F.N. Schultz
After his 3-year-old son fell into a 20-feet-deep channel on June 15, 2019, near Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, Christopher F.N. Schultz jumped in after him, fully clothed. Schultz, a 31-year-old construction …
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Benjamin M. Blostein
A fishing trip could have turned deadly if it weren’t for the quick actions of Benjamin M. Blostein, a 30-year-old commercial roofer of Royal Oak, Michigan. On June 6, 2019, …
Harmanjeet Singh Gill
Harmanjeet Singh Gill, a 20-year-old truck driver from Brampton, Ontario, was driving Aug. 29, 2018, in Brampton when he saw a violent crash in which an SUV struck several vehicles …
Robert J. Whitley and James W. Whitley II
Two Hannibal, Missouri, cousins responded to a deadly boat accident on the Mississippi River near Hull, Illinois, on Aug. 3, 2019. Robert J. Whitley, a 38-year-old construction worker, and James …
Robert Lawson and Jeffrey Johnson
After a July 11, 2019, highway crash in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, involving a semi-truck and several other vehicles, a 64-year-old woman was pinned in the driver’s seat of her burning, …
David A. Dulkis and Darren Cox
David A. Dulkis and Darren Cox, nearby motorists who saw a burning SUV at the bottom of an embankment responded to the Feb. 3, 2018, accident in Corona, California. The …
Stacey Redmon
A 48-year-old man died June 21, 2019, attempting to save a boy from drowning in dangerous waters in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City Beach, Florida. …
Calvin Parham
As Calvin Parham, 44, left his Knightstown, Indiana, home for work as a forklift operator during the early morning hours of Jan. 11, 2019, he smelled smoke and spotted the …
Fusako M. Petrus
A retired clerk from North Highlands, Calif., Fusako M. Petrus, 86, was walking with her 61-year-old friend at dawn April 26, 2017, on a North Highlands school track when an …
Luis Alberto Mendoza
The night of May 24, 2019, after cook Luis Alberto Mendoza, 29, now of Loves Park, Ill., awoke to discover rapidly spreading flames inside his Beloit, Wis., home. Flames outside …
Matthew M. Hanna
Matthew M. Hanna, a 33-year-old, Sun City, Ariz., motorcycle mechanics student, was at his grandmother’s Sun City house, when he became alerted to the June 16, 2019, fire in a …
Vladmir Orelus
On Christmas Day 2018, Vladmir Orelus, a 28-year-old dental assistant, died attempting to rescue his 70-year-old father from their burning, Avon, Mass., home. Orelus, his wife, two sons, and an …
James Glorioso, Jr.
A 42-year-old actor from Amsterdam, N.Y., ran up an Atlantic City, N.J., beach, obtained a small boogie board, and ran into the water after he became aware of a 58-year-old …
Albert Madrid
Two young sisters, about 7 and 4, remained inside their Highland, Calif., mobile home after it caught fire March 9, 2019, and others in the home had exited. A neighbor …
Pierre Joseph Gibbons
Investigating the area after hearing some popping noises during the evening of Sept. 23, 2019, Pierre Joseph Gibbons, a 57-year-old hospital facilities manager, saw his 77-year-old neighbor, Mary Sterling, inside …
Michael Hieronymus
A mother called for help from the second-story window of her burning, Maricopa, Ariz., home Sept. 26, 2018. A 51-year-old power plant operator from Maricopa, Michael Hieronymus, was parked nearby …
Mickie Fenwick and Michael Garcia
Mickie Fenwick, 47, of Abilene, Texas, and Abilene Police officer Michael Garcia, 35, responded to the scene of a burning sport utility vehicle, which had struck a gas meter and …
Moyses Arreguin
In July 2018, Moyses Arreguin, a 29-year-old Houston welder, ran 80 feet to the aid of his 16-year-old neighbor who was being robbed at gunpoint in his driveway. Armed with …
John-Paul Jasmins
In a Delta, B.C., children’s school parking lot, a 41-year-old woman fled a vehicle in which her husband, armed with a large kitchen knife, threatened her harm in a Feb. …
Anthony Moss
Anthony Moss, a 61-year-old preflight inspector from Arlington, Wash., was driving at night when he witnessed an accident in which a soft-top convertible was hit and caught fire Aug. 31, …