It's not a frequent sight, when a crowd jumps into action and saves the day:

Terrifying videos show crowd rushing to stabilize an out-of-control carnival ride ​

Then again, cbsnews couldn't resist calling it a "terrifying video", giving a negative connotation to an otherwise (IMHO) heroic act...

 

https://www.abc4.com/news/top-stori...ghter-he-left-behind-in-vietnam-50-years-ago/

‘For me, the war is over’: Veteran meets daughter he left behind in Vietnam 50 years ago

 

https://www.sonantic.io/blog/helping-actor-val-kilmer-reclaim-his-voice

 

Alone in the sky, pilot and fiancee save 17 in Tenn. flood​

Nashville helicopter pilot Joel Boyers had prayed for God to show him his life had meaning just days before the phone call came

 

Vee goes to Bangkok and hands out rice and cakes

 

Police rescue bride after her car breaks down on the way to her wedding​

Inspector Matt Geddes gave the bride and her parents a lift to the wedding and even turned on his car’s flashing lights and siren as they pulled up to the church. "He asked how much of an entrance we wanted to make and my dad said a big one," Evans-Hughs said.

 

I was going to post this story in the "Thought for the day" thread, but this is such a great read that I felt this thread is a better fit:

'The near-death experience that made me a top musician'​

"I saw young children that I've never seen before - that were to become my children, I guess. And the one thing that really stuck in my mind was me standing up and playing an instrument. I just thought, 'This is the weirdest feeling in my entire life.'

"And then that was it, I completely blacked out."

 

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/na...flag/507-1ba2ab09-5506-4eb0-bd41-17f21bda0bf6

'Strangest thing that’s ever happened at a game' | Miami fans use American flag to catch falling cat

 

 

Awesome neighbors.

Moments after a plane crashes into homes in Santee

 

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/alz...veals-brain-gain-training-in-the-hippocampus/

 

‘For me, the war is over’: Veteran meets daughter he left behind in Vietnam 50 years ago

Similar to a recent one where a young American girl knew her deceased mother was adopted as a child, and was curious as to who her natural grandparents were, in order to search, she took a DNA test, but it yielded a surprise, she got an answer back from the report that she had a Vietnamese sister!
Her father had served there and had a local girl friend, but left to return to the US before he found out she was pregnant with his baby! He never knew !
The Vietnamese daughter applied for US citizenship and was united with them both.

 

 

Italian Police Delivers Donor Kidney 300 Miles Away in Two Hours with Lamborghini

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An 89-Year-Old Student Has Just Completed His Doctorate In Physics​

Having defended his thesis and currently working on publishing it, Steiner wants to continue research in the domain to keep his brain sharp. Steiner does not regret the time he spent doing medicine but becoming a physicist was his childhood dream and he is "on top of the world" now that he has achieved it. For others, he has the same message, "If you have a dream, follow it."

 

Hockey fan awarded $10,000 scholarsip after spotting man’s cancerous mole at NHL game

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Popovici waited for the game to finish, waved Hamilton over and placed her phone against the plexiglass to show him a message she had typed urging him to get his mole checked out.

 

Canadian doctor delivers 'Miracle' baby on flight​

"So I was like, 'Congratulations it's a girl.' Then the entire plane started clapping and cheering and was like 'Oh right, I'm on a plane and everybody is watching this.'"
... The baby, early at 35 weeks, was born healthy, and was named Miracle Aisha, after the doctor.

 

 

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a...the-gaming-board-tracked-them-down/ar-AATxgSc

A tourist in Las Vegas hit the jackpot on a slot machine last month, but he was never informed due to a malfunction in the machine, according to gaming officials.

Now after an exhaustive search, the Nevada Gaming Control Board says they have identified the winner of the nearly $230,000 prize.

On January 8, a man, later identified by officials as Robert Taylor, played a slot machine at Treasure Island Hotel and Casino. Due to a communications error, according to gaming officials, the slot machine malfunctioned and didn't notify Taylor or casino personnel that he was a winner.

By the time the error was noticed, casino personnel were unable to identify the man, who was from out of state. The gaming board took on an exhaustive search to make sure the man would be awarded his prize.