In 1907 a Mexican railroad worker named Jesus Garcia saved an entire mining town by jumping onto a burning train loaded with dynamite. Realizing the fire was spreading, he drove the train in reverse downhill at full-steam for 6km before the dynamite exploded, killing him but sparing the town.
An 8 year old named Tyler Doohan saved 6 people from his burning house before finally…
An 8 year old named Tyler Doohan saved 6 people from his burning house before finally succumbing to the fire himself while trying to save the last victim, his disabled grandfather. They were best friends.
Albert Battel, a German officer serving in the Wehrmacht during WWII…
Albert Battel, a German officer serving in the Wehrmacht during WWII, commanded his whole unit to protect Jews and threatened the SS to kill them if they crossed a bridge into a Jewish ghetto to round them up.
Minutes before the Halifax Explosion, (one of the largest non…
Minutes before the Halifax Explosion, (one of the largest non-nuclear, man-made explosions) a dispatcher named Vince Coleman returned to his station to send a warning telegram, saving 300 lives at the cost of his own.
In 1942, 13-year-old Seaman Calvin Graham was decorated…
In 1942, 13-year-old Seaman Calvin Graham was decorated for valor in battle. Then his mother learned where he’d been and revealed his secret to the Navy.
Mariya Oktyabrskaya, husband died in WW2 so she sold all of her belongings…
Mariya Oktyabrskaya, who’s husband died in WW2 so she sold all of her belongings and built a tank “The Angry Girlfriend” for revenge. Mariya, often disregarding orders not to, would leap out of her tank and repair the tank, amidst heavy fire. She became the first female tanker to ever win the Hero of the Soviet Union award.