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hero stories: 20 news summaries
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 Boston Subway 
 Just Misses Woman 

Driver, another employee honored for quick action

Nov 10, 09 12:10 PM CST
(Newser) - A Boston subway train came to a screeching halt just before hitting a woman who had fallen onto the tracks. She told authorities afterward she'd been drinking. Both the train's driver and another Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority employee have been hailed as heroes for their quick action. More »

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Boston • public transportation • viral video • hero • drunk • MBTA • subway accident • train tracks

fort hood shoooting

 It's Not 
 Her First 
 Time as 
 'Hero' 

Munley saved a fellow officer while a cop in NC

Nov 7, 09 2:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Kimberly Munley is being hailed as a hero for bringing down the Fort Hood shooter while taking three bullets herself, and her former partner isn't a bit surprised. Shaun Appler, who worked with her years ago in North Carolina, tells the Austin American-Statesman that he began calling her "Mighty... More »

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hero • mass shootings • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan • Kimberly Munley

 Captain, Family 
 Laud Military 'Heroes' 

Colleagues and friends praise Phillips' high-stakes performance

Apr 14, 09 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Richard Phillips has been hailed a hero, but the rescued captain is downplaying his own role and praising his military saviors, reports the Boston Globe. "I'm just a small part in this. The real heroes in this story are the US military. They are the most dedicated, professional, and... More »

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US military • pirates • Navy SEALs • hero • Richard Phillips

(AP) - A passenger landed a twin-engine plane in Florida yesterday after the pilot died during flight. FAA officials say he died after takeoff from a Naples airport while the plane, which had six people on board, was on autopilot and climbing toward 10,000 feet. The passenger who took over is... More »

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Florida • pilot • hero • airplane

(Newser) - The gunman burst into Binghamton's American Civic Association community center, and before the receptionists really had time to react, he’d shot them both. He probably believed he’d killed them both, too. But one of them was only playing dead, and she was the one to call 911, MSNBC... More »

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massacre • hero • shooting • Binghamton, NY • Jiverly Wong

Hero Pilot Documentary Headed for Cable in Late '09

Film to air in late 2009

Apr 2, 09 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cable channel TLC has obtained exclusive rights to make a documentary on the story of Chesley Sullenberger, the pilot who successfully saved US Airways Flight 1549 with a daring water landing in January. The documentary will feature extensive interviews with Sullenberger discussing both his specific actions to save the plane... More »

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television • documentary • pilot • hero • TLC • documentary film • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash

analysis

Why Today's
Heroes Are
So 'Effed Up'

'Powerless' America wonders if 'good is
up to the task'

Mar 29, 09 7:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heroes and villains have clashed in American pop culture since D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation in 1915, but today's heroes are oddly at war with another foe—themselves, Jeff Jensen writes in Entertainment Weekly. Like Lost's castaways, modern heroes are "flawed or messed up," reflecting... More »

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film • culture • hero • movies • villains

McDonald's Won't Pay Hospital Bills of Hero Employee

Worker got shot protecting customer

Feb 19, 09 5:18 PM CST
(Newser) - It doesn't pay to be a hero, sometimes. A McDonald's employee who stepped in to prevent a man from beating up a woman in the restaurant got shot multiple times and ended up with $300,000 in medical bills. Now McDonald's says it's won't pay up because his injuries "... More »

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health insurance • McDonald's • medical bills • hero

Flight 1549 Passengers
Laud Pilot, Crew

Survivors embrace heroes at '60 Minutes' taping

Feb 3, 09 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The passengers of US Airways Flight 1549 thanked and embraced hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger at a meeting in Charlotte, NC, the Charlotte Observer reports. As part of a 60 Minutes episode on the crash, about 50 of the passengers and their families met the crew of Flight 1549. “There... More »

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plane crash • pilot • survivors • hero • airline passengers • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash

Library Ditches Hero Pilot's
Fine for Book
Sunk in Hudson

Restocked ethics tome to be dedicated to Sully

Feb 3, 09 2:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger's local library has told him not to worry about a borrowed book stuck in the hold of US Airways Flight 1549 that crashed in the Hudson River, AP reports. After he contacted the library to ask for an extension, the staff not only waived all overdue... More »

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US Airways • pilot • book • hero • late fees • library • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash

 Pilot Gets Hero's Welcome 


Jan 24, 09 7:57 PM CST
(Newser) - The small town of Danville, Calif., welcomed home its resident celebrity pilot, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the Los Angeles Times reports. Thousands filled the town green to cheer the man who landed Flight 1549 safely in the Hudson River. "I know I can speak for the entire crew when... More »

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US Airways • pilot • Hudson River • hero • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash

OPINION

He's a Good Pilot; Let's Leave It at That

Sully shouldn't be exploited to fill our
need for a superhero

Jan 17, 09 10:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Chesley Sullenberger's skillful landing on the Hudson has made him America's latest hero, but let's not catapult the man into celebritydom, pleads a Gawker essay. Press-ganging the pilot into endless TV appearances (or book deals, parades, whatever) smacks of exploitation and will slowly separate the man from the actual act... More »

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US Airways • celebrity • plane crash • pilot • hero • emergency landing • heroism • Chesley Sullenberger

Hudson Hero
Is Glider Pilot, Safety Guru,
Air Force Vet

Cool-headed captain has advised NASA, FAA

Jan 16, 09 10:28 AM CST
(Newser) - The US Airways pilot who saved the lives of his passengers and crew in yesterday’s crash landing was perfectly suited to the job: he’s a certified glider pilot and runs a safety company, the New York Post reports. After an apparent bird strike disabled the plane’s engines,... More »

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New York • US Airways • plane crash • pilot • Hudson River • hero • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash

Pay-It-Forward Movement Finds Niche on Web

Small but growing number of sites
highlight good deeds

Sep 19, 08 6:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Internet is home to a small but growing trend that would seem anathema to hard-headed bloggers and pithy posters who regularly lay waste to others online: niceness. In Philadelphia, New York, and elsewhere, the Inquirer finds, civic-minded netizens are setting up sites that extol, and even enable, random acts... More »

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Internet • blogging • website • hero • good samaritan • kindness

Chiefs' Gonzalez Saves Choking Man's Life

After Heimlich connection, SD fan will root for KC tight end

Jul 8, 08 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kansas City tight end Tony Gonzalez gained his most devoted fan in the middle of a quiet dinner in an Orange County, Calif., restaurant. When Ken Hunter began to choke at the next table, Gonzalez sprang into action, performing the Heimlich maneuver and saving the man's life, AP reports. "... More »

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California • choking • Kansas City Chiefs • San Diego Chargers • hero • Tony Gonzalez • Heimlich maneuver

College Sailor 'Died a Hero' 

As yacht rapidly sank, safety officer gave his life pushing his 2 crewmates to safety 

Jun 10, 08 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Survivors of a capsized college yacht yesterday hailed the boat's safety officer as a hero who gave his life to save theirs, CNN reports. Roger Stone died after pushing two of his Texas A&M University crewmates to safety from below decks last week as the craft rapidly took on... More »

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sailing • Gulf of Mexico • hero • heroism • crew members • Texas A&M

 Aussie Pokes Croc's
 Eyes, Rescues Wife 

Heroic hubby jumped on 8-foot beast's back and poked it in the eyes

Apr 3, 08 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - When an 8-foot-long croc grabbed his wife and pulled her into the water, an Australian man says he did what anyone would—jump on the beast's back and poke it in the eyes until it let go. The pair made it to shore safely, reports the AP, although the woman... More »

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Australia • animal attack • rescue • crocodile • hero • national park

German Flick Quietly Reclaims the Red Baron as War Hero

Breaks taboo against positive portrayal

Mar 16, 08 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Films extolling German war heroes aren’t exactly abundant, but upcoming movie The Red Baron shines the spotlight on the noble, softer side of Germany’s most famous fighter pilot. “There are strong voices in Germany still saying we're not allowed to do this,” says the writer/director. “... More »

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Tom Cruise • Valkyrie • German • hero • World War I • movies • German army • The Red Baron • fighter pilot • Manfred von Richthofen

Police: War Hero Preys on  Neighbor

Elderly Holocaust survivor swindled, abandoned in Poland

Feb 19, 08 4:55 PM CST
(Newser) - A Holocaust hero who with his brothers saved 1,200 Jews in one of the largest  armed rescues during World War II is accused of bilking a survivor of about $250,000, the Associated Press reported yesterday. Aron Bell dumped a 93-year-old Catholic survivor at a nursing home in Poland... More »

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Poland • Holocaust • survivors • Palm Beach • hero

Heathrow Pilot Hailed as Hero

Deftly averted crashing into houses, road, perimeter fence

Jan 18, 08 5:47 AM CST
(Newser) - When all power on a British Airways flight suddenly failed 400 feet above ground as it headed into Heathrow Airport yesterday, pilot Peter Burkill had to muster all his skills gained in decades of flying to save the lives of hundreds of people—not only passengers, but also those in... More »

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British Airways • plane crash • pilot • Britain • hero • Heathrow Airport • Peter Burkill

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