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I was in a knife store and a bunch of rowdy kids were there with their mother. One of the kids knocked a big stack of boxes full of knives and it started toppling toward him while he just looked at it in shock.
I stepped over with a reaction time born from a life of video games, and steadied the wall of boxes. I looked over at the mother expecting to be praised for my heroic deed. Alas, my only reward was a dirty look.
 
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Life has taught me that being the bad guy is infinitely better in the long run.

I kid you not, the following happened:

As a Missionary, I was walking in a rain storm with my colleague when we heard a strange mewling sound. We found a dead cat in the road and one or two dead kittens beside it, and to the side were several kittens still alive and crying. I tried to go past, but as I did, I froze and, forgive me for the incredibly cliche, but I honestly did think, "What would Jesus do?" And so, begrudgingly, I bent down and gathered up the crying kittens. There were like, five of them, and they were tearing up our shirts, in the middle of a rainstorm. And the whole time they just kept crying!

We went to houses and pet stores trying to find someone who could take these kittens in. We lost the rest of the entire day doing nothing but that. Everyone suggested we just leave the things to die somewhere in the woods, but I just couldn't get it out of my head that it wasn't Christian at all to abandon kittens and go back to my lofty task. I mean, we got teased and berated afterward for it, and no one ever rewarded us for it, and we were in violation of protocol (we weren't allowed to have animals) and I'm REALLY allergic to cats, and it was really, really bad weather, but I dunno, I couldn't just let the things go.

Eventually we found a member of the local church who had a friend with a farm who would be willing to take them, and we sent the kittens off. I never got any kind of reward, but I suppose the right to say that I've saved small animals from certain death is a perk in and of itself.
 
After a college party, drunk hot girl crawls into my bed into the middle of the night because some guy was creeping on her in the room where she was sleeping. Partway through the sleeping she is pressing close and moaning but man I can smell the liquor and this girl is a good friend, so I'm chill and just, you know hold her.

Next day she is hungover and standoffish until I assure her nothing happened, at which point her relief is both a vindication of my belief that I made the right choice, and a big fucking blow to my pride.

But that sting faded when she told me she was a virgin, saving herself. Wow girl, I thought, be more careful!

We're still facebook buddies. She's married with a bunch of kids now so, presumably, no longer a virgin. Hopefully she got to shed that status in a manner of her choosing.
 
I once saved my little sister from choking to death by giving her the Heimlich Maneuver. Probably the scariest moment of my life.
 
No major hero moments here. The closest thing I can think of is that I donate blood as often as possible, because of the combination of the following:
I'm O negative. I'm male. I have awesome iron levels.
I work at a hospital, so I donate there, and was told it's guaranteed my blood goes to the infants in the neo-natal intensive care units:)


one of the best feelings of my life, truly.
 
joe2187 said:
Was the first on the scene to a car accident, lady was hanging outside her car door in the middle of the street, hysterical and crying like crazy. I calmed her down and told her everything was all right, and she grabbed my face and started crying and screaming a horrible shriek directly into my face, and kept saying the "The wheel, the wheel!" I put her in backseat of the car and called 911, while she was screaming about "The wheel"

I went to each side of the car until I got to the front left wheel, where the I saw the back of an 8 year old little girls head underneath the tire the rest of her body underneath the car, I dont remember when the firetrucks arrived, all I did was stare at the back of that little girls head until a police officer dragged me away asked me some questions and told me to go home.
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Jesus christ... =(
 
CorvoSol said:
We went to houses and pet stores trying to find someone who could take these kittens in. We lost the rest of the entire day doing nothing but that. Everyone suggested we just leave the things to die somewhere in the woods, but I just couldn't get it out of my head that it wasn't Christian at all to abandon kittens and go back to my lofty task. I mean, we got teased and berated afterward for it, and no one ever rewarded us for it, and we were in violation of protocol (we weren't allowed to have animals) and I'm REALLY allergic to cats, and it was really, really bad weather, but I dunno, I couldn't just let the things go.

Eventually we found a member of the local church who had a friend with a farm who would be willing to take them, and we sent the kittens off. I never got any kind of reward, but I suppose the right to say that I've saved small animals from certain death is a perk in and of itself.
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That's great man. Good on you.
 
Some guy broke into my neighbors apartment and tried to rape her. It was about 11 at night and I was playing CS with my headphones turned up really loud and I thought I heard someone screaming. Took off the headphones for a split second and didn't hear anything, then put them back on and a second later heard her screaming again. She definitely saved herself by being able to scream so loud for help. Took about a minute between trying to call 911 on my phone that was dead and then knocking on my upstairs neighbors door and using his phone to call 911. Then I decided I wasn't waiting for the police and ran down to her apartment and banged on the door. She had just moved in so I didn't know if she had a boyfriend and it was just a fight or not. Apparently that caused him to run away. She was so freaked out she even asked "who is it" before she opened the door. I went running down the street looking for him but I'm pretty sure he went the opposite way than what I guessed when I ran after him so I didn't see anyone at all.

Calling 911 and banging on a door aren't really heroic acts at all. But if she wouldn't have answered or would have screamed for help again I damn sure would have kicked that door in and gone in after the guy.
 
Gave directions to american tourists in Paris. In english, with a smile and told them to enjoy the city.
 
I was riding home on the bus late in the evening and saw this lady that looked a little off (possibly high or maybe just mentally unstable). I thought to myself "better keep my backpack close because my laptop is in it"--just one of those paranoid "what if" scenarios you think of from time to time. Anyway, she begins trying to flirt with this mid-20s to early 30s Asian guy sitting across from me, who got very uncomfortable. He keeps rebuffing her until SHE GOES CRAZY AND STARTS CHOKING HIM AND BITING HIM!

Everyone on the bus is in shock and keep yelling at her to stop, but that's all they do. They are all glued to their seats. The guy was small and couldn't fight her off. The bus driver stopped the bus and I assume he was radioing for help. Anyway, no one else was doing anything except yelling. So the guy being choked looked at me and said "help" and I thought "okay, that's it, I gotta be the hero if no one else is--no way I'm am being a bystander effect statistic".

So I get up and yell at her and grab her arms, locking one of them around one of the poles until it hurt too much and she had to give up or risk a joint dislocation. She gets up and off the guy, all belligerent and defiant and takes a swipe at me with her nails. I got a scratch on the neck from it, but yeah. Not deep or anything. Then one of the other passengers, the older male, starts standing up because I guess he couldn't stand by watching a girl (me, the Asian hero girl lol) get hurt. The crazy lady tries to get off the bus but gets tackled by police outside, I think. I offered the Asian guy some kleenex since he was visibly shaken by the whole thing (he was fluent in english--he was probably scared and confused as heck with no one helping out for what must seemed like an eternity). Other people on the bus mumbled stuff about me being brave or something, but they didn't bother helping with being witnesses or anything for the police and just decided to leave and get on another bus. I stayed behind for some questioning and got a ride to my front door from the bus driver.

Apparently that lady was high on meth or something. I guess my instincts on first seeing her was correct..!

I've always wanted to be a hero, and I'm glad when the moment came, I actually did act instead of freezing up! Though I do feel guilty for not immediately jumping to my feet and helping out. Maybe I thought someone bigger and stronger would do it instead.. :I Also, my way of untangling her from the guy was kind of roundabout and awkward. I hesitated about whether or not I was allowed to punch her in the face or not, but decided against it in case it would escalate the situation. What do you guys think, right call or wrong call?


And maybe a less exciting story with a smaller role:

Also one time while at a rehab center during winter, one of the patients remarked about a woman being outside in her car for a long while looking like she was sleeping. I went out to check on it, knocked on her window until she woke up, and asked her if she felt okay. She slowly opens her door, looking sluggish and weak doing so, and tells me no, she didn't feel okay at all. I ran back and forth and got blankets for her while the staff found a wheelchair to put her in.

Apparently, she was very confused and needed to be hospitalized, but no one could figure out who she was. She brought no ID or anything of the kind with her, but she had her dog with her in her car. What the staff there did was use the dog's ID to call up the vet, and the vet was able to verify the owner so they could contact her family (she lived alone). She was in bad shape and her son had to fly from a few provinces, but I think everything was okay after. The dog was housed at the vet's for the meanwhile. I was happy to have helped out in that scenario, and happy that everyone else was a hero in that one too. Finding who the owner was via the dog tag was pretty smart of them!
 
Stopped a few kids from throwing rocks at a rooster with a bleeding foot, and carried it in my jacket back to its home a couple dozen houses away.
 
Saved a kid who was panicking and about to get swept out to sea by a nasty rip current. Took us about 10 minutes to get through the ordeal with him clinging on to my shoulders, but he was very relieved to get back on to the shore. I think that's the closest I've come to being a "hero" and saving someone's life.

Everything else is mere courtesy.
 
I was gave an old lady some change because she was a bit short for her shopping, the lady at the till then said 'I wish there was more people like you in the world'

It was less than a quid but still made me feel awesome

But no I've never been a hero I don't think I'm the hero type

Edit: although once when on a pedallo far from the shore in Magaluf we dragged a guy out of the water who was pissed up and tried t swim a couple of miles to an island - think he actually might have drown if nobody passed him. The lazy fucker didn't help to pedal though
 
joe2187 said:
Was the first on the scene to a car accident, lady was hanging outside her car door in the middle of the street, hysterical and crying like crazy. I calmed her down and told her everything was all right, and she grabbed my face and started crying and screaming a horrible shriek directly into my face, and kept saying the "The wheel, the wheel!" I put her in backseat of the car and called 911, while she was screaming about "The wheel"

I went to each side of the car until I got to the front left wheel, where the I saw the back of an 8 year old little girls head underneath the tire the rest of her body underneath the car, I dont remember when the firetrucks arrived, all I did was stare at the back of that little girls head until a police officer dragged me away asked me some questions and told me to go home.
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Holy shit...
 
Not sure if this counts, but, when I got home from school on Thursday my apartment was on fire.. I saved my cat from my bedroom on the second floor =/
 
joe2187 said:
I went to each side of the car until I got to the front left wheel, where the I saw the back of an 8 year old little girls head underneath the tire the rest of her body underneath the car, I dont remember when the firetrucks arrived, all I did was stare at the back of that little girls head until a police officer dragged me away asked me some questions and told me to go home.
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well, fuck :(
 
CorvoSol said:
Life has taught me that being the bad guy is infinitely better in the long run.

I kid you not, the following happened:

As a Missionary, I was walking in a rain storm with my colleague when we heard a strange mewling sound. We found a dead cat in the road and one or two dead kittens beside it, and to the side were several kittens still alive and crying. I tried to go past, but as I did, I froze and, forgive me for the incredibly cliche, but I honestly did think, "What would Jesus do?" And so, begrudgingly, I bent down and gathered up the crying kittens. There were like, five of them, and they were tearing up our shirts, in the middle of a rainstorm. And the whole time they just kept crying!

We went to houses and pet stores trying to find someone who could take these kittens in. We lost the rest of the entire day doing nothing but that. Everyone suggested we just leave the things to die somewhere in the woods, but I just couldn't get it out of my head that it wasn't Christian at all to abandon kittens and go back to my lofty task. I mean, we got teased and berated afterward for it, and no one ever rewarded us for it, and we were in violation of protocol (we weren't allowed to have animals) and I'm REALLY allergic to cats, and it was really, really bad weather, but I dunno, I couldn't just let the things go.

Eventually we found a member of the local church who had a friend with a farm who would be willing to take them, and we sent the kittens off. I never got any kind of reward, but I suppose the right to say that I've saved small animals from certain death is a perk in and of itself.
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+10 for you sir.
 
I donate blood a lot.

Once chased two guys that were chasing a young girl, was calling the cops and giving them coordinates as to where they were going. luckily the cops showed up and settled everything else. I didn't stick around once the cops arrived.

another time in the same neighborhood some guys were chasing this other kid, saying something about owning them money. called the cops again, but my cell phone ran out of batteries before I could finish the call. gave them the address in the street and used a payphone to finish the call.

another time there was this drunk lady that was lost wanted to drive home far from where I lived, stopped her from getting in the car. got her home.

helped an irish tourist dude find his way to a good time one time in Manhattan. lots of stories with tourists.

I've also been saved by people.

when I was 7 at my father's house, there was some construction going and he told not to cross the street because they were fixing a sewer hole or something. what did I do? go to the other side and promptly fell in. I was hanging by one hand and leg while all the kids were just staring. luckily the next door neighbor saved me.

my father saved me from being electrocuted by a faulty refrigerator.

and our neighbors saved my mother and I from being murdered by a pack of drugged up gang members when I was 5. they had some beef with some neighbors of ours and they came back that same night with machetes while my mother and I were visiting. they were trying to knock down the door and mire likely just butcher us all. the neighbors held them off until they either gave up or the cops showed up, I was hiding under a bed. my mother just jumped to the other neighbor's backyard. probably why I resent her.
 
i stopped a man from shooting my squad mates and punched him out so he couldn't hit them with his car after i'd grabbed the gun from him. was just a job though, honestly know anyone in my squad would have reacted the same way.
 
I once saved this girl from these guys online that were insulting her. I told her how beautiful she was and that she was a perfect angel. I then tracked down her facebook through reverse-searching her GAF name. You know, so I could protect her on there, too. I was too afraid to send her a friend request though, so I scoured the internet for her home address. Then I snuck into her house late at night and placed a keystroke tracker on her keyboard and collected it later to figure out her passwords. I deleted all of the guy friends on her facebook that I didn't see fit to hang out with my sweet angel.

Only the best for her.
 
Well, I don't have anything exciting to share, but I put my mother through college.

I also call in drunk drivers, pick up trash, etc.
 
I helped two non-English speaking gentleman add fare to their TAP cards for the subway today. That's the peak of my heroism.
 
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