A retired Dublin man who spends hours every week making over 50 curries to feed the homeless is going viral for his good deeds. Brian Birkett, 65, felt compelled to do something after seeing how many homeless are living in the Irish city. Brian gets a few donations for his cooking, but more often than…
A family dog is alive today thanks to firefighters who saved him from a burning home and worked hard to revive him. The Bakersfield Fire Department in California was called to a home fire and pulled the small white dog named Jack from the flames. Jack the dog was unconscious and unresponsive but thanks to…
One of the last surviving veterans of the World War II’s battle of Dunkirk was at the movie premiere of the film Dunkirk, that tells the true story of the allied soldiers who were evacuated during the bloody battle on France’s shores. 97-year-old Canadian Ken Sturdy visited Calgary’s Westhills Cinemas over the weekend to watch…
Just how easy is it to slip a date rape drug (“roofie) into an unsuspecting person’s drink? Very easy, according to YouTuber, Joey Salads. Salads has done a number of social experiment videos, such as his child abduction social experiment, that highlight dangers that people should be aware of in order to help lessen the…
A stray dog and her puppies got lucky after a Good Samaritan spotted her and called Hope For Paws for help. She had just given birth hours before when Eldad Hagar arrived to rescue her. Hagar immediately noticed she was an unusual dog – the rarest dog Hope for Paws has ever rescued – a…
If people can’t even text and walk, why do they text and drive? That’s the question The Western Cape Government in South Africa poses in their humorous, but hard-hitting, public service announcement about the dangers of texting and driving. In it, a number of people are captured on surveillance cameras staring down at their phones…
A woman was stunned after receiving an anonymous letter filled with cash and a note explaining the reason why. A person had stolen her wallet years ago and now was reaching out as way of apology. Redditor stehigs321 decided to share a photo of the letter and its unusual contents online. As it turns out,…
Hope For Paws received a call about an abandoned dog in a construction site of a home. He was smack dab in the middle of the mud, forlorn and alone. Loretta Frankonyte joined Eldad Hagar in the rescue and offered “Odin” food, which he nervously took from her hand. Although he accepted the Lucky Leash,…
They saw the accident occur in front of their very eyes! When the video opens, a group of people have pulled to the side of the road in the Ingushetia Region of Russia, likely due to road trouble. But no one expected the dramatic events that occur just seconds later. While discussing what to do,…
Treya’s story haunts the rescuers at Stray Rescue of St. Louis. When they got a call that a dog had been left behind after her owner was murdered 5 years ago, they didn’t yet know the terrible torment she had endured since then. Treya had been chained up and lay under a deck all alone,…
A neighborly misunderstanding turned into a moment of community bonding between North Carolina police officers and residents in a neighborhood in Asheville. Police officers were responding to the scene after receiving complaints about a slip-n-slide that some parents had built for children in the block over the July 4 weekend. The officers quickly established there…
A 3-month-old puppy was found abandoned in a bathroom at the Las Vegas airport with a handwritten note that explained the heartbreaking reason why and shedding light on the effects of domestic violence on pets. “Hi! I’m Chewy! My owner was in an abusive relationship and couldn’t afford me to get on the flight,” reads…
Callie was just one of hundreds of dogs Judy Obregon has saved from the notorious Echo Lake Park in Forth Worth, Texas. But not all the dogs she rescues react the way Callie did back in March 2017, when she limped over to Judy, whimpering with relief and with a glimmer of hope in her…
A mom from Northern Ireland is getting a lot of positive feedback for her parenting after she learned her 6-year-old son had been mean to classmate at school. Zowiiee Williams learned that her son, Callum, had said some mean things to his girl friend after he got upset that she, and a group of girls…
A northern Illinois man is being hailed as a hero after he jumped through the open window of a moving car to save the driver, who was having a seizure. According to the Dixon Police Department, Randy Tompkins was driving his truck when he spotted a car driving in the wrong lane and heading straight…
A man’s small kindness to a stranger lead to a bigger one that has positively impacted both their lives. Andy Mitchell was out driving on a 95-degree summer day (35°C) in Rockwall, Texas, when he noticed a young man in a fast food uniform walking along side of the road. Feeling it was too hot…
Footage that a blind man’s guide dog recorded while they navigated the streets of London is helping to raise awareness about the challenges they face in the city. Amit Patel lost his sight in 2012 after which he got his guide dog, Kika, to help him travel around London, England. He was alarmed to discover…
A senior dog in St. Louis, Missouri got trapped in the sewers only to be rescued by bystanders who noticed the dog in trouble. Stray Rescue of St. Louis arrived to help pluck the frightened dog out of the hole. One of the rescuers volunteers to go get him and goes down into the sewer,…
A police officer sang “You Are My Sunshine” at the request of an elderly woman after helping her fix her microwave. The sweet exchange is earning praise from all over the world after a video of the moment captured on his body cam was posted to the Internet. Officer Kristian Johnson with the police department…
A dog who was tied to a bike and forced to run for so long that she collapsed is now in safe hands. The white Pit bull, now named Penelope, was not only dragged by the cruel men, she was also allegedly beaten when she didn’t get up and left to die. She was saved…
A 32-year-old man from Oklahoma decided he would give a stranger his kidney and 3 months later, he received an emotional “thank you” letter from the man who received it. The man, who goes by the reddit name TheBartian, wanted to share his letter and his experience to encourage organ donation saying, “I hope his…
A former leader of the Ku Klux Klan changed from a path of hate and intolerance to one of love and acceptance. His remarkable change of heart came about in part after he met Rev. Wade Watts, a black man he had intimidated and threatened while in the KKK. Johnny Lee Clary was an American…
Officer Jon O’Guin and Sergeant Jim Edison of the Albuquerque Police Department were responding to a call of a stolen vehicle when they saw a woman frantically standing over her dog. Her puppy was choking on some cheese and needed help. The officers attempted the heimlich maneuver on the dog, and the 10-minute rescue footage…
A restaurant in Tokyo told diners up front that they may not get what they ordered. That’s because the pop-up restaurant hired waiters with dementia and Alzheimer’s. Named “The Restaurant of Order Mistakes”, its mission was to help change people’s perception about those who suffer from the brain disease. The pop-up restaurant was open only…
Just when you thought Disneyland couldn’t get any more magical, Pluto, Mickey and Minnie made a boy who is hearing impaired very happy when they began talking with him in sign language. His reaction when he notices them communicating with him says it all! The boy was on a trip to the park arranged by…
Dozens of diners were trapped inside a restaurant on the third floor of a burning building with no way to escape until a vegetable truck comes to the rescue. Filmed in north China’s Hebei, this terrifying video shows people stuck on the third floor as bystanders are seen rushing to the building with a ladder…
When a toddler fell down a large pipe and became trapped, rescuers frantically tried to free the young boy, but kept failing. After 11 hours of attempting to save the boy, 15-year-old Christian Marian Becheanu volunteered to help. In the dramatic video, firefighters strap a harness and headlamp on Becheanu before lowering him down the…
Apollo the Pit Bull didn’t become a K-9 through the regular route that most police dogs end up in service. Instead, the Pit bull was found abandoned and sent to a shelter in Washington state. There he languished for 6 months and was about to be euthanized when the shelter tried one last time to…
A stray puppy was rescued from a terrible end after he was found glued to the ground in a pool of tar. He was yelping for help when a passerby spotted the dog lying on his side, unable to move in the sticky substance at what is known as the County barn in Yazoo County…
Staff Sergeant Tim Chambers is known as the Saluting Marine for standing at attention for hours during an event known as the Rolling Thunder/Ride for Freedom. Held every Memorial Day in Washington, DC, the event honors veterans and raises awareness of Prisoners of War/Missing In Action issues. Sgt. Chambers stands on concrete dressed in his…
Rob Scheer wants to make sure no other child in the foster care system has an experience like the ones he and his children had. Raised in a home with terrible abuse, Rob says, “My parents died when I was 10. To me, it was the greatest gift I thought I could ever have.” But…
A few street dogs in a Brazilian town are having an easier time in the approaching cold weather thanks to the staff at a bus terminal. Rather than leave three stray dogs to fend for themselves in the cooling temperatures, the employees at the Barreirinha terminal in Curitiba have taken the dogs in and are…
Seven-year-old Anu has used a prosthetic leg almost her entire life, but this is the first time she has worn a new sports blade (which aids with running, jumping, dancing and other athletic activities). In this short video, Anu shows her friends at school in Birmingham, Englad, her new prosthetic leg and their reaction is…
At 90 years old, Wanda was feeling isolated and very lonely. It’s a feeling that is all too common for many elderly, who outlive their friends and may not have family to look after them. Wanda knew she needed social interaction desperately, so she took matters into her own hands. She wrote a note and…
It pays to be vigilant of your belongings when attending outdoor events, in case of pickpockets, but not everyone remembers. But thankfully for one woman attending a funfair/amusement park in Berlin recently, other people were watching out for her. In this short clip, a young man in a black and white coat is seen standing…
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