#heroism

#heroism

It was early morning on 1 January last year when Colin McGarva dived into a flooding river in Worcester to rescue an unconscious woman. McGarva said he didn't think twice about the risk to himself, or the devastating loss his newborn son would suffer had he too been swept away by the fast-flowing icy waters. I didn't stop to think because the instinct the instant reaction is to help someone in need, he said.

James Moyles (33) was hit and thrown into the air, but four-year-old Cróia did not suffer any significant injuries

Some songs don't just fill the air - they fill the soul. "The Impossible Dream," from the musical Man of La Mancha, is one of those songs. When Don Quixote raises his voice to "fight the unbeatable foe" and "reach the unreachable star," we feel something stir deep inside us - a reminder that life's greatest meaning lies not in comfort or safety, but in courage and conviction.

We had one kid that covered up another kid and took a shotgun blast to his back," Marty Scheerer, chief of Hennepin Emergency Medical Services, said on Thursday.

Officer Rose was a Marine. He offered to go fight for his country and he learned and was taught and trained to run toward the battle and to take it to the enemy.

The body of Jomarie Calasanz, a 26-year-old woman who went missing in the Kaweah River on May 25, was recovered on July 24 after extensive search efforts.

The two films embody a retreat from the dark, gritty, real-world templates that ran amok once the genre really took off over the last couple of decades. They offer a vision of heroism that includes self-sacrifice and protection of the innocent.

"On July 5th, 2025, Jeff Brady made the ultimate sacrifice when he gave his life to save two young boys, ages 10 and 12, from drowning in the river. Jeff didn't hesitate, he saw children in danger and acted without a second thought. That's just who he was.... a protector, a provider, and a selfless hero."

A New Jersey man with the U.S. Coast Guard assisted in rescuing over 165 people from deadly flooding, including survivors from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp.

Julian Ryan, a 27-year-old father, died heroically attempting to save his family during catastrophic flooding on July 4, succumbing to an injury sustained while breaking a window.

"No one is so cowardly that love could not inspire him to heroism." -Phaedrus in Plato's Symposium

They go into a building that was collapsed...It wasn't safe, but they went inside,

I think he did everything he could to just keep those two kids afloat. The hardest thing was Owen and just the sheer look of panic on his face.

"It was like a boom and you could hear the impact when it landed," Fenner told the local outlet.

I just walk up the shore for the first time ever, and I'm looking out, and there's people screaming in the water.