The veteran thought the ceremony was being held to honor Purple Heart recipients, but something much bigger was in store.

"I am completely overwhelmed by how amazing it has been," one participant said of the experience. "You just feel the love."

Her parents said it was heartbreaking to see most people just stare at their daughter and gasp, but then Southwest showed up.

First good Samaritans responded to the scene, and then firefighters and a police officer arrived to assist the trapped pair.

The winner of this year's "Survivor" had some very special Americans in mind when he learned he had won the show's $1 million prize.

Declan, 6, shielded Annsley, 3, from the approaching dogs, and then Aiden, 10, stepped between his siblings and the attacking animals.

Nobody had heard him calling for help, and by the time he was found, he was cold, wet, and starting to suffer from hypothermia.

The bus was carrying 15 people total, and 12 of them were children ranging in age from 1 year old to 16 years old.

Firefighters followed up on a tip sent in at 1:00 a.m. and found the puppy in a strange spot, looking "like a dog statue."

Don Caskey said when he got sick he felt he lost everything. He concluded that all that really matters in life is other people.