Posts Tagged ‘Heroes’

Motorcyclist: Life saved by heroes who lifted car (AP)

In this Monday, Sept. 12, 2011 image taken from video, a group of people tilt a burning BMW up to free Brandon Wright, on his back on the ground, who was pinned underneath after he collided with the car while riding his motorcycle on U.S. 89 in Logan, Utah.  Authorities said Wright was riding his motorcycle near the Utah State University campus in Logan when the 21-year-old collided with the BMW that was pulling out of a parking lot. Tire and skid marks on the highway indicate that Wright laid the bike down and slid along the road before colliding with the car, Assistant Police Chief Jeff Curtis said. (AP Photo/Chris Garff)AP – The university math students heard the crash, saw the smoke and knew they had to act quickly. A motorcyclist had just collided with a car and was pinned beneath the flaming, twisted metal wreckage.


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Nation honors 9/11 heroes, victims

Across the nation Sunday, Americans went to the tallest building around and trudged up and down in the stairwells to honor the 343 firefighters who died in the World Trade Center ten years ago.

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Flight 93 heroes honored

The 40 passengers and crew of Flight 93 were hailed as heroes Saturday for trying to thwart the plane’s hijackers on Sept. 11.

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No room for WTC heroes at 9/11 anniversary

WASHINGTON – The cops, firefighters and rescue workers who toiled at Ground Zero will not be invited to take part in the 10th anniversary ceremony, a city official told the Daily News yesterday.

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Heroes lift car after boy is hit

A group of good Samaritans freed a 10-year-old boy pinned under a car after he ran into a Harlem street and got hit by a cab yesterday, cops said.

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Molloy: 9/11 heroes hear you loud and clear, Republicans

Congratulations, Republican senators. Our brave 9/11 first responders hear your message loud and clear: Next time, run.

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Chile’s miners heroes, but fame can be fleeting (AP)

Patricio Sepulveda, a corporal of the police special operations unit, center, talks to fellow officers at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. After more than two months trapped deep in the gold and copper mine, 33 miners are close to being freed and Sepulveda, who forms part of the pre-selected team of rescuers, will likely be one of the paramedics to go down the escape shaft to lead the miners to the surface. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP – A torrent of emotions awaits the 33 miners when they finally rejoin the outside world.


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