151 World Famous Bravery Tales

Roy Madril Jr. and Chris Martinez are two brave teens from Tucson, Arizona. One day, they were at a local fuel station to fuel up. Suddenly, they heard a woman crying for help. The woman was 27 years old mother of two children. She was screaming that a carjacker had sped off with her car […]

n 1986, there occurred a serious nuclear accident in Russia. This is known as the Chernobyl disaster. Deadly radioactive material entered into the environment, killing thousands of people. At this time, the three clean-up volunteers, Alexi Ananenko, Valeri Bezpalov and Boris Baranov came forward to stop a nuclear meltdown. In this nuclear reactor, highly dangerous

When Helen Keller was a child, she fell terribly ill. As a result, she could not hear and see. She became deaf and blind. Most others in her position would lose every hope from life, but she was brave and courageous. She did not let her disabilities come in the way of her success. Slowly

Myanmar is India’s neighbouring nation. The old name of this nation was Burma. This country was ruled by a dictator. The ruler of Burma did not give freedom to its citizens. People did not speak against the ruler because they feared him. He used to put any person who spoke against him in jail. So,

Larry Skopnik has to take the support of a wheelchair to move around. But that has not made any difference to his courage. In 2010, he fought against a robber and saved Cindy Grewal, the owner of the Commercial Drive Food Stop store. Larry was in the shop when a man in a black shirt

David Benke is a maths teacher at Deer Creek Middle School. He is credited with saving the lives of his beloved students. One day, in February 2010, the students were leaving the class. Suddenly, a strange man entered the school, pulled out his gun and began randomly firing shots at the students. No one was

Wesley Autrey did an act that most of us might not have dared to imagine. In January 2007, while waiting for a subway train with his two kids, Wesley saw a boy named Cameron Hollopeter fall to the ground. He rushed to help Cameron. Cameron was up on his feet but was still dizzy and

In November 2009, Jodi Oakes was driving back from work. She was feeling sleepy while driving. Her car crashed at a full speed into a tree and burst into flames. Michael Gay passing through the same road, a little later, was alarmed to see a tree burning in the empty field. As he drove closer,

Dave Hartsock is a brave skydiving instructor, who saved the life of Shirley Dygert. In 2009, Shirley decided to celebrate her 54th birthday in an innovative and adventurous way. She decided to skydive! She was nervous but also excited because this was her first skydiving experience. Shirley and her 44 years old instructor Dave jumped

In 2007, Colton Reeb had gone on a camping trip in Canada with his family. He was staying in a cabin. One evening, a big male panther attacked Colton from behind, when he was going to an outhouse. The panther bit Colton’s head as its locked it front paws around his neck. Marc Patterson, a

During the World War-II, Hitler punished the innocent Jews because of his hatred.He put them in concentration camps, where they met with their tragic ends. Life in these camps was worse than hell. One concentration camp was in Southern Poland. When a Polish army officer Witold Pilecki heard about the camp in Poland, he decided

Robert Cook was a brave and courageous young man. As a skydiving instructor, he was ready to protect those who trained under him. His bravery cost his life but saved the life of 21 years old Kimberley Dear. In August 2006, he was flying with the first-timer Kimberley when the aircraft engine failed. The aircraft

Haruka Maruno is a brave and courageous girl from Miyazaki, Japan. She always thought of protecting the environment. She loved her dog Patrick. But she did not like picking up Patrick’s shit with her hands. So, Haruka decided to do something innovative to solve this problem. Although she was a young girl at the time

Gunjan Sarma is a young girl from a small town in Assam. She had put herself in danger to save the lives of ten other children. In December, 2013, Gunjan along with the other children were returning home in the school van. Suddenly, a gunman hijacked the van along with the children in it, at

She loves to surf. She is a fighter and survivor. She was only 13 when she lost her left arm in a shark-attack. But she never looked back. She continued to surf, overcoming her serious injury. In October 2003, she went surfing with her friend Alana Blanchard, and her family. It was morning. She lay