Despite the typos, the request was clear, and when employees at the Chipper Truck Café spotted it, they immediately called the manager.

The referee wasn't breathing, and he had no pulse. His wife, a nurse, was sure he was dead - she just hoped Copeland would bring him back.

One Good Samaritan immediately went toward the wreck with a lifejacket to help bring the pilot back to shore, where he could be treated.

One officer ran to free the occupants while the other officer ran toward the front of the car and battled flames with a fire extinguisher.

The sheriff commended the inmates who intervened, saying he was grateful to those 'who did the right thing.'

The kids - most of whom were 11 or 12 - were in varying states of exhaustion, dehydration and shock after being stranded for 30 hours.

The woman's dog fell into the canal and couldn't get out again, so the woman tried to rescue him but ended up trapped in the canal, too.

A gas station clerk in Fort Worth, Texas, dropped everything when he heard a series of gut-wrenching sounds.