Amazing Rescues

A father and son, who were the only two people riding the roller coaster at a Shandong, China amusement park, found themselves hanging upside down when the ride got stuck in the middle of one of its loops.

Brandon Wright, the 21-year-old man who was pulled to safety from beneath a burning car by a brave group of strangers, spoke out for the first time about his rescue on 'Today.'

Brandon Wright, the 21-year-old student whose life was saved when a group of strangers pulled him from beneath a burning car, is in recovery  at a Murray, Utah hospital, 'Today' reports. His saviors, whose brave rescue was caught on camera in a video that went viral yesterday, spoke about the experience to the press.

In this incredible amateur video which was shown on 'Today,' a group of heroic bystanders in Logan, Utah approached the wreckage of a car crash and lifted a burning, 4,000-pound BMW off the motorcyclist who was trapped underneath.

Kate Winslet was among the guests who were unharmed when a fire caused by tropical storm Irene destroyed part of tycoon Richard Branson's vacation complex in the British Virgin Islands -- and became a hero when she rescued Branson's elderly mother from the blaze.

A Department of Sanitation truck somehow managed to smash halfway through the wall of a third story parking garage in Queens, New York Wednesday morning, leaving both the vehicle and the driver dangling perilously in the air.

A Texas man named Gatlin Jeter found himself in a quite a predicament when his SUV became stuck in cruise control last Saturday. Jeter was speeding toward Huntsville at 60mph and suddenly found he was unable to stop his vehicle, 'Today' reports.

Sometimes all it takes to save a family of ducks are a few nice people. And the police. And firefighters. And the Department of Sanitation. A group of Chicagoans recently joined forces when a mother duck and her five offspring wound up in harm's way. It started in a parking garage, where Good Samaritan Jamie Holbrook saw the brood and spent three hours herding them to a park. But alas, the little

Earlier this week, a man dropped off a section of rusty pipe to firefighters at Redding, California's Fire Station #4. Why? There was a kitten trapped inside of it. That's right, a real life, just-larger-than-pipe-sized cat. So were these American heroes able to squeeze him out? Yes! Watch the nail-biting endeavor in the three-part rescue series below.