Near Point Lay on Alaska’s northwest coast, college student Violet Anniskett found a living Pacific walrus calf between two carcasses, named him Annautaq after her late father, and helped carry him more than 800 miles to the Alaska SeaLife Center.
Late Friday before Isaias landfall, a Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue staffer drove into the storm’s path and brought 22 dogs — many seniors or special-needs, including blind Betty White — to safety in Bradenton.
Harley, a senior dog at the Wayne County Humane Society in Wooster, racked up more than 5 million video views without a single adoption application — until Amanda and Jesse Schossler changed their minds after losing two dogs.
Bill Von Herbulis, 72, clung to a dock pipe for over an hour after his wheelchair tipped into the water at a New Smyrna Beach marina — until a stranger called 911 and Volusia County Sgt. William Leven dove in.
Tucson Fire Department Engine 3 tracked faint meows to a hollow cavity behind an auto shop’s brick wall on Oct 12, freed the unharmed kitten, and the shop owners adopted her on the spot.
After Hurricane Isaias, 14-year-old golden retriever Benny ended up at the bottom of a 20-foot-deep ditch in Tallahassee. Firefighters from Station 6 climbed down and brought him home.
A Wentzville, Missouri, firefighter-paramedic crawled into a sewer and chiseled away at a crack with a hammer to free a trapped kitten’s paw. A couple of weeks later, she made sure his story had a happy ending.
When a car plunged into a lake in Plantation, Florida, a driver jumped in and bystanders threw a life ring. That ring was put there by a mother whose son died trying to save a stranger in 2022.
When a first-time backpacker got lost overnight in Arkansas’ Ouachita National Forest, a local woman who had never met him called in to work, grabbed her dog Buckey, and went looking. Now his family is thanking her.
A 26-year-old mom stopped to help a partially blind 88-year-old find a Diet Coke at a Texas gas station. A ride, a phone number and a belated birthday dinner later, their friendship has touched millions.