Superheroes among us

A blind man blind woman rescued from a burning house

Imagine you are trying to save a blind man from a burning building. You are surrounded by flames roar, the whole house was shrouded in smoke and you lead it through this hell step by step. And then imagine that you, too, are blind.

Blind from birth, Jim Sherman heard the cries for help of his 85-year-old neighbor - she was trapped in a burning house. He found the way to her house from her trailer to the touch went all the way along the fence, miraculously went into a burning house and managed to find it inside. His neighbor Annie Smith was also blind. Sherman was able to bring it home in a safe place.



Instructors skydiving sacrificed everything to save students

Kimberly Diar

Few will be able to survive a fall from 300 meters, but the two women succeeded - thanks to the dedication of two men. One of them gave his life to save a man with whom just met.

Instructor skydiving Robert Cook and his student Kimberly Diar climbed into the sky, to Kimberly made her first jump. But suddenly the engine of the aircraft stalled. Cook Diar sat on his knees and clasped together their seat belts. When the plane crashed to the ground, the body Cook cushion the fall - he died, but survived Diar.



Dave Hartsock and Shirley Daydzhert

Another instructor skydiving Dave Hartsock also helped the student to survive the fall. It was the first jump Daydzhert Shirley, and she jumped with an instructor. Her parachute failed to open. During free fall Hartsock was able to approach her in the sky and grab it, and then they both fell to the ground. Both men survived, while Hartsock broke his spine, and now his body is paralyzed from the neck.



The man made a battlefield of four soldiers

Joe Rollin

Joe Rollin was a mere mortal, but spent his entire 104-year life, making incredible things. Although the peak of strength, he weighed only 68 kg, he could lift 288 kg of one finger and 1450 kg, utilizing the back. He has won several awards and titles as "The strongest man».

He is also given the title "the strongest man in the world", but a hero in the eyes of many people it can not do that. During the Second World War Rollin served on the ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. He was awarded the Bronze and Silver Star for bravery in the line of duty, and three Purple Hearts for combat injuries, because of which was in the hospital a total of 24 months.

But most of all he is known by the fact that drew from the battlefield of the two wounded comrades, one in each hand. He took them to a safe place and came back on the line to make two more.

Father fought with an alligator to save his son

Fatherly love can push to superhuman feats that his example showed two fathers from all over the world. Joseph Welch of Florida came to the aid of his six year old son when the boy's hand grabbed the alligator. Not thinking about the imminent danger to himself, Welch began to beat alligator, that he let his son. When, finally, accidentally introduced in this place Welch people rushed to help, he just kicked on the belly of the beast, and the alligator eventually let go of the boy.



Joseph Welch

Another father of Mitoc, Zimbabwe, saved his son from an attack of a crocodile in the river. Tafadzwa Kacher became a reed stick in the eyes and mouth of a crocodile, while the beast would not let his son. Boy released the beast, but grabbed the arm of Katscher, and he had to poke the crocodile eyes to free his hand. The boy eventually lost a leg, but survived.



Two of these "Chudozhenschiny" lifted cars to save lives

22-year-old woman from Virginia saved the life of his father. He repaired his «BMW», lying under the car, jack slipped and the car fell on the whole weight of the man, shattering his chest. Time to call for help was not there and a young woman raised her car, pulled his father and began CPR to save him.



Another incident occurred in the state of Georgia. Young man repairing his «Chevy Impala», the jack slipped, and all of 1350 kg fell on his chest. His mother, Angela Cavallo lifted without assistance car and held it for five minutes, until the neighbors dragged her son.



The woman stopped school bus uncontrollable

Rhonda Carlsen

Not all superhuman deeds committed by the power and courage - some critical situations require the human ability to think and act quickly. In New Mexico, a school bus in which there were children, lost control because the driver had a stroke. The girl, who was waiting for the bus, immediately realized that the driver was in trouble, and called my mother.

Her mother Rhonda Carlsen ran next to the bus and using gestures to convince a child to open the door. After that Carlsen hopped on the bus and grabbed the wheel and managed to stop the vehicle. Her quick response prevented the tragedy - all the children were safe and sound.



Teenager pulled the man from hanging over the abyss of the truck

In the dead of night with a trailer truck nearly fell off a cliff. Trailer wagon remained on the road and inside the cab with the driver hanging over the gorge. To help the driver to come to a young man. He broke the window with his bare hands and pulled the driver on the road. This is not a scene from an action movie, it is a real event that occurred Oct. 5, 2008-the year in Vayoeka Gorge, New Zealand.

The hero of this story, 18-year-old Peter Hanna was in his house when he heard a terrible roar. Without thinking of his own safety, he climbed up on the truck balancing above a precipice, jumped into the narrow gap between the cab and the trailer and smashed the rear window of the cab. It helps the driver to get out while the truck creaked and swayed, threatening about to collapse into the abyss. In 2011, the year of his act was New Zealand Hannah Medal for bravery.



Wounded soldiers returned to the battlefield

In war, many people risk their lives to save fellow soldiers. In the movie "Forrest Gump", we saw how a fictional character save several soldiers from under heavy fire. In real life there are even more exciting stories. For example, Robert Ingram of such an act was awarded the medal for bravery.

As in 1966, in the siege, Ingram continued to fight and saved his comrades. It got three bullets, one hit in the head, leaving him half-blind and deafened in one ear, one - in the arm and one - in the left knee. Despite the injury, Ingram continued to fight with the soldiers of North Vietnam had attacked his unit, and returned under fire to rescue his fellow soldiers. His courage - just one example, during the war, such stories are frequent.



Champion swimmer rescued 20 people from a sinking trolley

Shavarsh Karapetyan saved 20 people from drowning trolley in 1976. Armenian champion swimmer to swim taught his brother, when he saw the trolley with 92 passengers off the road and drove into a pond, having appeared in 24 meters from the shore. Karapetyan dove into the water and pulled dozens of passengers through the windows when the trolley has plunged ten meters in cold water.



Shavarsh Karapetyan

All it took him about 30 seconds, and then he lost consciousness in cold water. One of them saved people pulled ashore and himself. But this does not exhaust the heroism Karapetyan: Eight years later, he pulled several people from a burning building, and he was at the same time severe burns. Karapetyan was awarded the Order "Badge of Honor" and many other awards for the rescue of drowning. He himself claimed that he never was a hero, but simply did what he had to do.



The man picked up a helicopter to rescue his partner

In 1988, the helicopter crashed into a drainage ditch. When he sat down, suddenly I lost control, lurched and fell to the ground. All of this was captured on film. One of the pilots, Steve Cook, was trapped under the helicopter in shallow water. Then another pilot named Warren "Little" Everal ran and lifted the helicopter model, "Hughes 500D», which weighed at least 703 kg.

Quick response and superhuman strength "Crumbs" Kuks saved from certain death. Although his left arm permanently paralyzed, he survived thanks Everalu.

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