heroism

A Milwaukee, Wisc. couple says that their beloved pet chicken Cluck Cluck heroically saved their lives this past Thursday after the chicken’s incessant and loud clucking alerted the couple to the fact that their house was on fire. Dennis Murawska and his wife, Susan Cotey, were asleep in their...

The limits of brotherly loyalty were tested in in China this week when a man was sentenced to life in prison for a crime that it seems he did not commit. In most countries you have to commit some sort of heinous, unspeakable act – in China you can...

Passengers on a Turkish Airlines flight from Oslo to Istanbul overpowered a man who was attempting to hijack their plane using a fake bomb. The would-be hijacker, a Turk, indicated that he was carrying a bomb and instructed that the plane should return to Norway. He was overpowered by...

A large SUV crashes through the front of your Alaskan barbershop, what do you do? For most people, the answer is simple: freak out then call the cops or call the cops then freak out. Heng Song simply went back to cutting his customer’s hair....

A closed circuit television camera at a Madrid subway station captured the drama as a 41-year-old man fell onto the tracks. Were it not for the quick action of an off-duty police officer, things could have ended up being a lot worse. The officer explained: I observed a stir...

A Northern Territory man is lucky to be alive after a hunting trip in the Adelaide River region nearly ended with him becoming lunch. The Adelaide River is famous for its population of large salt water crocodiles, so what possessed our unnamed plumber to take his dogs for a...

Pit bulls have a pretty fearsome reputation that is not totally undeserved. They are a fighting dog, bred for the type of vicious canine-canine combat that put a blossoming NFL career on hold and earned Michael Vick a short stay behind four walls. They are not all bad, and...

Charleston, West Virginia police report that a nine-year-old boy prevented an attempted carjacking in order to save his younger siblings....

When 64-year-old Deputy Kenneth Moon was attacked suddenly by a much younger inmate, something unexpected happened; four inmates rushed to his defense and subdued his attacker. Authorities are unsure of why Douglas Burden, 24, attempted to strangle Moon, but they believe that their quick action saved the deputy’s life....