The audience at a 2011 thrash metal concert in Yankee Stadium hoisted a Megadeth fan in a wheelchairfor a better view. The "Big 4" show also featured Metallica, Anthrax, and Slayer.
Frida the rescue dog and her trainer Israel Arauz Salinas went viral for their life-saving efforts during the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that shook Mexico City last year. The 9-year-old Labrador has detected the bodies of 52 people during her career, and the duo recently received their own statue for their service to the Mexican navy.
American Abbey D'Agostino and New Zealander Nikki Hamblin won a special Olympic commendationfor their sportsmanship at the 2016 Rio Games. After Hamblin tripped in a 5,000-meter heat, and brought D'Agostino down with her, the American helped her competitor to her feet. Later on in the race, D'Agostino fell again as a result of her twisted leg, but Hamblin stayed by her side until the finish line.
A lucky dog got a ride from some unnamed helpers in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew two years ago. Photographer Sean Rayford caught these two men pushing a makeshift boat through the floodwaters in Lumberton, North Carolina.
With Hurricane Rita set to pound Houston just weeks after Hurricane Katrina, residents evacuated in what became the worst traffic jam in the city's history. Instead of worrying about his own safety, however, generous resident Daniel Flynn actually gave out free gas to a needy motorist before the storm hit.
Natalie Hutchison had just finished a double-shift at work when she left her purse on a Toronto bus. She then frantically tried to track down the bag containing her wallet and new iPad in the pouring rain, but ended up returning home without it. When she reached the front steps, the bag was there waiting for her.
Steve St. Bernard was returning home from his job as an MTA bus driver on July 17, 2012, when children outside alerted him to an alarming sight: his 7-year-old autistic neighbor had climbed onto her apartment air conditioner three stories above. St. Bernard stood below the unit for an excruciating seven minutes before he caught the girl, tearing a tendon in his hand. "I asked God ... I said, 'Let me catch her, please. Don't let me miss,'" he told CNN. "I don't play baseball. I'm not a sportsman. I don't want to miss."
A Portland, Maine, man made several dozen commuters' holiday wishes come true when he went around the city handing out $100 bills in 2012. The regular anonymous giver told the Portland Press Herald that about half of the recipients informed him via email they gave the money to someone else who needed it more.
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