A dolphin swam up to two distressed whales that appeared headed for death in a beach stranding in New Zealand and guided them to safety, witnesses said Wednesday. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

The train was bearing down, and Wesley Autrey Sr. was trying to lift Cameron Hollopeter off the wet, slippery subway tracks where the young man had fallen after suffering an epileptic seizure.

*Update to this and this. 1 year ago today picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

Happy endings for roaming pooch and his family! picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Poor dog was rescued from a home where she was mistreated...then gets graffitied in the street. picked by mandolinorange 10 months ago

A seven-year-old boy who can only communicate by chirping after his mother raised him as a pet bird has been rescued by Russian care-workers.

Poor S.O.B picked by doggylives 6 months ago

The eight men and three women took refuge at the base after their small boats collided on Oct. 10 off the southeastern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, regional Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Olga Mikhailova was quoted as saying by the RIA-Novosti news agency. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

Rescued Soho diner building is westward ho to La Barge, WY from NYC.

One of the last of the free standing diners in Manhattan finds a new home. More info here picked by suebe 1 year ago

The bi-line was literally "Frozen Hot Dog". picked by readingitall 2 years ago

Wow. picked by cb__ 9 months ago

Six people arrested after Megan Williams was rescued in September had been charged with counts that carry maximum life sentences, but until Tuesday's indictments no one had been charged with a hate crime.

Update to this story. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

Just a week after Khan the dog was adopted by a new family, he saves a toddler from a deadly snake bite. picked by mandolinorange 10 months ago

Irena Sendler, an amazing Roman Catholic woman who created a network of rescuers in Poland and smuggled about 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw ghetto in World War II. picked by jhordie 2 months ago

A 55-year-old Crystal Lake man was found chained by the neck in the basement of a burning home Tuesday, police said. picked by mutil8or 5 months ago

Police say registered level-three sex offender spotted the boy, then drove to a nearby gas station and called police. picked by DemureArt 10 months ago

Looks like a new trend... picked by suebe 1 year ago

Three men in their 20's may have watched a few too many movies about sewer-dwelling Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as teens. The men had to be rescued from Sacramento's sewer system overnight. picked by veronla21 2 months ago

There was a dramatic rescue Tuesday afternoon in Marion County as people worked frantically to save a small horse that was trapped underground. The horse was pulled to safety in the small town of Citra and the rescue was caught on camera. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

Small follow up to yesterdays posted story. picked by topofall 8 months ago

Meet Molly. She's a gray speckled pony who was abandoned by her owners when Katrina hit southern Louisiana . She spent weeks on her own before finally being rescued and taken to a farm where abandoned animals were stockpiled. While there, she was attacked by a pit bull terrier, and almost died. picked by bevissimo 3 months ago

When the flood waters rose, the horses were stranded on a small patch of land. Firefighters and military personnel couldn't rescue them, it took 4 women on horseback to do it. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago