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Alabama Doctor Walks Six Miles in Snow to Perform Brain Surgery
Many reports out of the southern U.S. this week hailed people who were performing kind deeds during the freak winter storm that paralyzed much...
Good Samaritans Hand Out Cocoa to Stranded Drivers in Snow-Shocked South
There's some good news coming out of the rare snowstorm that hit the southern United States where localities have been paralyzed because they own...
Soldier Who Suffered Severe Injuries in Iraq Inspires Town with Positive Attitude
When Jerral Hancock came home from the Iraq war missing one arm and a paralyzed body that was burned all over, he was a...
Canadian Man Invents Boat for Wheelchair Canoeing
Jon Pimlott is blessed with a wife, two beautiful kids, a job and a healthy body ready for life. He's also got the persistence...
Record $390,000 Pours In for Cancer Patient Struck by Paralysis
After being dealt one devastating blow after another, a record-breaking number of donations has changed the life of a former cancer patient who suddenly...
Quadriplegic Woman on the Love Behind Her 31-year Marriage
Joni Eareckson from Agoura Hill, California, has been wheelchair-bound since the age of 17, after severing her spinal cord in a diving accident that...
A Beautiful Day in Sports: NFL Team Signs Disabled Player
Until now, building an NFL team roster was all about business, and never sentiment. This week the Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach is receiving praise...
This Amazing Device Just Made Wheelchairs Obsolete for Paraplegics
The young man in this video looks like he's riding a Segway. But Yusuf Akturkoglu was paralyzed after falling from a horse five years ago,...
CNN Hero Awards Show Tonight is Unlike Any Other
Who will be named the Top CNN Hero of the Year and receive $100,000 to boost their selfless projects to help others around the...
Paraplegic Skier Walks Again, Helps Others do the Same
After surviving a storm of slings and arrows over the course of her life, Amanda Boxtel could never have imagined that a paralyzing skiing...
Mother of Amish Shooter Cares for Son’s Victims
Five years ago, her 32-year-old son Charlie Roberts shot 10 Amish schoolgirls before turning the gun on himself. "Not only was my son not...
CNN Names Top 10 ‘CNN Heroes’ for 2011
CNN announced its Top 10 CNN Heroes for 2011, while opening online voting that will determine the winner of the $250,000 grand prize. All...
Five Economic Lessons from Sweden, the Rock Star of the Recovery
Almost every developed nation in the world was hit by the financial crisis. Their economies became paralyzed. And then there’s Sweden.
The Scandinavian nation has...
Dog Honored as Hero for Saving Owner After a Bike Accident
A golden retriever that saved the life of its owner after the man fell from his mountain bike and became paralyzed, was honored Tuesday...
Disabled Man Gives Free Wheelchairs, New Lives to Rural Mexicans
According to Richard St. Denis, an estimated 75,000 wheelchairs are thrown away in the U.S. every year. For people with disabilities in Mexico --...
7-year-old Teaching Mom to Speak After Stroke
Three years ago, a stroke left Angie paralyzed on her right side and without the ability to speak. She has undergone speech therapy over...
Obama Honors 13 Citizens for Their Good Deeds
This week, President Barack Obama awarded the 2010 Citizens Medal to 13 outstanding Americans who have "performed exemplary deeds of service for their country...
Volunteers Help Injured Baby Raccoon to Recover
Veterinarians and rehabbers give their time to a baby raccoon, orphaned and paralyzed shortly after birth. One brain scan and spinal operation later, and...
Kick Polio Out of Africa Campaign at Victorious End
Rotary International made a promise to help kick polio out of Africa, and this month, with a football signed by Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond...
Skydiving Hero Saves Woman’s Life – Now He Needs Help
After jumping out of the airplane, strapped together in tandem, a skydiving instructor and his student feared the worst when their parachutes failed to...