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Boys on soda run rescue woman on fire

Last updated Friday, January 20, 2012 - 10:45am

SOUTH JORDAN -- Four boys out to buy soda from a South Jordan store are being called heroes for rescuing a woman on fire.

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(Photos by Ashley Franscell) RC Willey delivery associate Lee Parry hugs Kamden LaRose, 4, on Tuesday at the LaRoses’ home in Clinton. Parry and his partner, Fred Naeata, saved Kamden in September when he fell out of a second-story window during their delivery.

Family gives delivery men a surprise for saving their boy

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 7:11am

CLINTON -- Kamden LaRose made a special delivery to two RC Willey delivery associates who showed up at his house thinking they were delivering an order.

"Hi, let's play," the 4-year-old boy shouted as he opened the door after the bell rang Tuesday.

Lee Parry and Fred Naeata thought they were bringing slats for a bed they had delivered at the LaRose home in September. They said they didn't recognize the name when they saw the order slip, but knew where they were when they pulled into the cul-de-sac.

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Red Cross seeking hero nominations

Charlie Pomerleau Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 11:33pm

OGDEN -- Heroes may be all around us: family members, friends, coworkers, or complete strangers.

The Utah Region of the American Red Cross will honor local heroes who have acted bravely in a time of immediate need, or who simply display acts of heroism in day to day life. Recognition will take place during events in Salt Lake, Provo, Ogden, and St. George during March 2012, so nominations are needed now.

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(ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner) Ogden firefighters walk out of the charred home of Maggie Ruedas at 3046 Porter Ave. in Ogden on Friday.

Robe-clad woman leaves shower to save neighbor from blaze

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 6:35am

OGDEN -- A smoky fire started by a candle burning too close to combustible materials sent an Ogden woman suffering from smoke inhalation to the hospital Friday, officials say.

A neighbor said she pulled the woman from the smoke-filled home.

The fire was reported at 1:13 p.m. Friday in the 3000 block of Porter Avenue. When firefighters arrived, they found the occupant outside the building, a small, single-story home of cinder blocks.

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Seattle 'superhero' Phoenix Jones arrested on assault charges

Kim Murphy Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, October 10, 2011 - 2:36pm

SEATTLE -- The "superhero" crime-fighter known as Phoenix Jones who has become an international celebrity for his masked patrols of Seattle's mean streets didn't fare so well over the weekend. He was arrested for pepper-spraying a group of patrons leaving a downtown club.

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Policeman who shot killer of seven rejects hero characterization

Phil Texler Akron Beacon Journal

Last updated Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 5:33pm

AKRON, Ohio -- Copley Township Patrolman Ben Campbell has been hailed as a hero for tracking down and stopping a killer.

He doesn't quite see it the same way.

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Man pulled from burning Logan wreckage thanks 'heroes'

Josh Loftin The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 3:15pm

MURRAY — A motorcyclist pulled from beneath a burning car said Thursday that evading death multiple times reinforced for him the fragility of life and the importance of following his passions, one of which was riding motorcycles.

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Photo courtesy of Clearfield city
Clearfield city officials recognize Lindsay Christensen (fourth from left), a 10-year-old girl who helped saved her mother when she had a seizure in the bathtub.

Quick-thinking 10-year-old saves drowning mom

Tanna Woods Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 11:17pm

CLEARFIELD — Ten-year-old Lindsay Christensen knew that she needed to act quickly when she found her mom in a life-threatening situation.

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Converse County Sheriff Clinton B. Becker answers questions a day after the body of a deputy who drowned while trying to rescue a young girl from the North Platte River was found. at a news conference on Monday, Aug.1, 2011, in Douglas, Wyo. (AP Photo/Ben Neary)

Wyo. sheriff praises deputy who died in rescue

Ben Neary The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 10:47am

DOUGLAS, Wyo. -- A Wyoming lawman who died last week trying to rescue a girl from a swollen river made the selfless decision to risk his own life, his supervisors said Monday.

Searchers found the body of Converse County Sheriff's Deputy Bryan Gross on Sunday morning about 1.5 miles downstream from where he entered the North Platte River.

Gross was one of several rescuers who went into the river after the girl on Thursday evening, in the eastern Wyoming town of Douglas.

Other rescuers using a canoe steered the girl to the bank and she later was treated at a local hospital. Officials say she wasn't injured.

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