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My Guide Dog Refused to Move — And Saved My Life
United States· 2021
A blind woman's guide dog Solomon refused to obey her forward command at a street corner. Seconds later, a delivery truck ran the red light and jumped the curb into the exact spot where she would have been standing.
How a Teenage Refugee Named Yusra Swam for Her Life and Then for the World
Aegean Sea / Berlin· 2016
Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini swam for hours to save a sinking refugee boat, then competed on the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Rio Games.
She First Heard God While Sweeping a Floor
Dorchester County· 1840s
Before she became the legendary conductor of the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman was an enslaved woman sweeping floors and carrying water.
Mordechai Vanunu: The Whistleblower Who Exposed Israel's Nuclear Program
Israel / London· 1986-2004
Former Israeli nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu exposed Israel's secret nuclear weapons program to the Sunday Times in 1986.
Walter McMillian: The Case That Inspired "Just Mercy"
Monroeville· 1988-1993
Convicted on fabricated evidence in the town that produced To Kill a Mockingbird, Walter McMillian spent six years on Alabama's death row before Bryan...
Desmond Doss: The Soldier Who Saved 75 Men Without a Weapon
Okinawa· 1945
Desmond Doss saved 75 wounded soldiers at Hacksaw Ridge without a weapon, praying "Lord, help me get one more." First conscientious objector Medal of Honor.
How a Prison Chaplain Found God Behind Bars
Washington· 1974-1976
Chuck Colson went from Watergate convict to founding Prison Fellowship, the world's largest prison ministry, after finding God behind bars among broken people.
The Dog Who Knew Before the Seizure Hit
Cape Town· 2021-2022
A South African woman with uncontrolled epilepsy was matched with a seizure alert dog named Grace, who could detect seizures up to 45 minutes before they...
Three Days Inside a Fish: The Prophet Who Ran and Got Swallowed
Mediterranean Sea· c. 780 BC
The prophet Jonah ran from God's assignment to Nineveh, was thrown overboard in a storm, and was swallowed by a great fish for three days -- where the...
The Whale That Shielded a Surfer from a Great White Shark
Cook Islands· 2020
Whale biologist Nan Hauser was physically shielded from a tiger shark by a humpback whale off the Cook Islands in 2020, part of a documented pattern of...
The Cat That Found Him in Solitary
Romania· 1950s
Richard Wurmbrand, imprisoned for 14 years in Communist Romania, describes a stray cat that repeatedly found its way into his solitary confinement cell...
The Missionary Who Slept While Cobras Guarded His Door
Tanna· 1860s
Missionary John G. Paton on the island of Tanna survived multiple assassination attempts in the 1860s, protected by what attackers described as shining...