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Bystander Catches Falling Baby

1-year-old climbed onto 2-story window during thunderstorm

(Newser) - Talk about a good catch: A one-year-old boy climbed onto a two-story window in China Sunday—in a possible attempt to look for his mom—and fell out of it, the AP reports, per Fox News . Noticing the boy on the window, a quick-thinking Good Samaritan, identified only as Mr....

Teen Calls Cops on Family; Cop Buys Him a Bed

South Carolina officer goes beyond call of duty to help needy teen

(Newser) - Few calls to police go quite as well as the one 13-year-old Cameron Simmons placed a few weeks ago. After an argument with his mom, the Sumter, SC, teen called the police to say he was done living with his family. Officer Gaetano Acerra soon arrived and told Simmons to...

Good Samaritan Killed Chasing Down Assailant

Police say he went after man who stabbed woman, stole her purse

(Newser) - A 47-year-old dad is dead after police say he chased down an assailant who robbed and stabbed a woman near Los Angeles. Authorities say the assailant stole a 26-year-old woman's purse in a grocery store parking lot and stabbed her five times in front of her toddler Sunday night....

Good Samaritan Donating Kidney to Young Stranger

Florida woman was moved by plight of Minnesota's Arianna Moore

(Newser) - A Minnesota toddler is getting a kidney next month thanks to a total stranger who stumbled onto a Facebook post, reports My Fox Twin Cities . Donor Christy Harding of Jacksonville, Florida, tells First Coast News that she happened onto a Facebook page seeking help for 2-year-old Arianna Moore. Harding has...

Good Samaritan Stops a Suicide

Saw distraught person on highway bridge

(Newser) - On his way home from work in Oakland, a man spotted a suicide attempt in the making—and managed to stop it from happening. Lonnie Monroe saw another man walking on the wrong side of an overpass railing above I-580. "You could see the look on his face,"...

Police: Mom Tries to Drown Teens, Man Saves Them

Authorities say the New Jersey woman drove her van into a river Tuesday night

(Newser) - A woman tried to drown her three teenage children by driving a van into a river, police say, but all four of them were rescued by a man who said he heard screaming from the partially submerged vehicle. Authorities say Joann Smith, 49, of Florence Township, NJ, drove the van...

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Cashless Society May Doom Panhandlers

People are carrying less money on them in the digital age: Megan McArdle

(Newser) - If you're like most, you carry fewer dollar bills and coins around these days than in the past. We're edging ever closer to a cashless society, and Megan McArdle at Bloomberg observes that this trend could take a toll on a group that often doesn't get much...

Airport Officials: Who Returned Diamond Ring?

Newark passenger stunned to get her ring back

(Newser) - Return a diamond ring at Newark Airport on Valentine's Day? Then you're in luck, because airport officials want to reward you with free round-trip voucher from United Airways, the New York Post reports. Navneet Guleria, 52, dropped the ring from her 25th wedding anniversary while being screened for...

Strangers' Intervention at Gym Saves Woman's Life

Nine worried people got anorexic woman to hospital in nick of time

(Newser) - Stories about people staging a successful intervention to save someone in trouble aren't so unusual. But what about when those people are total strangers? The Tennessean has such a tale from the Green Hills YMCA, where nine regulars at the gym got worried about an emaciated young woman who...

Passengers Save Baby Who Stopped Breathing on Plane

One happened to be a CPR instructor

(Newser) - A little relief from all the depressing air-travel news this week: Two passengers helped save the life of a baby who had stopped breathing aboard a US Airways flight, reports KTVK . According to others on the flight from Tampa to Phoenix, the drama began when a woman began screaming that...

Good Samaritan Pays Off Kids' Lunch Balances

Dozens were behind, getting lesser school meals in Houston

(Newser) - Hear about that story out of Utah about a school that literally took lunches away from kids because their families were behind on payments? So did Kenny Thompson of Houston, who was bothered enough to check with his local school to see whether anything similar was happening, reports Click2Houston . Turns...

Man's Act of Kindness Ends in His Murder

Good Samaritan lets man in his Minneapolis home, gets shot

(Newser) - Thomas Sonnenberg, a 69-year-old retiree, liked helping others . So when a man appeared at the back door of his Minneapolis home just before noon on Friday screaming "Somebody's going to kill me!" and begging to be let inside, Sonnenberg did just that. At the man's urging,...

Surgeon Walked 6 Miles in Snowstorm to OR

Dr. Zenko Hrynkiw helped out a few stranded strangers along the way

(Newser) - You think you're dedicated to your job? Probably not compared to this guy: Dr. Zenko Hrynkiw was needed for an emergency brain surgery at Birmingham, Alabama's Trinity Medical Center on Tuesday morning, but he was six miles away at another hospital. With a snowstorm raging and traffic at...

Honest Guy Returns Lost Down Payment for House

Envelope had $2K in cash, $38K in cashier's check

(Newser) - At the very least, it would have been an easy $2,000. That's how much cash was in the envelope that 23-year-old Brian DiCarlo found in a strip-mall parking lot in Clackamas, Oregon, reports KATU-TV . It also had a cashier's check for $38,000, money for a house...

Dairy Queen Manager's Class Act Wins Praise

He stands up for blind man, forks over own money

(Newser) - A teenage Dairy Queen manager in Hopkins, Minnesota, qualifies as the new poster boy for basic human decency. Joey Prusak, 19, was serving a blind customer when the man dropped a $20 bill without knowing it, reports WCCO-TV . The woman in line behind him quickly picked it up and ... tucked...

Homeless Man Returns Backpack Full of Money

Bostonian finds satchel with $2.4K in cash, $40K in traveler's checks

(Newser) - A homeless Boston man who police said turned in a backpack containing tens of thousands of dollars in cash and traveler's checks said even if he were desperate he wouldn't have kept a cent. Boston police chief Ed Davis honored Glen James yesterday, giving him a citation and...

Good Samaritan Drowns Trying to Save Woman

Judge Mitchell McLean was vacationing with family on North Carolina shore

(Newser) - Yet another Good Samaritan has perished in his quest to help another. North Carolina Judge Mitchell McLean was vacationing with his family at the state's Sunset Beach on Wednesday when he saw a woman struggling in the water. The 54-year-old ran into the ocean in an effort to save...

Taco Bell Customers Return $3.6K Inside Food Order

Employee handed them the wrong bag, this one filled with cash

(Newser) - Fast-food ethics test: Three people who ordered food at a Taco Bell drive-thru in western Michigan found $3,600 in cash inside their bag instead. A Taco Bell employee mistakenly passed the money to the trio instead of their food on Saturday. (It was in a store bag awaiting deposit...

Man Paralyzed While Saving Young Girl Has Died

Michael Patterson 'succumbed to his injuries' this morning

(Newser) - The saddest of codas to the story of Mike Patterson, who was paralyzed from the waist down after hitting his head in an attempt to save a Georgia girl from drowning: The 43-year-old has died, reports MyFoxAtlanta . It picks up a post that appeared on the Friends of Mike Patterson...

Good Samaritan Paralyzed While Saving Young Girl

Michael Patterson hit head while diving in to Georgia creek

(Newser) - It's just awful: Doctors say a Georgia man has been paralyzed from the waist down after hitting his head in an attempt to save a girl from drowning. Michael Patterson was at the Euharlee Creek on Saturday when he saw a 4-year-old who had been playing in the water...

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