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Firefighters rescue three persons who were in a house fire in Kansas City

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122196) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 7 Oct

Members of the Kansas City Fire Department answered an emergency call on Friday October 3 when three persons were inside of an apartment building that caught fire. When the firefighters arrived on scene around 5 am, four persons...

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A lifetime of gardening

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382216) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Dec 24

My mother loved her garden and spent hours in it every day. Because of our climate, our potted plants need shelter from the sun so rather than hot-houses we have shade houses. She had two ‘shade-houses’. If a frost was predicted...

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Remembering my mother

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382216) • Rockingham, Australia 3 Feb 22

Today would have been my mother’s birthday. She was born in 1910 and lived to be 104 ½. She always liked to add on the ‘half’. She had a hip replacement at 99. Although she was very frail towards the end of her life, she didn’t...

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blood donation

any riza @ladyhero (3846) • Indonesia 14 Jun 21

Good morning I hope you are all good today, this morning the office invites officers for the Indonesian Red Cross to carry out blood donation activities for employees which are intended to supply city blood bags, so if there are...

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Good neighbor save story from New York state

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122196) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 11 Mar 21

Rochester New York resident David Lovett admits that he is not a hero despite the fact that he acted on his knowledge of knowing what to do this morning when he looked outside of his home and he saw his next door neighbors house...

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May 21, 2020 - What happened on that day?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222477) • United States 21 May 20

National Waiters and Waitresses Day American Red Cross Founder's Day 2005 - The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka, opened at Six Flags in Jackson Township, New Jersey, USA. 2017 - Ringling Brothers and Barnum &...

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What did you do?

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169479) • United States 5 Nov 19

When I got home from work I came in long enough to fix coffee in a travel mug, as well as drink some extra water. Then I was off to give blood. The extra fluids make the donation easier. The paperwork and getting in to the system...

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October 29 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222477) • United States 29 Oct 19

National Cat Day National Oatmeal Day 1863 - The International Red Cross is formed with the meeting of 18 countries in Geneva. 1929 - The Crash of '29 or Black Tuesday - The New York Stock Exchange crashes and the Great...

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May 21 - Let's discuss what happened that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222477) • United States 21 May 19

National Waiters and Waitresses Day Dinosaur Day 1881 - The Red Cross was established by Clara Barton in Washington, D. C. 1917 - Raymond Burr was born. He was a Canadian-American actor. He's been on Broadway, radio, TV and...

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Darmouth Detective rescues an elderly man from a burning home

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122196) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 21 Apr 19

One great police rescue from Dartmouth Massachusetts happened on Saturday afternoon when an elderly man who was trapped inside the bottom floor of a two story home was rescued by Dartmouth Police Detective Scott Brooks who...

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A Brooklyn man called a hero for helping a woman get out a burning building

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122196) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 15 Jun 18

This story where Pablo Espinosa who lives in Brooklyn New York is not exactly a hero story where he went into a burning building on Friday just after midnight to save a woman, What Pablo did was that as soon as his next door...

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New Hampshire man rescues the lives of two children from a burning building

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122196) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 30 Mar 18

A 24 year old New Hampshire man is being called a hero for risking his life to rescue two children from a burning building on Friday almost two hours after midnight. David Isaacs from West Lebanon New Hampshire heard the cries of...

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A cat saves the lives of his owners in a fire in Pennsylvania

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122196) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 9 Mar 18

A cat who used his voice which is a meow alerted his owners that a fire was breaking out in their home in McKeesport Pennsylvania on Friday night. The local fire department officials reported the story that the home that was...

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Baton Rouge Fire Department rescue one woman inside her burning home

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122196) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 24 Feb 18

If there is one thing anyone who works as a firefighter is the simple rule that they could be called to rescue anyone who is trapped inside a fire on a 24 hours, seven days a week. The Baton Rouge Fire Department were called to...

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Three men are called heroes for saving a mom and her child from an apartment fire

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122196) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 2 Feb 18

Corey Warren who is a maintenance supervisor at the New Horizon Apartments which is located in Memphis Tennessee received an emergency call from one of his employees to tell him a fire was breaking out in one of the rooms in the...

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I joined the ERT (Emergency Response Team)

Jane @jaiho2009 (39140) • Philippines 19 Sep 17

After months of delays due to my baking and cooking pre-orders, finally I got the chance to join the training for ERT (Emergency Response Team). My childhood dream is to become a doctor ,one big reason why I am so eager to attend...

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Making a donation to Harvey disaster?

Alfredo Rossi @amadeo (111937) • United States 29 Aug 17

Good morning.The more I see this,the more that I am sadden by the disaster of Harvey.It is unbelievable what is going on there. Anyone here doing their share.You can donate ten dollars to the Red Cross. They need your help.If...

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Warrior Idol 2017

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 17 Mar 17

My schools annual talent show, Warrior Idol, took place today. The 25 students who originally auditioned had been whittled down to 6 finalists and today the finalists performed for the whole school, and a winner was...

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Something New: The Zika Virus and Donating Blood

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40847) • Laguna Woods, California 3 Aug 16

This morning our church held a blood drive. It does this every three months and I donate every time, as long as I am in town. Afterwards, I always spend the rest of the day relaxing and drinking plenty of water, in order to...

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Red Cross Book Sale

Val @valmnz (17095) • New Zealand 28 May 16

Every year our local Red Cross holds a gigantic book sale to raise funds. The event runs over three days and is extremely popular with the community. All books are donated and the event is manned by volunteers. It's the most well...

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