'When you get sucked into a vortex, it’s kind of like a spin cycle in a washing machine,' the game warden said.

Off-duty Border Patrol agent Jacob Albarado grabbed his barber's shotgun and headed for Robb Elementary after receiving a text from his wife.

The dog kept swimming farther and farther out in dangerous water conditions until one brave man jumped in and took it back to shore.

Kojo Saunders proved his mettle at an apartment fire after entering a unit and finding the inhabitant still inside, in serious condition.

The group of avid cyclists decided on a whim to head out on an 80-mile ride, and because of that decision, they ended up saving a life.

One man tied himself to his ATV, swam out, and saved the man and a 7-month-old baby, which he handed off to a visiting nurse.

Parents begged the police to act during the hour-long time from when the gunman entered the school to when he was neutralized.

The woman's attacker left her chained and handcuffed in an abandoned house for days before someone heard her screams for help.

'My little love is now flying high with the angels above,' the father of 10-year-old Amerie Jo Garza said in a Facebook post.

Border Patrol agents were on the scene at the request of local law enforcement. One of them brought down the gunman.