Tag: rescue

Italian Olympic swimmer Filippo Magnini was sunbathing on Cala Sinzias beach in Sardinia last weekend when he heard someone crying for help. It was a gay newlywed. He was drowning in the ocean after being knocked off his inflatable unicorn float by a wave. The 37-year-old world champion quickly leaped into action. He dove into the water and swam out to the drowning man, Andrea Benedetto, who had just married his boyfriend two days earlier in nearby Cagliari. According to eye witnesses,...

Three adorable kittens were rescued from a burning home in British Columbia on Saturday, but it was their insanely adorable rescuer who is getting the internet all hot and bothered this week. A quick thinking neighbor snapped photos of the firefighter – which just happened to have his shirt unbuttoned and hanging open – as he cradled one of the tiny kittens in his hands and administered oxygen using a “pet oxygen mask.” https://twitter.com/AshleyCsanady/status/765268258182135808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Mountain View Veterinary Hospital reports that all the...