The group has helped thousands in the past year and has received more than 14,000 requests for help from Ukraine.

A 5-year-old boy had somehow fallen into the canal and was in the alligator-infested waters, no match for the wild beasts.

At first, the officers thought the building was cleared - but then they saw the father at the second-story window.

The hero doorman said he was unable to stand idly by after he witnessed a man punch a 9-year-old girl.

Olga had just covered her baby with a blanket when the attack came, sending a spray of glass shrapnel across the mother and baby.

Unable to do much else themselves, the shelter used its platform to ask for help, and help responded in the form of Joe Lawhorn.

When they approached the pond, they could hear the man who was stuck chest-deep in the icy water in total darkness.

At first, the athletic do-gooder declined to be identified, but later stepped forward and has since been recognized for his actions.

'I heard him hit the ground, and then the bus started veering to the right into the ditch,' said one boy who sprang into action.

Edgar, a service dog, proved that not only is he alert and aware of his master's needs, but he can also spot an emergency elsewhere.