Suffolk County Police Department / Facebook screen shot Cops Risk Their Lives to Rescue Cat and Dog from House Fire After Escaping Children Beg Them to Find Their Pets Not everyone would be so brave for the sake of someone else's animals, but these two officers have proven their mettle. By Amanda Thomason March 8, 2021
Nassau County SPCA / Facebook 4 Sweet Dogs Have 'Lost Everything' After Both Owners Die from COVID Many readers have donated toward the dogs' care or offered to help transport or foster, but adopting out bonded dogs together is difficult. By Amanda Thomason February 27, 2021
Schiller Park Firefighters Local 5230 / Facebook screen shot Awning Collapses, Trapping Woman Underneath in Bitter Cold for 10 Hours The woman stayed there, trapped, her voice muffled by the awning and the snow, until it got dark. By Amanda Thomason February 24, 2021
Animal Friends Humane Society / Facebook screen shot Bomb Squad Called to Disarm 'Suspicious Package' Outside of Church, Finds 6 Kittens Inside Despite the danger they went through being zipped up in a bag and left on a cold doorstep, the cat and kittens are safe. By Amanda Thomason February 22, 2021
Houston Humane Society / Facebook screen shot 8 'Severely Malnourished' Dogs Found After Being Left Outside During Winter Storm Uri The dogs that were found by the Houston Humane Society earlier this week had been in sad shape for some time. By Amanda Thomason February 18, 2021
KHOU-TV / Video screen shot Unlikely Hero: Boy with Cerebral Palsy Saves Family from Carbon Monoxide Leak Without the timely intervention of this 7-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, the Texas family would have died in their sleep. By Samantha Kamman February 16, 2021
Duluth Minnesota Fire Department / Facebook Firefighters Make Daring Rescue to Save Lives of 26 Fishermen After Ice Separates from Shoreline The fishermen were ferried back to shore in small groups, a few at a time, leaving all their gear behind them. By Amanda Thomason February 13, 2021
Fox 5 Atlanta / Facebook screen shot Age 7 Boy Moments from Becoming 'Mashed Potato' After Being Picked Up with Garbage Bin His grandmother, who was in the home, heard him scream and immediately thought he'd been run over. By Amanda Thomason February 12, 2021
KATC-TV / screen shot Sanitation Workers Help Save Kidnapped Age 10 Girl After Blocking Vehicle from Escaping Both of the sanitation workers are fathers, so the incident hit especially close to home. The heroes have been recognized by many. By Amanda Thomason February 10, 2021
US Coast Guard / Twitter screen shot Coast Guard Comes to the Rescue of Castaways Living Off Rats and Coconuts on Deserted Island The Cuban nationals were stuck for 33 days on Anguilla Cay in the Bahamas, located between Cuba and the Lower Florida Keys. By Mary Rose Corkery February 10, 2021