Bob only wanted one piece of firewood. It was New Year’s Eve 2016, and he was watching football at his home in northern Michigan when he decided to step outside during a commercial break. It was around 10:30 p.m. He was wearing a shirt, long johns and slippers because he expected to be back inside … Read more
Debbie Parkhurst was taking a break from making jewelry at her Maryland home in March 2007 when a piece of apple suddenly became lodged in her throat. She couldn’t breathe. The 45-year-old tried performing the Heimlich maneuver on herself, but it didn’t work. She began striking her chest, desperately trying to clear the obstruction. Her … Read more
At around 1:30 in the morning, a golden retriever named Polly began barking downstairs at her family’s home in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Hannah Cooke was asleep beside her husband, Adam, when the barking woke her. Polly occasionally made noise, but this was different. She was barking loudly enough that Hannah immediately knew something was … Read more