No Greater Love

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Sunny Skyz • Thu 2018 Aug 9, 2:16pm

…Cavallo said she watched in shock as the boy climbed over a guardrail and jumped. Without thinking, she followed right behind the boy and jumped herself, a risky move that would ultimately pay off.…

Sgt. Major Saman Gunan

Morgan Winsor, ABC • Wed 2018 Jul 11, 5:48pm

Sgt. Major Saman Gunan wasn't abiding by any orders when he joined the effort to rescue a boys soccer team trapped in a cave in northern Thailand. The 38-year-old retired Thai Navy SEAL did so by choice.

Gunan, who was working as a volunteer, passed out underwater during an overnight mission placing extra air tanks inside the cave, along the route divers use to reach the cavern where the 12 boys and their coach remain stranded and the oxygen in the air is depleting. He couldn't be revived and was confirmed dead early Friday morning, according to Thai officials.…

Older Woman Gives Up Chance for New Liver to Younger Woman

Sebastian Robertson, WFAA • Mon 2016 Aug 8, 10:58am

…“In my heart, I wouldn’t have been able to live with the liver if I had let this little girl die," Jones said. "And I still had more time ... I would have been a very selfish person."…

Both got livers and lived, but the older woman didn't know that would happen when she gave up her "place in line."

Man Sacrifices Self to Stop Bomber

Big Fur Hat, IOTW Report • Sun 2016 Jul 10, 8:55pm

India - Najih Shaker Al-Baldawi, a local resident of Balad city in Iraq stopped a suicide bomber from …ISIS… from claiming many lives at his town’s Sayyed Mohammad Shrine.… physically stopped the terrorist from entering the shrine, hugging him before his explosive laden vest detonated, killing them.…

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