Upon discovering a 4-year-old boy being swept away on the Cong River, Tran Quang Dang plunged into the swift waters to save the child.

Khac Huy, an 11-year-old in Thuan Chau commune, demonstrated remarkable presence of mind when he used his scooter to pull his 5-year-old cousin from a deep lake after he fell in, then called for help.

An 82-year-old Melbourne man, Bill Kosky, and his son, trapped for over 12 hours in floodwaters, were rescued by billionaire Tim Roberts in his private helicopter.

A 3-year-old boy was rescued from the rubble in the capital Caracas, six days after twin earthquakes killed nearly 2,000 people in Venezuela.

Rescue forces found an 18-day-old boy and his mother alive after they were trapped for 32 hours in a building that collapsed due to an earthquake.

Nayarit Colmenare, 39, rescued after two days trapped in apartment rubble in Venezuela by an El Salvadoran rescue team.

A group of taxi drivers in Anhui province raised over 4,000 yuan (600 USD) to fund life-saving surgery for a stray dog involved in an accident, giving the animal a new lease on life.