Heroic people. Heroes of Russia: list. Their exploits and photos
Every day in Russia, ordinary citizens perform feats and do not pass by when someone needs help. A country should know its heroes, so this selection is dedicated to brave, caring people who have proven by their deeds that heroism has a place in our lives.
1. An unusual incident with a miraculous rescue occurred in the city of Lesnoy. A 26-year-old engineer named Vladimir Startsev saved a two-year-old girl who fell from a fourth-floor balcony.
“I was returning from the sports ground, where I was training with children. “I saw some kind of pandemonium,” Startsev recalls. “People under the balcony were fussing, shouting something, waving their arms. I raise my head up, and there is a little girl, with her last strength, grabbing onto the outer edge of the balcony.” Here, according to Vladimir, he developed the climber’s syndrome. Moreover, the athlete has been practicing sambo and rock climbing for many years. My physical form allowed it. He assessed the situation and intended to climb the wall to the fourth floor.
“I’m already prepared to jump onto the first floor balcony, I look up, and the child is flying down! I instantly regrouped and relaxed my muscles to catch it. We were taught this way during training,” says Vladimir Startsev. “She landed right in my arms, cried, of course, she was scared.”
2. It happened on August 15th. That day, my sister and nephews and I came to the river to swim. Everything was fine - heat, sun, water. Then my sister says to me: “Lesha, look, a man has drowned, there, he’s floating past. The drowned man was carried away by the fast current, and I had to run about 350 meters until I caught up with him. And our river is mountainous, there are cobblestones, while I was running, I fell several times, but I got up and continued running, and barely caught up. 
The drowned man turned out to be a child. The face shows all the signs of a drowned person - an unnaturally swollen belly, a bluish-black body, swollen veins. I didn't even understand if it was a boy or a girl. He pulled the child ashore and began pouring water out of him. The stomach, the lungs - everything was filled with water, the tongue kept sinking. I asked the people standing nearby for a towel. No one served, they were disdainful, they were afraid of the girl’s appearance, and they spared their beautiful towels for her. And I'm wearing nothing but swimming trunks. Due to the fast running, and while I was pulling her out of the water, I was exhausted, there was not enough air for artificial respiration.
About resuscitation
Thank God, my colleague, nurse Olga, was passing by, but she was on the other side. She started screaming for me to bring the child to her shore. The child, who swallowed water, became incredibly heavy. The men responded to the request to take the girl to the other side. There Olga and I continued all resuscitation efforts. They drained the water as best they could, did cardiac massage, artificial respiration, for 15-20 minutes there was no reaction, neither from the girl nor from the onlookers standing nearby. I asked to call an ambulance, no one called, and the ambulance station was nearby, 150 meters away. Olga and I couldn’t afford to be distracted even for a second, so we couldn’t even call. After some time, a boy was found and he ran to call for help. In the meantime, we were all trying to revive a little girl, five years old. Out of despair, Olga even began to cry; it seemed that there was no hope. Everyone around said, stop these useless attempts, you will break all her ribs, why are you mocking the dead man. But then the girl sighed, and the nurse who came running heard the sounds of a heartbeat.
3. A third grader saved three young children from a burning hut. For his heroism, 11-year-old Dima Filyushin was almost flogged at home. 
... On the day when a fire broke out on the outskirts of the village, twin brothers Andryusha and Vasya and five-year-old Nastya were alone at home. Mom left for work. Dima was returning from school when he noticed flames in the neighbors' windows. The boy looked inside - the curtains were on fire, and three-year-old Vasya was sleeping next to him on the bed. Of course, the schoolboy could have called the rescue service, but without hesitation, he rushed to save the kids himself.
4. A young 17-year-old girl from Zarechny, Marina Safarova, became a real hero. The girl used a sheet to pull the fishermen, her brother, and the snowmobile out of the hole. 
Before the onset of spring, the young people decided to visit the Sursky Reservoir, in the Penza region, for the last time, and after that “give up” until next year, since the ice is no longer as reliable as a month ago. Without going far, the guys left the car on the shore, and they themselves moved 40 meters from the edge and drilled holes. While her brother was fishing, the girl drew sketches of the landscape, and after a couple of hours she froze and went to the car to warm up, and at the same time warm up the engine.
Under the weight of the motorized equipment, the ice could not stand it and broke in the places where the holes were drilled, like after a hammer drill. People began to drown, the snowmobile hung on the edge of the ice by its ski, this entire structure threatened to break off completely, then people would have had very little chance of salvation. The men clung with all their strength to the edge of the ice hole, but their warm clothes immediately got wet and literally pulled them to the bottom. In this situation, Marina did not think about the possible danger and rushed to the rescue.
Having grabbed her brother, the girl, however, was unable to help him in any way, since the ratio of the forces of our heroine and the superior mass turned out to be too unequal. Run for help? But not a single living soul is visible in the area, only a company of the same fishermen can be seen on the horizon. Go to the city for help?
So while time passes, people may simply drown from hypothermia. Thinking like this, Marina intuitively ran to the car. Having opened the trunk in search of an item that could help in the situation, the girl drew attention to the bag of bed linen that she had taken from the laundry. - The first thing that came to mind was to twist a rope out of sheets, tie it to the car and try to pull them out. – Marinochka remembers
The pile of laundry was enough for almost 30 meters, it could have been longer, but the girl tied the improvised cable with double calculation.
“I’ve never braided braids so quickly,” the rescuer laughs, “in about three minutes I braided about thirty meters, this is a record.” The girl risked driving the remaining distance to the people on the ice.
- Near the shore it is still very strong, I slid onto the ice and slowly drove backwards. She opened the door just in case and drove off. The cable made from the sheets turned out to be so strong that in the end they pulled out not only people, but also a snowmobile. After the rescue operation was completed, the men took off their clothes and climbed into the car.
- I don’t even have a license yet, I took it, but I’ll get it only in a month, when I turn 18. While I was driving them home, I was worried that traffic cops would suddenly come across me, and I would have no license, although in theory they would have let me go, or helped me take everyone home.
5. Little hero of Buryatia - this is how 5-year-old Danila Zaitsev was dubbed in the republic. This little boy saved his older sister Valya from death. When the girl fell into the wormwood, her brother held her for half an hour so that the current would not drag Valya under the ice. 
When the boy’s hands were cold and tired, he grabbed his sister’s hood with his teeth and did not let go until his neighbor, 15-year-old Ivan Zhamyanov, came to the rescue. The teenager was able to pull Valya out of the water and carried the exhausted and frozen girl in his arms to his home. There the child was wrapped in a blanket and given hot tea.
Having learned about this story, the leadership of the local school turned to the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations with a request to reward both boys for their heroic deed.
6. 35-year-old resident of Uralsk Rinat Fardiev was repairing his car when he suddenly heard a loud knock. Running to the scene of the incident, he saw a sinking car and, without thinking twice, rushed into the icy water and began to pull out the victims. 
“At the scene of the accident, I saw the confused driver and passengers of the VAZ, who in the darkness could not understand where the car they crashed into had gone. Then I followed the tracks of the wheels down and found the Audi upside down in the river. I immediately entered the water and began to pull people out of the car. First I took out the driver and the passenger who was sitting in the front seat, and then the two passengers in the back seat. They were already unconscious at that time.”
Unfortunately, one of the people saved by Rinat did not survive - a 34-year-old passenger in the Audi died from hypothermia. Other victims were hospitalized and have now been discharged. Rinat himself works as a driver and does not see any special heroism in his action. “Even at the scene of the accident, the traffic cops told me that they would decide on my promotion. But from the very beginning I did not seek publicity or receive any awards; the main thing is that I managed to save people,” he said.
7. A Saratovite who pulled two little boys out of the water: “I thought that I didn’t know how to swim. But when I heard the screams, I immediately forgot about everything.” 
The screams were heard by a local resident, 26-year-old Vadim Prodan. Running up to the concrete slabs, he saw Ilya drowning. The boy was 20 meters from the shore. The man, without wasting time, rushed to save the boy. In order to pull the child out, Vadim had to dive several times - but when Ilya appeared from under the water, he was still conscious. On the shore, the boy told Vadim about his friend, who was no longer visible.
The man returned to the water and swam towards the reeds. He began to dive and look for the child, but he was nowhere to be seen. And suddenly Vadim felt his hand catch on something - diving again, he found Misha. Grabbing him by the hair, the man pulled the boy ashore, where he performed artificial respiration. A few minutes later Misha regained consciousness. A little later, Ilya and Misha were taken to the Ozinsk Central Hospital.
“I always thought to myself that I didn’t know how to swim, just to stay on the water a little,” Vadim admits, “But as soon as I heard the screams, I immediately forgot about everything, and there was no fear, there was only one thought in my head - I need to help.
While saving the boys, Vadim hit a piece of reinforcement lying in the water and suffered a leg injury. Later at the hospital he received several stitches.
8. Schoolchildren from the Krasnodar region Roman Vitkov and Mikhail Serdyuk saved an elderly woman from a burning house. 
While heading home, they saw a building on fire. Running into the yard, the schoolchildren saw that the veranda was almost completely engulfed in fire. Roman and Mikhail rushed into the barn to get a tool. Grabbing a sledgehammer and an ax, breaking out the window, Roman climbed into the window opening. An elderly woman was sleeping in a smoky room. They managed to get the victim out only after breaking the door.
9. And in the Chelyabinsk region, priest Alexey Peregudov saved the life of the groom at a wedding. 
During the wedding, the groom lost consciousness. The only one who was not at a loss in this situation was Priest Alexey Peregudov. He quickly examined the man lying down, suspected cardiac arrest and provided first aid, including chest compressions. As a result, the sacrament was successfully completed. Father Alexey noted that he had only seen chest compressions in movies.
10. In Mordovia, veteran of the Chechen war Marat Zinatullin distinguished himself by saving an elderly man from a burning apartment. 
Having witnessed the fire, Marat acted like a professional firefighter. He climbed up the fence onto a small barn, and from there climbed onto the balcony. He broke the glass, opened the door leading from the balcony to the room, and got inside. The 70-year-old owner of the apartment was lying on the floor. The pensioner, who was poisoned by smoke, could not leave the apartment on his own. Marat, opening the front door from the inside, carried the owner of the house into the entrance.
11. An employee of the Kostroma colony, Roman Sorvachev, saved the lives of his neighbors in a fire. 
Entering the entrance of his house, he immediately identified the apartment from which the smell of smoke was coming. The door was opened by a drunk man who assured that everything was fine. However, Roman called the Ministry of Emergency Situations. The rescuers who arrived at the scene of the fire were unable to enter the premises through the door, and the uniform of an EMERCOM employee prevented them from entering the apartment through the narrow window frame. Then Roman climbed up the fire escape, entered the apartment and pulled out an elderly woman and an unconscious man from a heavily smoky apartment.
12. Resident of the village of Yurmash (Bashkortostan) Rafit Shamsutdinov saved two children in a fire. 
Fellow villager Rafita lit the stove and, leaving two children - a three-year-old girl and a one-and-a-half-year-old son, went to school with the older children. Rafit Shamsutdinov noticed smoke from the burning house. Despite the abundance of smoke, he managed to enter the burning room and take out the children.
13. Dagestani Arsen Fitzulaev prevented a disaster at a gas station in Kaspiysk. Only later did Arsen realize that he was actually risking his life. 
An explosion unexpectedly occurred at one of the gas stations within the boundaries of Kaspiysk. As it turned out later, a foreign car driving at high speed crashed into a gas tank and knocked down the valve. A minute of delay, and the fire would have spread to nearby tanks with flammable fuel. In such a scenario, casualties could not be avoided. However, the situation was radically changed by a modest gas station worker, who, through skillful actions, prevented the disaster and reduced its scale to a burnt-out car and several damaged cars.
14. And in the village of Ilyinka-1, Tula region, schoolchildren Andrei Ibronov, Nikita Sabitov, Andrei Navruz, Vladislav Kozyrev and Artem Voronin pulled a pensioner out of a well. 
78-year-old Valentina Nikitina fell into a well and could not get out on her own. Andrei Ibronov and Nikita Sabitov heard the cries for help and immediately rushed to save the elderly woman. However, three more guys had to be called in for help - Andrei Navruz, Vladislav Kozyrev and Artem Voronin. Together the guys managed to pull an elderly pensioner out of the well. “I tried to climb out, the well is shallow - I even reached the edge with my hand. But it was so slippery and cold that I couldn’t grab the hoop. And when I raised my arms, ice water poured into my sleeves. I screamed, called for help, but the well is located far from residential buildings and roads, so no one heard me. How long this lasted, I don’t even know... Soon I began to feel sleepy, with the last of my strength I raised my head and suddenly saw two boys looking into the well!” – said the victim.
15. In Bashkiria, a first-grader saved a three-year-old child from icy water. 
When Nikita Baranov from the village of Tashkinovo, Krasnokamsk region, accomplished his feat, he was only seven. Once, while playing with friends on the street, a first-grader heard a child crying coming from a trench. They installed gas in the village: the dug holes were filled with water, and three-year-old Dima fell into one of them. There were no builders or other adults nearby, so Nikita himself pulled the choking boy to the surface
16. A man in the Moscow region saved his 11-month-old son from death by cutting the boy’s throat and inserting the base of a fountain pen there so that the choking baby could breathe. 
An 11-month-old baby's tongue sunk and he stopped breathing. The father, realizing that seconds were counting, took a kitchen knife, made an incision in his son’s throat and inserted a tube into it that he had made from a pen.
17. Shielded my brother from bullets. The story took place at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. 
In Ingushetia, it is customary for children to congratulate friends and relatives in their homes at this time. Zalina Arsanova and her younger brother were leaving the entrance when shots were heard. In a neighboring yard, an attempt was made on one of the FSB officers. When the first bullet pierced the facade of the nearest house, the girl realized that it was shooting, and her younger brother was in the line of fire, and covered him with herself. The girl with a gunshot wound was taken to Malgobek Clinical Hospital No. 1, where she underwent surgery. Surgeons had to assemble the internal organs of a 12-year-old child literally piece by piece. Luckily everyone survived
18. Students of the Iskitim branch of the Novosibirsk Assembly College - 17-year-old Nikita Miller and 20-year-old Vlad Volkov - became real heroes of the Siberian town. 
Of course: the guys captured an armed robber who was trying to rob a grocery kiosk.
19. A young man from Kabardino-Balkaria saved a child in a fire. 
In the village of Shithala, Urvan district of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, a residential building caught fire. Even before the firefighters arrived, the entire neighborhood came running to the house. No one dared to enter the burning room. Twenty-year-old Beslan Taov, having learned that there was a child left in the house, without hesitation, rushed to his aid. Having previously doused himself with water, he entered the burning house and a few minutes later came out with the baby in his arms. The boy named Tamerlan was unconscious; in a few minutes he could not be saved. Thanks to the heroism of Beslan, the child remained alive.
20. A resident of St. Petersburg did not allow the girl to die. 
A resident of St. Petersburg, Igor Sivtsov, was driving a car when he saw a drowning man in the waters of the Neva. Igor immediately called the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and then attempted to save the drowning girl on his own.
Bypassing the traffic jam, he came as close as possible to the parapet of the embankment, where the drowning woman was carried by the current. As it turned out, the woman did not want to be saved; she tried to take her own life by jumping from the Volodarsky Bridge. After talking with the girl, Igor convinced her to swim to the shore, where he managed to pull her out. After that, he turned on all the heaters in his car and sat the victim down to warm up until the ambulance arrived.
I think we all lack a description of “our” domestic kind, selfless and truly heroic deeds. Therefore, I present to your attention stories about child heroes who, sometimes, at the cost of their lives and health, without hesitation rushed to the rescue of those who needed help.
Zhenya Tabakov
The youngest hero of Russia. A Real Man who was only 7 years old. The only seven-year-old recipient of the Order of Courage. Unfortunately, posthumously.
The tragedy took place on the evening of November 28, 2008. Zhenya and his twelve-year-old older sister Yana were alone at home. An unknown man rang the doorbell and introduced himself as a postman who allegedly brought a registered letter.
Yana did not suspect anything was wrong and allowed him to come in. Entering the apartment and closing the door behind him, the “postman” took out a knife instead of a letter and, grabbing Yana, began to demand that the children give him all the money and valuables. Having received an answer from the children that they did not know where the money was, the criminal demanded that Zhenya look for it, and he dragged Yana into the bathroom, where he began to tear off her clothes. Seeing how he was tearing off his sister’s clothes, Zhenya grabbed a kitchen knife and, in desperation, stuck it in the criminal’s lower back. Howling in pain, he loosened his grip, and the girl managed to run out of the apartment for help. In a rage, the would-be rapist, tearing the knife out of himself, began to thrust it into the child (eight puncture wounds incompatible with life were counted on Zhenya’s body), after which he fled. However, the wound inflicted by Zhenya, leaving a trail of blood behind, did not allow him to escape the pursuit.
By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of January 20, 2009. For the courage and dedication shown in the performance of civic duty, Evgeniy Evgenievich Tabakov was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage. The order was received by Zhenya’s mother Galina Petrovna.
On September 1, 2013, a monument to Zhenya Tabakov was unveiled in the school yard - a boy driving a kite away from a dove.
Danil Sadykov
A 12-year-old teenager, a resident of the city of Naberezhnye Chelny, died while saving a 9-year-old schoolboy. The tragedy occurred on May 5, 2012 on Entuziastov Boulevard. At about two o'clock in the afternoon, 9-year-old Andrei Churbanov decided to get a plastic bottle that had fallen into the fountain. Suddenly he was electrocuted, the boy lost consciousness and fell into the water.
Everyone shouted “help,” but only Danil, who was passing by on a bicycle at that moment, jumped into the water. Danil Sadykov pulled the victim onto the side, but he himself received a severe electric shock. He died before the ambulance arrived.
Thanks to the selfless act of one child, another child survived.
Danil Sadykov was awarded the Order of Courage. Posthumously. For the courage and dedication shown in saving a person in extreme conditions. The award was presented by the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Instead of his son, the boy’s father, Aidar Sadykov, received it.
Maxim Konov and Georgy Suchkov
In the Nizhny Novgorod region, two third-graders saved a woman who had fallen into an ice hole. When she was already saying goodbye to life, two boys passed by the pond, returning from school. A 55-year-old resident of the village of Mukhtolova, Ardatovsky district, went to the pond to draw water from the Epiphany ice hole. The ice hole was already covered with an edge of ice, the woman slipped and lost her balance. Wearing heavy winter clothes, she found herself in icy water. Having caught on the edge of the ice, the unfortunate woman began to call for help.
Fortunately, at that moment two friends Maxim and Georgy were passing by the pond, returning from school. Having noticed the woman, they, without wasting a second, rushed to help. Having reached the ice hole, the boys took the woman by both hands and pulled her onto the strong ice. The guys walked her home, not forgetting to grab a bucket and sled. Arriving doctors examined the woman, provided assistance, and she did not require hospitalization.
Of course, such a shock did not pass without a trace, but the woman never tires of thanking the guys for staying alive. She gave soccer balls and cell phones to her rescuers.
Vanya Makarov
Vanya Makarov from Ivdel is now eight years old. A year ago, he saved his classmate from the river, who fell through the ice. Looking at this little boy - a little more than a meter tall and weighing only 22 kilograms - it is difficult to imagine how he alone could pull the girl out of the water. Vanya grew up in an orphanage with his sister. But two years ago he ended up in the family of Nadezhda Novikova (and the woman already had four children of her own). In the future, Vanya plans to go to cadet school and then become a rescuer.
Kobychev Maxim
A fire broke out in a private residential building in the village of Zelveno, Amur Region, late in the evening. Neighbors discovered the fire very late when thick smoke poured out of the windows of the burning house. Having reported the fire, residents began to extinguish the flames by dousing it with water. By that time, things and the walls of the building were burning in the rooms. Among those who came running to help was 14-year-old Maxim Kobychev. Having learned that there were people in the house, he, not at a loss in a difficult situation, entered the house and pulled a disabled woman born in 1929 into the fresh air. Then, risking his own life, he returned to the burning building and carried out a man born in 1972.
Kirill Daineko and Sergei Skripnik
In the Chelyabinsk region, two friends of 12 years showed real courage, saving their teachers from destruction caused by the fall of the Chelyabinsk meteorite.
Kirill Daineko and Sergei Skripnik heard their teacher Natalya Ivanovna calling for help from the cafeteria, unable to knock down the massive doors. The guys rushed to save the teacher. First, they ran into the duty room, grabbed a reinforcement bar that came to hand and broke out the window into the dining room with it. Then, through the window opening, they carried the teacher, wounded by glass fragments, to the street. After this, the schoolchildren discovered that another woman needed help - a kitchen worker who was overwhelmed by utensils that had collapsed from the impact of the blast wave. Having quickly cleared the rubble, the boys called adults for help.
Lida Ponomareva
The medal “For saving the dead” will be awarded to Lidia Ponomareva, a sixth-grade student at the Ustvash secondary school in the Leshukonsky district (Arkhangelsk region). The corresponding Decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, reports the press service of the Regional Government.
In July 2013, a 12-year-old girl saved two seven-year-old children. Lida, ahead of the adults, jumped into the river first after the drowning boy, and then helped the girl, who was also carried away by the current far from the shore, to swim out. One of the guys on land managed to throw a life jacket to the drowning child, after which Lida pulled the girl to the shore.
Lida Ponomareva, the only one of the surrounding children and adults who found themselves at the scene of the tragedy, without hesitation, threw herself into the river. The girl doubly risked her own life, because her injured arm was very painful. When the next day after saving the children, mother and daughter went to the hospital, it turned out that it was a fracture.
Admiring the girl’s courage and bravery, the governor of the Arkhangelsk region, Igor Orlov, personally thanked Lida over the phone for her courageous act.
At the suggestion of the governor, Lida Ponomareva was nominated for a state award.
Alina Gusakova and Denis Fedorov
During terrible fires in Khakassia, schoolchildren saved three people.
That day, the girl accidentally found herself near the house of her first teacher. She came to visit a friend who lived next door.
I heard someone screaming, I said to Nina: “I’ll come now,” Alina says about that day. - I see through the window that Polina Ivanovna is shouting: “Help!” While Alina was saving the school teacher, her house, where the girl lives with her grandmother and older brother, burned to the ground.
On April 12, in the same village of Kozhukhovo, Tatyana Fedorova and her 14-year-old son Denis came to visit their grandmother. It's a holiday after all. As soon as the whole family sat down at the table, a neighbor came running and, pointing to the mountain, called to put out the fire.
We ran to the fire and started extinguishing it with rags,” says Rufina Shaimardanova, Denis Fedorov’s aunt. “When we put out most of it, a very sharp, strong wind blew, and the fire came towards us. We ran to the village and ran into the nearest buildings to hide from the smoke. Then we hear - the fence is cracking, everything is on fire! I couldn’t find the door, my skinny brother ducked through the crack and then came back for me. But together we can’t find a way out! It's smoky, scary! And then Denis opened the door, grabbed me by the hand and pulled me out, then his brother. I am in panic, my brother is in panic. And Denis reassures: “Calm down Rufa.” When we walked, I couldn’t see anything at all, the lenses in my eyes melted from the high temperature...
This is how a 14-year-old schoolboy saved two people. He not only helped me get out of a house engulfed in flames, but also took me to a safe place.
The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia Vladimir Puchkov presented departmental awards to firefighters and residents of Khakassia who distinguished themselves in eliminating massive fires at fire station No. 3 of the Abakan garrison of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia. The list of awarded 19 people includes firefighters from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, firefighters from Khakassia, volunteers and two schoolchildren from the Ordzhonikidze district - Alina Gusakova and Denis Fedorov.
Julia Korol
13-year-old Yulia Korol, an orphan, whose entire wealth lies in her grandmother and brother. After the canoe crashed, despite the lack of a life jacket, she was able to swim...
With difficulty I got up and went for help. At first she held her brother’s hand, but her hands unclenched.
She thought he had drowned. Near the shore I saw a teenager in the water. He turned out to be dead. She walked for four hours to the nearest village, fell into the river once and swam again. I asked local residents for help, who began calling the Ministry of Emergency Situations and ran to the shore to save the children...
She took part in the rescue operation and personally rescued children from the water, including those already dead. The instructor tried to save the children, but he almost drowned, and she also saved the instructor. She is 13 years old.
Yulin's brother survived...
Yesterday Yulia was awarded the departmental medal “For saving those dying in the waters.”
This is only a small part of the stories about brave children and their unchildish actions. One post cannot contain stories about all the heroes. Not everyone is awarded medals, but this does not make their actions any less significant. The most important reward is the gratitude of those whose lives they saved.
Eleven-year-old Yakut woman Kharyskhaana Ammosova received the state medal “For Courage in Rescue” on November 2. In addition to her, the Federation Council awarded 19 more children who committed heroic deeds.
A 10-year-old girl who saved her younger siblings from a fire. A 16-year-old boy who exposed his back to being stabbed by a criminal to protect his friend. Four 13-year-olds who restrained a dangerous repeat offender. A 12-year-old boy who caught a one-year-old girl who had fallen from a window. A 17-year-old athlete who pulled out the wounded after a terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro.
These are real feats that our compatriots have accomplished, many of whom have not yet reached adulthood. “Children Heroes” - within the framework of this all-Russian project, the award ceremony for young Russians has been held for the fourth year in a row under the auspices of the Federation Council, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the Russian Union of Rescuers.
At the same time, not everyone came to Moscow for Bolshaya Dmitrovka, where the award ceremony took place. “In our country there are many children and teenagers worthy of respect and high awards - those who are not indifferent to the grief of others, who, risking their lives, threw themselves into fire and water to save a person’s life. In total, we received 229 submissions from 57 constituent entities of the Russian Federation,” said Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko. And she expressed sincere gratitude to teachers and parents for raising such worthy citizens of our country.
Winners of the “Children Heroes” award – 2017
Children and teenagers who showed personal courage in extreme situations
Mikhailaki Vladimir (17 years old), Saint Petersburg
On April 3, 2017, an explosion occurred in one of the train cars in the St. Petersburg metro. Vladimir was in the subway at that moment - he boldly began to provide assistance to the wounded passengers, helped them get out of the damaged subway car, independently tried to stop the bleeding and accompanied the victims on the way to the street, leading them through the acrid smoke.
Grishin Dmitry (13 years old), Trushin Pavel (14 years old), Movchan Dmitry (13 years old), Larin Dmitry (14 years old). All - Moscow region
One morning, four guys were walking through the village of Krasnaya Poima, Lukhovitsky district, Moscow region. Passing by an abandoned school, they heard suspicious sounds and noticed the movement of someone else in the building. The guys decided to find out what was going on: while examining the first floor of the building, they discovered a criminal who was trying to rape a seven-year-old boy. The attacker did not respond to demands to stop the violence, and then the young heroes took active action: using force, they distracted the criminal and dragged the frightened boy to a safe distance. After this, the guys called for help from a passerby, who helped detain the attacker. He turned out to be a previously convicted repeat offender.
Chernova Yulia (10 years old), Belgorod region
The tragedy took place in one of the houses in the village of Prizrachny, Prokhorovsky district, Belgorod region, in early February. Yulia stayed at home as the eldest to look after the younger children. But suddenly a fire broke out and quickly began to engulf the house. Yulia's brothers and sisters, frightened, hid under the beds and closets - certain death! At this time, the eldest, 10-year-old Yulia, tried to put out the fire with water, but the flames blocked the exit from the house. The decision was made quickly - Yulia broke the window glass with her fist and managed not only to push all five children out of the fire, but also toss a blanket and several warm clothes into the snow. When the girl saw her neighbor running to her aid, she lost consciousness. Fortunately, the adults managed to save Yulia herself.
Skvortsov Alexey (9 years old), Mari El Republic
A schoolboy was walking down the street in his village of Kokshamary, Zvenigovsky district. Suddenly he saw a broken electric lighting line on the ground, and next to it a little boy lying unconscious. Alexey was not taken aback and remembered the skills that he was taught at school during life safety lessons. The nine-year-old hero picked up a stick and moved the exposed wire away from the electrocuted boy. Then he called an ambulance.
Tumgoev Rashid (15 years old), The Republic of Ingushetia
15-year-old Rashid lives in the rural settlement of Surkhakhi, Nazran district of the Republic of Ingushetia. On June 26, 2017, he saw a mudflow approaching one of the houses in which there were eight children. Rashid rushed to the house and began dragging unsuspecting boys and girls out into the street. And Rashid carried the two youngest girls, four and five years old, in his arms. Afterwards, he took the children to a hillock, the top of which, as the young hero calculated, the mudflow would definitely not be able to reach. All children were saved.
Gorbuntsov Leonid (16 years old), Kemerovo region
A 16-year-old resident of the city of Belova was returning home from training when he heard a woman screaming for help - an attacker was trying to snatch her bag from her hands. He succeeded, but Leonid gave chase to the criminal. Having caught up with him on a nearby street, he held the robber until the police arrived.
Skvortsov Andrey (16 years old), Moscow
A third grade student was running home - she was a little late after school. At the entrance to her house, the girl decided to call her mother. The schoolgirl's new phone attracted the attacker's attention - he took it away and tried to escape. At that moment, Andrei was leaving the entrance and noticed the girl all in tears. Having learned from her what had happened, he instantly caught up with the robber, subdued him and managed to take him to the police department on his own.
Yusupova Milana (9 years old), The Republic of Dagestan
At the beginning of September, third-grader Milana, living in the village of Babayurt, went to her neighbors on behalf of her mother. On the way, she noticed smoke coming from an apartment on the second floor of one of the buildings. At first she was very scared, but then she heard the voices of two girls - they were begging for help. Overcoming fear, Milana entered the burning apartment, grabbed the six- and seven-year-old girls in her arms and ran out into the street. The savior came to her senses only when she realized that she had carried the girls to Milana’s own house! The children whom she bravely carried from the fire remained alive.
Pivovarova Kristina (16 years old), Moscow region
On May 2, 2017, on the platform of the Sharapova Okhota railway station, one of the passengers suddenly lost consciousness. The head of a fainting woman hung from the platform towards which the fast train was rushing. Seeing this from the opposite side of the tracks, Christina risked her life and rushed across the tracks, pulled herself up and climbed onto the platform, and then pulled the woman away from the edge of the platform. A few seconds later, a train rushed past them - the woman was saved.
Adonyev Yaroslav (12 years old), Republic of Bashkortostan
A schoolboy from the city of Sterlitamak was waiting for his friends in the yard. Yaroslav noticed that someone was throwing leaves from the second floor window. Coming closer, he saw a one-year-old girl standing swaying on the windowsill. Having immediately found his bearings, the schoolboy ran to the house and at the very last moment was able to catch the baby in his arms! For this, he had to fall to his knees and tear his elbows - the main thing is that the rescued woman escaped with only a slight fright. Yaroslav, with the child in his arms, ran to his friend’s mother, who called the police and doctors. It turned out that the girl was left in the apartment with her three-year-old brother. Only when he was home did Yaroslav realize what tragedy had been avoided thanks to his action.
Kovalev Roman (13 years old), Kursk region
A schoolboy from the village of Demino noticed that a fire was blazing in the windows of a neighbor’s house. Knowing that there was a paralyzed woman in the house, Roman broke the glass and climbed into her room. It’s incredible, but he managed to single-handedly carry a woman out of a house engulfed in fire in his arms! The patient's life was saved.
Spivak Ivan (14 years old), Stavropol region
Ivan was walking with his friends along the street of the city of Georgievsk when an 18-year-old boy began to threaten them. He was clearly not himself and tried to stab one of the guys. Ivan rushed forward and shielded his friend from the criminal’s knife, and he himself was wounded in the back. No one else was hurt except Ivan, and the criminal was quickly detained.
Fisurenko Nikita (15 years old), Sizonenko Roman (14 years old), Republic of Crimea
On August 8 of this year, Nikita and Roman, while in the village of Chernomorskoye, saw that four children were swimming in the sea during a storm. In front of the young people, they soon began to drown. In response to cries for help, Nikita and Roman rushed into the water and began to pull them out of the water. As a result, all four children were saved.
Dulaev Sarmat (11 years old), Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
In February, Sarmat and his friends went for a walk to the Terek River. An extreme outing for fifth-graders threatened to turn into a tragedy—one of the kids fell through the ice. The Sarmatian was not at a loss and began to pull out his friend, who was being carried away by the strong current of a mountain river. The struggle between the river and the boys was observed by several adults, who for some reason considered what was happening to be a “funny prank.” Meanwhile, the situation became critical - the ice was cracking, hands were slipping... Then Sarmat, gathering his last strength, grabbed his friend by the jacket and pulled him towards himself. The rescue took place - Sarmat was able to save his friend’s life without outside help!
Tarasov Anton (16 years old at the time of the feat), Donetsk People's Republic
This young man was celebrated separately in the “Children-Heroes” project. Anton accomplished his feat in 2014, but this became known only now.
At three o'clock in the morning, the village named after Komarov, located on the main line of fire, came under massive fire from the Uragan multiple launch rocket system. After the first explosion, the roof of the house in which the boy's family lived collapsed. Anton heard the screams of his mother and father and began to make his way into his parents’ bedroom.
His six-year-old sister Lisa found herself under a collapse of bricks, she did not move, it was difficult for her to breathe. Mom could not move the fallen blocks that had broken off from the wall. Anton crawled up to her and began to dig out his little sister. It was necessary to act very quickly, and Anton succeeded: he pulled out his sister, brought her to her senses, and checked the function of her arms and legs.
Parents also needed help. My mother was bleeding: shrapnel cut her back, and my father was also crushed by a collapsed ceiling beam; he could not get out on his own. The shelling continued, it was 20 degrees below zero outside. Having taken his mother and sister to the neighbors, Anton, together with a friend who came running to help, rescued his father - he was immobilized, his spine was hurt. Anton called an ambulance and sent the family to the hospital, while he ran to his older brother and grandmother. He acted without feeling his own injury - while rescuing his relatives, he was wounded in the leg. Fortunately, the boy's family survived. And after everything he had experienced, Anton decided to become a doctor.
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They say that there were too many tragic events in the past year, and there was almost nothing good to remember on the eve of the New Year. Constantinople decided to argue with this statement and collected a selection of our most outstanding compatriots (and not only) and their heroic deeds. Unfortunately, many of them accomplished this feat at the cost of their own lives, but the memory of them and their actions will support us for a long time and serve as an example to follow. Ten names that made a splash in 2016 and should not be forgotten.
Alexander Prokhorenko
A special forces officer, 25-year-old Lieutenant Prokhorenko, died in March near Palmyra while carrying out missions to direct Russian air strikes against ISIS militants. He was discovered by terrorists and, finding himself surrounded, did not want to surrender and drew fire on himself. He was awarded the title of Hero of Russia posthumously, and a street in Orenburg was named after him. Prokhorenko’s feat aroused admiration not only in Russia. Two French families donated awards, including the Legion of Honor.
Farewell ceremony for the hero of Russia, senior lieutenant Alexander Prokhorenko, who died in Syria, in the village of Gorodki, Tyulgansky district. Sergey Medvedev/TASS
In Orenburg, where the officer is from, he left behind a young wife, who, after the death of Alexander, had to be hospitalized in order to save the life of their child. In August, her daughter Violetta was born.
Magomed Nurbagandov
A policeman from Dagestan, Magomet Nurbagandov, and his brother Abdurashid were killed in July, but the details became known only in September, when a video of the execution of police officers was found on the phone of one of the liquidated militants of the Izberbash criminal group. On that ill-fated day, the brothers and their relatives, schoolchildren, were relaxing outdoors in tents; no one expected an attack by bandits. Abdurashid was killed immediately because he stood up for one of the boys, whom the bandits began to insult. Mohammed was tortured before his death because his documents as a law enforcement officer were discovered. The purpose of the bullying was to force Nurbagandov to renounce his colleagues on record, recognize the strength of the militants and call on Dagestanis to leave the police. In response to this, Nurbagandov addressed his colleagues with the words “Work, brothers!” The enraged militants could only kill him. President Vladimir Putin met with the brothers’ parents, thanked them for their son’s courage and awarded him the title of Hero of Russia posthumously. The last phrase of Mohammed became the main slogan of the past year and, one might assume, for the years to come. Two small children were left without a father. Nurbagandov's son now says that he will only become a policeman.
Elizaveta Glinka
Photo: Mikhail Metzel/TASS
The resuscitator and philanthropist, popularly known as Doctor Lisa, accomplished a lot this year. In May, she took children out of Donbass. 22 sick children were saved, the youngest of whom was only 5 days old. These were children with heart defects, oncology, and congenital diseases. Special treatment and support programs have been created for children from Donbass and Syria. In Syria, Elizaveta Glinka also helped sick children and organized the delivery of medicines and humanitarian aid to hospitals. During the delivery of another humanitarian cargo, Doctor Lisa died in a TU-154 plane crash over the Black Sea. Despite the tragedy, all programs will continue. Today there will be a New Year's party for the guys from Lugansk and Donetsk...
Oleg Fedura
Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Primorsky Territory, Colonel of the Internal Service Oleg Fedura. Press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Primorsky Territory/TASS
Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Primorsky Territory, who distinguished himself during natural disasters in the region. The rescuer personally visited all the flooded cities and villages, led search and rescue operations, helped evacuate people, and he himself did not sit idly by - he has hundreds of similar events on his account. On September 2, together with his brigade, he was heading to another village, where 400 houses were flooded and more than 1,000 people were waiting for help. Crossing the river, the KAMAZ, in which Fedura and 8 other people were, collapsed into the water. Oleg Fedura saved all the personnel, but then could not get out of the flooded car and died.
Lyubov Pechko
The entire Russian world learned the name of the 91-year-old female veteran from the news on May 9. During the festive procession in honor of Victory Day in Slavyansk, occupied by the Ukrainians, the column of veterans was pelted with eggs, doused with brilliant green and sprinkled with flour by the Ukrainian Nazis, but the spirit of the old soldiers could not be broken, no one fell out of action. The Nazis shouted insults; in occupied Slavyansk, where any Russian and Soviet symbols are prohibited, the situation was extremely explosive and could at any moment turn into a massacre. However, the veterans, despite the threat to their lives, were not afraid to openly wear medals and St. George ribbons; after all, they did not go through the war with the Nazis in order to be afraid of their ideological followers. Lyubov Pechko, who took part in the liberation of Belarus during the Great Patriotic War, was splashed with brilliant green directly in the face. Photos showing traces of brilliant green being wiped off Lyubov Pechko’s face have spread across social networks and the media. The sister of an elderly woman, who saw the abuse of veterans on TV and suffered a heart attack, died from the resulting shock.
Danil Maksudov
In January of this year, during a severe snowstorm, a dangerous traffic jam formed on the Orenburg-Orsk highway, in which hundreds of people were trapped. Ordinary employees of various services showed heroism, leading people out of icy captivity, sometimes putting their own lives at risk. Russia remembers the name of policeman Danil Maksudov, who was hospitalized with severe frostbite because he gave his jacket, hat and gloves to those who needed it most. After that, Danil spent several more hours in the snowstorm helping to get people out of the jam. Then Maksudov himself ended up in the emergency traumatology department with frostbitten hands; there was talk of amputating his fingers. However, in the end the policeman recovered.
Konstantin Parikozha
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Orenburg Airlines Boeing 777-200 crew commander Konstantin Parikozha, awarded the Order of Courage, during the state awards ceremony in the Kremlin. Mikhail Metzel/TASS
A native of Tomsk, the 38-year-old pilot managed to land a plane with a burning engine, which was carrying 350 passengers, including many families with children and 20 crew members. The plane was flying from the Dominican Republic, at an altitude of 6 thousand meters a bang was heard and the cabin was filled with smoke, panic began. During landing, the plane's landing gear also caught fire. However, thanks to the skill of the pilot, the Boeing 777 was successfully landed and none of the passengers were injured. Parikozha received the Order of Courage from the hands of the President.
Andrey Logvinov
The 44-year-old commander of the Il-18 crew that crashed in Yakutia managed to land the plane without wings. They tried to land the plane until the last minute and in the end they managed to avoid casualties, although both wings of the plane broke off when it hit the ground and the fuselage collapsed. The pilots themselves received multiple fractures, but despite this, according to rescuers, they refused help and asked to be the last to be evacuated to the hospital. “He managed the impossible,” they said about Andrei Logvinov’s skill.
Georgy Gladysh
On a February morning, the rector of the Orthodox church in Krivoy Rog, Priest Georgy, as usual, was riding home from service on a bicycle. Suddenly he heard cries for help from a nearby body of water. It turned out that the fisherman had fallen through the ice. The priest ran to the water, threw off his clothes and, making the sign of the cross, rushed to help. The noise attracted the attention of local residents, who called an ambulance and helped pull the already unconscious retired fisherman out of the water. The priest himself refused honors: " It wasn't me who saved. God decided this for me. If I had been driving a car instead of a bicycle, I simply would not have heard the cries for help. If I started to think about whether to help the person or not, I wouldn’t have time. If the people on the shore had not thrown us a rope, we would have drowned together. And so everything happened by itself"After the feat, he went on to perform church services.
Yulia Kolosova
Russia. Moscow. December 2, 2016. Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President of the Russian Federation Anna Kuznetsova (left) and Yulia Kolosova, winner in the "Children-Heroes" nomination, at the awards ceremony for the winners of the VIII All-Russian festival on the theme of safety and rescue of people "Constellation of Courage". Mikhail Pochuev/TASS
The Valdai schoolgirl, despite the fact that she was only 12 years old, was not afraid to enter a burning private house after hearing the screams of children. Julia took two boys out of the house, and already on the street they told her that their other little brother remained inside. The girl returned to the house and carried a 7-year-old baby in her arms, who was crying and afraid to go down the stairs shrouded in smoke. As a result, none of the children were harmed. " It seems to me that in my place any teenager would do this, but not every adult, because adults are much more indifferent than children", says the girl. Concerned residents of Staraya Russa collected money and gave the girl a computer and a souvenir - a mug with her photo. The schoolgirl herself admits that she did not help for the sake of gifts and praise, but she, of course, was pleased, because she is from a low-income family - Yulia’s mother is a saleswoman, and her father works at a factory.
Superheroes aren't just for comics and movies. There are many real-life heroes around the world who perform superhuman feats. From unimaginable strength to incredible displays of courage and perseverance, these real people showed by example what incredible feats can be accomplished through the power of the human spirit.
10. A blind man saved a blind woman from a burning house
Imagine what it's like to try to rescue a blind person from a burning building, guiding them step by step through searing flames and smoke. Now imagine that you too are blind, just like in this inspiring story. Jim Sherman, who is blind from birth, heard his 85-year-old neighbor's cries for help as she became trapped in her burning home. In a feat that can certainly be called heroic, he snuck into her house from his trailer next door, feeling his way along the fence.
Once he reached the woman's house, he somehow managed to get inside and locate his frightened neighbor, Annie Smith, who is also blind. Sherman pulled Smith from the burning house to safety.
9. Skydiving instructors sacrificed everything to save their students.
Not many people survive a fall from thousands of meters. However, no matter how incredible it may seem, two women managed to do it, thanks to the selfless actions of two men. The first man gave his life to save the man he had just met. Skydiving instructor Robert Cook and his student, Kimberley Dear, took to the skies so she could make her first jump when the plane's engine failed. In an incredible feat, Cook told Deere to sit on his lap, locking their gear together. As the plane crashed to the ground, Cook's body absorbed the impact, killing him but protecting Kimberly Dear from what should have been a fatal accident.
Another skydiving instructor, Dave Hartsock, also saved his student from being hit. This was Shirley Dygert's first tandem jump with an instructor. Although their plane did not malfunction, Diegert's parachute did not open. During a terrifying free fall, Hartsock was able to position himself underneath his student, taking the impact as they fell to the ground together. Even though Dave Hartsock broke his spine, leaving his body paralyzed from the neck down, they both survived the fall.
8. A man carried four soldiers from the battlefield
Despite being a mere mortal, Joe Rollino spent his 104-year life performing incredible, superhuman feats. Although he only weighed approximately 68 kilograms at his prime, he could lift 288 kilograms with his fingers and 1,450 kilograms on his back. He has won several strongman titles and many accolades.
However, what made him a hero in the eyes of many people was not his talent in strength competitions or his title of “The Strongest Man in the World”, which he received at Coney Island. During World War II, Rollino served in the Pacific and received a Bronze & Silver Star for gallantry in the line of duty, as well as three Purple Hearts for his combat injuries that caused he spent a total of 24 months in hospital. He is best known for the fact that he pulled his comrades off the battlefield, two in each hand, and then returned to the line of fire to carry more of his wounded brethren to safety.
7. A father fought an alligator to save his son.
A father's love can inspire superhuman feats, as two fathers from different parts of the world proved. In Florida, Joseph Welch came to the aid of his six-year-old son when an alligator grabbed the boy's arm. With no regard for his own safety, Welch continually punched the alligator in an attempt to force it to let go of his son. Finally, a passerby arrived to help Welch and began kicking the alligator in the stomach until the animal finally let go of the boy.
In Mutoko, Zimbabwe, another father saved his son from a crocodile attack in a river. The father, named Tafadzwa Kacher, began poking reeds into the crocodile's eyes and mouth until it released his son. Having released the boy, the crocodile rushed at his father. Tafadzwa had to gouge out the animal's eyes to free his hand. The boy eventually lost his leg to a crocodile attack, but survived and spoke of his father's superhuman bravery.
6. Two real-life Wonder Women who lifted cars to save lives
Men are not the only ones who can display superhuman strength in times of crisis. The daughter and mother showed that women can also be heroes, especially when a loved one is in danger. In Virginia, a 22-year-old woman saved her father's life when the BMW he was working on slipped off a jack and landed on his chest, crushing him. Realizing there was no time to wait for help, the young woman lifted the car and pulled her father out, then performed CPR on him to get him to breathe.
In Georgia, another jack slipped out and lowered a 3,000-pound Chevy Impala onto a young man. Without help, his mother, Angela Cavallo, lifted the car and held it for five minutes until neighbors managed to pull her son to safety.
5. A woman stopped an unmanned school bus.
Not all superhuman abilities consist of strength and courage, some of them involve the ability to think quickly and act in an emergency. In New Mexico, a school bus carrying children became a road hazard when the driver suffered a seizure. A girl waiting for the bus saw that the bus driver was in trouble and turned to her mother for help. The woman, Rhonda Carlsen, immediately came to the rescue.
She ran next to the bus and, using gestures, convinced one of the children on the bus to open the door. After the door was opened, Carlsen jumped onto the bus, grabbed the steering wheel, and calmly stopped the bus. Her quick reflexes helped prevent any harm that could have been caused to the children on the bus, not to mention any bystanders who might have been in the path of the unmanned bus.
4. A teenager pulled a man out of a truck hanging over a cliff.
A truck and trailer careened over the edge of a cliff in the dead of night. The cab of the large truck creaked as it stopped, and began to dangle dangerously over the gorge below. The truck driver was trapped inside. The young man came to his aid, broke the window and pulled the driver to safety with his bare hands. This is not a scene from an action movie, but a real event that happened in New Zealand in the Waioeka Gorge on October 5, 2008.
18-year-old Peter Hanne, who became a hero, was in his house when he heard a crash. Without thinking about his own safety, he climbed onto the balancing truck, jumped into the narrow gap between the cab and the trailer, and broke the rear window of the driver's cab. He carefully helped the injured driver to safety as the truck creaked and rocked under their feet. In 2011, Hanne was awarded the New Zealand Bravery Medal for his heroic actions.
3. A soldier riddled with bullets who returned to the battlefield
War is full of heroes, and many of them risk their lives to save their fellow soldiers. In the movie Forrest Gump, we saw how the eponymous fictional character saved several of his fellow soldiers, even after he suffered a gunshot wound. In real life, there are even more exciting stories, such as the story of Robert Ingram, who received the Medal of Honor.
In 1966, while under siege by the enemy, Ingram continued to fight and save his comrades after he was hit by three bullets - one in the head, which left him partially blind and deaf in one ear, a second in the arm, and a third bit into his left knee. Despite his wounds, Ingram continued to kill North Vietnamese soldiers who were leading an attack on his unit, and went under fire to save his fellow soldiers. His bravery is just one breathtaking example of the many wartime heroes who defended their countries by performing incredible feats.
2. World champion swimmer saved 20 people from a sinking trolleybus
Aquaman is no comparison to Shavarsh Karapetyan, who saved 20 people from drowning in a trolleybus that fell into the water in 1976. The 11-time world record holder, 17-time world champion, 13-time European champion, seven-time USSR champion, Armenian speed swimming champion was finishing a training race with his brother when he witnessed a trolleybus with 92 passengers slide off the road into a reservoir , falling into the water 24 meters from the shore. Karapetyan dived into the water, kicked out the rear window and began to pull dozens of passengers out of the trolleybus, which by that time was already at a depth of 10 meters in icy water.
It was estimated that it took him approximately 30 seconds to save one person, allowing him to save person after person before he himself lost consciousness in the cold, murky water. Of all the people he pulled out of the trolleybus in this short time, 20 people survived. However, Karapetyan’s heroic work did not end there. Eight years later, he ran into a burning building and pulled several people to safety, suffering severe burns. Karapetyan received the Order of the Badge of Honor from the USSR and many other awards for underwater rescue, but he maintained that he was not a hero and only did what he had to do.
1. A man took off a helicopter to save his employee.
A TV show set became a real-life drama when a helicopter from the hit TV series Magnum PI crashed into a drainage ditch in 1988. While preparing for a soft landing, the helicopter suddenly tilted, went out of control and fell to the ground, all of which was captured on film. One of the show's pilots, Steve Kux, was trapped under a helicopter in shallow water. In an incredible moment straight out of Man of Steel, Warren "Tiny" Everal ran up and lifted the helicopter off of Kax. The helicopter was a Hughes 500D, and the helicopter weighs at least 703 kilograms when unloaded.
Tiny's quick reactions and superhuman strength saved Cax from the weight of the helicopter that pinned him to the water, which could have crushed him. Although the pilot's left arm was injured, he recovered from what could have been a fatal crash thanks to a local Hawaiian hero.
