Officer rescues man from burning house
6abc.com | 2011-02-12
A female police officer rescued a man from a burning house in East Oak Lane Friday, and may have saved his life.
“Gentleman walking down the street said ‘there’s a fire right there,’ and I was like what? ‘There’s a fire right there.’ So I got out and ran up the street,” explained Officer Tawana Dickerson.
The officer was met with the sight of the burning house as she dashed from her traffic post at a nearby car accident.
The flames poured out of the window of an East Oak Lane house early Friday afternoon.
35th District Officer Tawana Dickerson ran inside upon hearing there was someone stuck inside.
“I saw the fire shooting out of the windows, windows busting out. Next thing you know, I just said, ‘I’m going in’”, said Officer Dickerson.
When she emerged, it was with 57 year old Mike Smith.
Mr Henderson’s story is sad and scary. Hopefully Dinklage’s shout out on a global awards telecast can help others avoid a similar fate.
Peter Dinklage and Martin Henderson (Pic: Getty and SWNS)
Who is Martin Henderson? Golden Globe Winner Peter Dinklage Dedicates Award to Him [VIDEO]
By Laura Matthews | January 16, 2012 | www.ibtimes.com
When Peter Dinklage won a 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series on Sunday at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Award, the “Game of Thrones” star dedicated the award to a man name Martin Henderson.
Henderson, a fellow little person from Somerset in England, was the victim of a dwarf tossing incident that left him with serious back injuries. The BBC reported that Henderson, 37, was picked up and dropped on the ground while he was out celebrating his birthday with friends at the White Horse pub in Wincanton in October.
The attack happened when Henderson went outside for a cigarette and he told “Metro” that a drunken stranger picked him up and threw him. The toss caused Henderson to land on his back, after falling three feet, according to reports.
According to MTV News, both Dinklage and Henderson suffer from achondroplasia, which causes dwarfirsm.
This story gets me “right here.” Imagine every person you see has a list of dreams in their pocket. What would your list have on it? Condolences to Ms Fountain’s friends and family.
Todd Maisel/New York Daily News Donna Fountain, 38, a home health attendant and single mom, was killed by a hit and run driver on Eastern Parkway and Troy Avenue Christmas morning, leaving behind her only son, Eliajah, 8. This is her photo from her ID.
Donna Fountain, 38, a home health attendant and single mom, was killed by a hit-and-run driver on Eastern Parkway and Troy Ave. on Christmas morning. A note she left behind lists her dreams.
Brooklyn woman killed in Christmas hit and run died with pocketful of dreams Donna Fountain leaves behind 8-year-old son
BY Helen Kennedy & Kevin Deutsch | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | December 27 2011, 6:00 AM
Updated: Tuesday, December 27 2011, 6:00 AM
Donna Fountain carried her list with her everywhere, five items written out in pencil headed simply “My Dreams.”
Her goals: find a great job, buy a house by age 45, start a sanctuary for gay and lesbian teens, marry the woman of her dreams and watch her son, Elijah, graduate from college.
Donna Fountain will never see any of her dreams come true.
At just 38, she was cut down on Christmas morning by a hit-and-run driver in Crown Heights as she headed out to work as a home health care aide.
It will be a very Merry Christmas for a man from Lansdowne, Delaware County.
He lost his wallet on a SEPTA bus Thursday, but had it back in his possession in just a few hours, thanks to the diligence and honesty of a pair of SEPTA employees.
Joseph Love is both happy and grateful, and admittedly a little surprised at the kindness of his fellow man.
It was about 7:30am Thursday. Love was on SEPTA’s Route 32 bus on his way to work at the Construction Mall at 15th and Washington Ave.
A short time later he noticed he didn’t have his wallet.
“Ten minutes later I was like, ‘Where’s my wallet?’ I looked all over and I said to myself, ‘Oh, man!’ I usually keep it in a zipper pocket but I didn’t that day. I was feeling panicky because I knew it was a million-in-one shot that I would get it back,” Love told Action News.
Times are tough all over America and the Census confirms that half the US population is broke or flat broke. However not everyone is suffering and some of the not broke people are going to K-Mart stores and paying off the holiday lay aways of the less fortunate, who planned ahead and wanted to avoid credit card debt. Apparently the act of kindness started in Michigan and has spread.
Laguna Beach, Sacramento and Costa Mesa CA, Englewood, CO, Oregon, North Carolina, Washington DC, Michigan, Indiana, Idaho, Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Massachusetts and Connecticut K-Marts have all reported “Secret Santas” paying off the balances for people they most likely don’t know. Some Santas have not been so secret, and have come forward boasting of their good deed but far more kind hearted charitable people have quietly done a good deed without seeking any acknowledgement. Often a person comes to make a payment on their lay away, finds it has been paid and pays ANOTHER person’s layaway account.
I have not been able to find one single article that touches on this contagious act of charity. Instead, local markets cover the charitable act in their towns and that is what I’ve included below.
K-Mart with it’s decades old year round layaway plan is an integral part of this story. K-Marts are often located in working class neighborhoods and the increasingly rare lay away program is a way for people with a budget to plan their holiday shopping. Some stories have said donors have specifically asked to pay off balances of lay aways that are near delinquency
Sam Wright, of Allentown, a store manager at Kmart on Tighman Street in Allentown talks about Secret Santas that are paying off Kmart account balances throughout Lehigh Valley. Kmart layaway account balances are being paid off by unanimous people in Lehigh Valley Image MONICA CABRERA/THE MORNING CALL
Secret Santas: Anonymous people are paying off strangers’ layaway accounts at Kmarts Anonymous people are paying off strangers’ layaway accounts at Kmarts.
By Tyrone Richardson, Of The Morning Call | December 22, 2011
A woman walked into the Kmart on Tilghman Street in South Whitehall Township Thursday afternoon with one goal: Pay off someone’s layaway balance.
The Secret Santa or “layaway angel,” who wanted to remain anonymous, asked assistant store manager Sam Wright if she could help a customer who owed money on layaway toys. Wright sorted through a long list of names to find a match.
The woman explained what moved her to act: The night before, she said, she and her 11-year-old daughter walked away from a head-on collision with a drunken driver. Her car was totaled.
“I thought I better get out today and do something,” she said. “I figure we had an angel yesterday, and I wanted to make sure someone else would have one today.”
Similar acts of kindness have echoed through Kmart stores across the Lehigh Valley and nation in recent weeks. People aglow with the spirit of giving are walking into the stores, opening their wallets and offering to pay off strangers’ layaway account balances largely without any recognition in return.
Hege Dalen and Toril Hansen. Photo: Maija Tammi via Helsingin Sanomat
Married lesbian couple rescues 40 kids during Norway shooting rampage
By Brody Levesque | Wednesday, July 27, 2011 | www.lgbtqnation.com
A lesbian couple were among the first responders to assist victims following the shooting massacre in Norway on Friday, when gunman Anders Behring Breivik went on a shooting rampage at a youth camp on Utoya island.
Hege Dalen and her spouse Toril Hansen made four trips back and forth in their small boat, picking up injured, bloodied and scared young people.
The Finnish capital city’s largest daily newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, published this account (translated from Finnish):
Hege Dalen and her spouse, Toril Hansen were near Utöyan having dinner on the opposite shore across from the ill-fated campsite, when they began to hear gunfire and screaming on the island.
“We were eating. Then shooting and then the awful screaming. We saw how the young people ran in panic into the lake,” says Dale to HS in an interview.
The couple immediately took action and pushed the boat into Lake Tyrifjorden.
Dalen and Hansen drove the boat to the island, picked up from the water victims in shock in, the young and wounded, and transported them to the opposite shore to the mainland. Between runs they saw that the bullets had hit the right side of the boat.
Since there were so many and not all fit at once aboard, they returned to the island four times.
They were able to rescue 40 young people from the clutches of the killer.
“We did not sleep last night at all. Today, we have been together and talked about the events,” Dalen said.
Norway’s Television 2 verified the accuracy of the Finnish account by phone, adding that the couple’s actions have been publicly noted by the Norwegian government.
At least 76 people are confirmed dead in the attacks, which included detonating a bomb in Oslo.
A few notes, bucks party is what they call a bachelor party in Australia. No idea if it is customary for the groom to dress as a super hero, or just wear tights.
Heng Khuen Cheok and his fiancee Karen Poh. Image news.com
It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s an ER doctor Heng Khuen Cheok was dressed up for his bucks party
by Elissa Doherty | Herald Sun | December 08, 2011 8:07AM
A MAN of steel was transformed into a real-life superhero at his buck’s party.
Dressed as Superman, Heng Khuen Cheok lived up to his buck’s night dares by landing cheeky kisses from several women, pocketing their phone numbers. He even charmed Wonder Woman.
Then, faster than a speeding bullet, he flew to the rescue of a skittled pedestrian.
The caped romancer morphed into emergency doctor when a pedestrian was hit by a car on Swanston St in Melbourne, just after midnight on Saturday.
Still in tights, Dr Cheok rushed to help the crumpled, bleeding and unconscious victim.
