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* Michael Monsoor, US Navy SEAL; a grenade landed on a roof where he was part of an overlook. He jumped on it and sacrificed his life, taking the brunt of the blast and keeping the shrapnel from hitting any of his friends. |
* Michael Monsoor, US Navy SEAL; a grenade landed on a roof where he was part of an overlook. He jumped on it and sacrificed his life, taking the brunt of the blast and keeping the shrapnel from hitting any of his friends. |
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* A mother in Springfield, Massachusetts, saved her young daughter by shielding her with her body while a tornado destroyed their home. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110830181846/http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/massachusetts/springfield-mother-killed-in-tornado-saves-daughter] |
* A mother in Springfield, Massachusetts, saved her young daughter by shielding her with her body while a tornado destroyed their home. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110830181846/http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/massachusetts/springfield-mother-killed-in-tornado-saves-daughter] |
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* A shooting between gangs occurs near an elementary school with innocents caught in the crossfire. A mother [http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/vigil-held-for-slain-brooklyn-mom-20111023-gjw shielded her daughter from the gunfire and lost her life protecting her child.] |
* A shooting between gangs occurs near an elementary school with innocents caught in the crossfire. A mother [https://web.archive.org/web/20111227153733/http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/vigil-held-for-slain-brooklyn-mom-20111023-gjw shielded her daughter from the gunfire and lost her life protecting her child.] |
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* Everyone's heard about the band on the ''Titanic'', but fewer people remember her engineering crew. The ship's engineers remained at their posts until the end, keeping the engines running as long as they could so that the lights would stay on and stave off panic. None of them survived the disaster. |
* Everyone's heard about the band on the ''Titanic'', but fewer people remember her engineering crew. The ship's engineers remained at their posts until the end, keeping the engines running as long as they could so that the lights would stay on and stave off panic. None of them survived the disaster. |
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** They quite possibly did more than keep the lights on. Questions have been raised about why the ship, unlike almost every other large vessel that's suffered damage on one side of the hull, didn't capsize. It's been suggested that the engineers kept working the trim tanks and pumps until all power was lost to keep the ship upright and allow the lifeboats to be launched from both sides. Since, as mentioned, none survived, we'll never know. |
** They quite possibly did more than keep the lights on. Questions have been raised about why the ship, unlike almost every other large vessel that's suffered damage on one side of the hull, didn't capsize. It's been suggested that the engineers kept working the trim tanks and pumps until all power was lost to keep the ship upright and allow the lifeboats to be launched from both sides. Since, as mentioned, none survived, we'll never know. |
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