A man in Georgia heroically frees a family from a vehicle moments before it gets struck by a train, a teenager in New York makes the ultimate sacrifice to save his sister, an anonymous neighbor in Michigan stops a violent killer — details on these and other instances of individuals who saw something amiss and chose to step-up to make the situation better in this batch of Good Samaritan Stories. Call them protectors. Call them good samaritans. They inspire and demonstrate the positive impact that one person can have.
Sources:
- first story, Vienna, GA, Eddie Daniels frees family from car stalled on train tracks
- second story, Chicago, IL, Anthony Perry saves electrocuted man, gifted car
- third story, Coram, New York, Tyler Phillips pushes sister away from oncoming vehicle
- fourth story, Muskogee, OK, Dayvon Johnson aids choking schoolmate
- fifth story, Taylor, MI, Austen Parrish saves seizing schoolmate
- sixth story, Boynton Beach, FL good samaritans aid driver
- seventh story, Tulsa, OK, Gary Brooks stops aggressors’ onslaught
- eighth story, Pike County, AL, Edward Howell saves two people from burning ambulance [GoFundMe link]
- ninth story, North Hollywood, CA, Gregory Badryan and others aid victim, stop aggressor
- tenth story, Detroit, MI, anonymous resident of Pennington Dr. stymies killer
- eleventh story, Urbana, IL, Katelynn Buescher and two others administer CPR
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