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Stoner Brothers Rescue Family From Burning Home

Mithun Divakaran — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:55:28 +0000

Brothers Mickey and Sam were enjoying a cruise around the neighborhood when they spotted fire coming out of a house’s garage. The two brothers ran up to the door, banging on it to alert the family inside. Fortunately the family got out just in time and now, the two brothers are being hailed as heroes. Oh, Mickey and Sam were also high.

Firefighters Rescue Dogs From Burning Home in Amazing Footage

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:00:04 +0000

“Did you get my dogs out?!,” yells a man as firefighters tend to his burning Detroit home. He wants to go back in to rescue his pets, but is told to step back. The man calms a bit when he sees two of the firefighters emerging with his beloved pooches. However, things are not looking [...]

Man Gets Stuck in Kiddie Swing for Nine Hours After Bet Gone Horribly Wrong

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:31:30 +0000

After betting his friends $100 that he could fit in a kiddie swing at a playground, a 21-year-old Vallejo, CA man lubed himself up with liquid laundry detergent and jammed through the swing’s two small leg holes. Bad idea, as the man’s legs quickly began to swell, and he couldn’t get out of the diaper-like seat. But [...]

Stroke Victim Stranded in South Pole Finally Heads Home [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:00:25 +0000

Last week, we reported on Renee-Nicole Douceur, a researcher who’s been stranded in the South Pole since suffering a stroke in August. After awaiting rescue for seven agonizing weeks, Douceur has finally begun to make her way back home, ‘Today‘ reports.

Brad Pitt Rescues Woman from Getting Trampled on Set of 'World War Z'

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:00:19 +0000

In the upcoming zombie apocalypse movie ‘World War Z,’ Brad Pitt’s character tries to save earth from the brain eaters. On the set of the film, Pitt played hero in a more modest, but also more signficant way. Pitt was shooting a scene in Glasgow, Scotland, in which a mass of people flee an onslaught of undead. [...]