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After a serious car accident, a man pulled over — and continued to help for days

5:01am May 06, 2024

In 1997, Apryle Oswald got in a car accident. The man who responded went on to help for three more days — driving her dog to the vet and Oswald's boyfriend back and forth to the hospital.

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An egg exploded in her face. The ride to the hospital made her feel safe

5:00am March 26, 2024

by Laura Kwerel

After Kathryn Fumie burned her face in a kitchen accident, the EMT on the ride to the hospital helped her feel like everything was going to be OK.

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'You will make it': An anonymous neighbor stepped in when a single mom felt hopeless

5:00am March 07, 2024

As a single mom with three small children, Bethany Renfree was feeling overwhelmed. But one small act of kindness by a neighbor let her know she'd be OK.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, host of All Things Considered, found her own unsung hero when a stranger reached out to tell her he found her wallet that she had lost on a walk home.

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This NPR host lost her wallet, but the way it was returned has stuck with her

5:10pm May 19, 2022

As she was walking home from her favorite bookstore, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly realized she lost her wallet. Just as she was about to cancel her credit cards a man reached out saying he had found it.

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Julie Ort (left) said she has never forgotten the kindness of a fellow classmate after an embarrassing fall in her freshman year physics class.

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After Julie's mortifying moment in college, a classmate knew just how to help

5:00am May 17, 2022

Julie Ort wasn't sure she would ever move past the fall in her freshman year physics class that all her classmates witnessed. But then a classmate offered her cookies and she saw how to move forward.

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Lila Hoffa struggled to express herself in writing until she met her third-grade teacher showed her a way to bring all her stories to life.

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Lila struggled to write, then a teacher discovered why and unlocked her creativity

2:15pm May 02, 2022

by Laura Kwerel

Lila Hoffa used to struggle to express herself in writing. But her third-grade teacher realized it wasn't a "typical" writing problem and helped Hoffa find a way to make her stories come to life.

Sunita Kramer says a stranger at a train station changed her life after they saved her daughter.

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A stranger saved her daughter's life, but Sunita has never been able to thank them

2:22pm April 25, 2022

One of the most significant people in Sunita Kramer's life is a stranger whom she has never met. She encountered them the same day she almost lost her 7-year-old daughter.

Public housing in lower Manhattan in New York City.

Location A Bigger Influence Than Race For Children In Public Housing

3:57pm May 09, 2017

by Gene Demby

A new study finds that the neighborhood where children in public housing live impacts their life outcomes in more significant ways than race does.

If you're down to the wire on your taxes, this is probably good news.

Good News For Procrastinators: 3 Extra Days To File Taxes

2:54pm April 08, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

This is all because of an overlap of federal and state holidays with the usual April 15 IRS deadline.