- [Narrator] Salem, 2016. A Domino's delivery driver tentatively approached
the home of a regular. He rang the bell, but there was no answer. If it was anyone else's house
that might've been so-so. But this customer never
ignored the doorbell. Not once in 10 years. It was clear that
something was very wrong. Elsewhere, a woman found
a mysterious package lying on her doorstep when she opened it, she
couldn't believe what was inside and it chilled her to the core. These tantalizing tales
are linked by one thing. They'll both make you cry, and I've got plenty more
where they came from. So strap in for some true stories that moved the world to tears. (gentle music) - [Voice Over] Woo!
(notification bell) - [Narrator] A Pizza Predicament. It was the long, distant year of 2016 in the city of Salem, Oregon, where Kirk Alexander
lived, a 48 year old man and possibly the most passionate
pizza partaker of all time. Oh, Kirk had been ordering 'za from his favorite outlet, Domino's, almost every single night for 10 years. Geez! Because of this, the pizzeria employee saw Kirk's name flash up on their screens all the time, and over the years had
got to know him very well, so well, in fact, he was
like part of the family. So when his regular orders
suddenly stopped coming in, it raised more than a few eyebrows. After not hearing from him
for a whopping 11 days, staff started to get really concerned. It was completely unlike Kirk to go so long without placing an order. Had something happened to him? Delivery driver, Tracy Hamblen
was particularly worried. He knew that Kirk suffered
from health problems. So with permission from his manager, he headed over mid-shift to check on him. When he arrived at around 1:00 AM, he could see the lights and TV were on. But no matter how many times
he knocked on the door, Kirk never came to answer. Something was horribly wrong. Unsure what to do, Tracy rang his boss and she made the decision
to call the cops. What felt like an eternity later, but was really only a few short minutes, the police arrived at Kirk's place and as soon as they did, the silence from inside the house, was broken by a desperate plea for help. Knowing time was of the essence, the officers popped
the trunk of their car, grabbed the battering ram from inside and lugged it over to the door. Then with a tremendous swing,
they brought it crashing down. Everybody outside peered
through the doorway, and what they saw shocked
them to their core. Inside was Kirk, lying on
the floor beside his couch and weakly pleading for help. He looked terrible. Pale face, shaky and weak. It was obvious to everyone, that he needed medical
attention, yesterday. Without wasting any more precious time, an ambulance was called, and Kirk was rushed to
a nearby Salem Hospital, where he was treated in intensive care. After another agonizing wait, he was thankfully pronounced stable. So when Domino's employees, visited him with cards and
flowers a few days later, he was as grateful as it's possible to be. See Kirk lived alone. So if it weren't for those staff members who went above and beyond
to look out for him, things could have gone very differently. Considering he'd been
radio silent for 11 days, we have no idea how long
he'd been lying there for. Perhaps he suffered a stroke or maybe he ordered from
Papa John's by mistake, and his body just couldn't handle it. The reality is we don't
know exactly what happened, as the information has
never been made public. But we do know that if those Domino staff hadn't come in the nick of time, Kirk wouldn't be here with us today. Amazing! And it just goes to show
that a love of pizza is only ever a good thing. (electronics buzzing) Apologetic Anarchists. Stealing is wrong and
most thieves know it, but even criminals sometimes have their own
forms of moral compass. Over in San Bernardino,
California in 2013, volunteers at a charity
came in one morning to find that their computer
towers, monitors and laptops, had all been stolen. It appeared that the villains responsible, had dropped through a
skylight the night before, grabbed what they could and fled. Crafty. But stealing from a charity? Really? The cops started chatting
with some drifters around town to find out if anybody knew
anything but got no leads. However, the next morning, the nonprofit's Executive
Director, Candy Stallings, got a call. Apparently, strange activity had been spotted outside the charity. Had they been robbed again? Candy got her car and raced to the scene. When she arrived, what she saw on the
doorstep gave her chills. The criminals had returned
to the scene of the crime and left a big, oddly
shaped sack in their wake. Tentatively Candy approached
the sack, opened it, and received the shock of her life. Believe it or not, it
was the stolen goods. Yep. An apologetic note left
with the return tag explained that the criminals had no idea, who they were stealing from and had left to return the
loot once they found out. Wow, it's a good thing Candy wasn't there to answer the door when they'd returned or she might've fainted from the shock. Prisoner Protection. A lot of people assume convicts
are all inherently bad. If you are one of those people, you might feel differently
by the end of this tale In Gwinnett County Jail over
in Georgia, back in 2020, Deputy Warren Hobbes, was in the middle of a
standard security check, when he started to feel off. Suddenly Hobbes collapsed,
hit his head hard on the floor and fell unconscious. The only other people nearby, were the prisoners looking
down from their cells, and most of them weren't even awake, so things weren't looking good at all. Fortunately for him though, help would come from an unlikely place. Prisoners, Terry
Loveless, Walter Whitehead and Mitchell Smalls, had witnessed the entire scenario and despite what you might expect, they weren't celebrating. In fact, they were desperate to help. Wasting no time, the three inmates started
banging on their cell doors and shouting as loudly as possible to alert someone, anyone to Hobbs's state, but nobody was around. For some reason, whoever should
have been watching on CCTV, wasn't at their post. Just as things were
looking really bad though, something miraculous happened. All the commotion woke the deputy up just enough for him to
realize something was wrong. In his injured state though, Hobbs didn't realize he was
the one that needed help, and instead thought one of
the prisoners was in trouble. Somehow he managed to pull himself up and use his last bit of strength to press the button to unlock the cells. Then he collapsed once more, but in the exact moment,
the doors unlocked. Loveless, Whitehead and
Smalls rushed to his side and used his radio to get help. More guards rushed to the scene, and Hobbes was taken to hospital where he made a full recovery. It turns out the officer
had suffered a heart attack and without the three
convicts, quick thinking, he may well have passed away. Geez! Talking after the
incident, Whitehead said, "I don't care if it's a police officer, I will do whatever I can to save a man." Obviously, these three unlikely heroes aren't completely bad people. They just made some bad
choices in the past. For Warren's sake, I'm
kind of glad they did, and for your sake, I hope you're
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subscribe buttons down below to make sure you never miss out, on another fascinating video. All done. Awesome. Then on with the wholesomeness. (electronics buzzing) The Dancing Man. If there's one thing I
can't stand, it's bullies and none are more pathetic
than internet bullies. In February, 2015, this post appeared on
anonymous image sharing site. 4Chan mocking a man? For what? Dancing at a Disco? Pretty sure that's what discos are for, but no, the OP just wanted to make fun of the guy's appearance. According to the post, they'd laughed openly at him and snapped the pic as he danced, which stopped the poor dude in his tracks. However, OPs brazen bullying, didn't get quite the response
they had been hoping for. As the horrible post gained traction, it got the attention of people, both on 4Chan and off, and everyone was near unanimously in support of the mysterious dancing man. Thus began a worldwide search
to locate the bullied boogier and give him a night he'd never forget. American journalist Cassandra Macdonald launched a Twitter campaign with the #FINDDANCINGMAN, and just one day later, somebody posted a snap of them with him. It turns out the Dancing Man was a Londoner named Sean O'Brien. So Cassandra got in touch with Sean and invited him down to LA
for a colossal dance party, thrown specially for him. And here's the clincher. One of the party's organizers
had set up a GoFundMe page and raised over $40,000
towards it in donations, meaning Sean wouldn't have to pay a dime. Truly, he graciously
accepted his free vacation. I would too. On May 23rd of that year, over a thousand people turned up to the Avalon
nightclub in Los Angeles for the super shindig. The mega party even
featured a video message from Pharrell Williams and made a grant total of $30,000, for anti-bullying charities. Not too shabby at all. Very satisfying end to a story that all started with
some internet scumbag trying to bully someone. Dance on my man. Dance on. (electronics buzzing) Grogu Fights Fires. In the event of disaster, you need a hero and who better to save
you than a Jedi knight? Well, former Jedi Padawan in this case. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Back in 2020, wildfires were
ravaging the state of Oregon. Though they're not uncommon there, this particular wildfire
season was worse than ever. With over a million acres of land savaged, thousands of homes destroyed,
and even 11 tragic deaths. A five-year-old boy named Carver had seen the devastation on the news and desperately wanted
to do something nice, for the hardworking firefighters. So he focused his mind and used the force to put the fires out, or at least I wish he had. No, he actually spoke to
his grandma about them and told her he had wanted to
give the emergency services, something to make them smile. So what did he choose? Well, he didn't land on cookies or a mug with world's
best firefighter on it. Oh no. He wanted to send them
his own baby Yoda doll. If you've been living under a rock, that's the little green
Star Wars character from Disney plus's, "The Mandalorian." Carver marched his doll down to a local donation drive with a note that read, "Here's a friend for you
in case you get lonely." Aw! The next day, Carver's local fire
department received the doll, but they didn't just smile and pop the little green dude on a shelf. They made him part of the crew. The team took him on calls throughout the rest of the wildfire season and even started a Facebook group where they posted pics
of themselves with him. Before long, Carver's gift had
become a social media darling and he'd even traveled
to different states, to help firefighters elsewhere. Folks just couldn't get enough of the cute little guy's adventures, and again, you blame them. Most of all though, it was the emergency services themselves that truly appreciated the doll. It was a slice of normalcy
that reminded them of home and all thanks to the kindness
of one five year old boy. (sniffs) I'm not crying, it's just a wildfire
smoke getting in my eyes. (whimpers) (electronics buzzing) Train Traps. If you've been on many trains, you'll be familiar with the regular calls, to mind the gap between the
train and the station platform, when embarking or disembarking. You might've heard it so many times, you hardly acknowledge it, but trust me, you should. Over at a train station in
Saitama, Japan in July, 2013, one commuter didn't follow the golden rule and fell straight down the gap while stepping off the train. Cripes! As if this wasn't bad enough already. It was Monday morning rush hour, which is absolutely hectic
and in around Saitama, so the chances of anyone even
noticing were next to none. It was a complete miracle then that someone on the platform did notice. After the witness hastily alerted staff, a public announcement was
made about the trapped woman and something absolutely
unbelievable happened. No less than 40 people
immediately lept into action and started pushing the train carriage. Now, trains are solid
this singular carriage way weighed a whopping 32 tons, but they can sway slightly back and forth if enough force is put on them. All they needed was for that
gap to get a little bigger. And amazingly, after a
colossal effort it did. The hoard of helpful commuters managed to push the train back just enough for the woman to
pull herself up and escape. Wow! Perhaps equally amazing, just eight minutes later, the trains were operating
as if nothing had happened. That's one massive win
for our fallen woman and the heroes that saved her and another for the sheer efficiency of Japan's rail network. Kudos! (electronics buzzing) A Meow-sive Problem. At a Walmart in Morristown,
Tennessee back in 2022, employees experienced what can only be described as
an utterly ridiculous event. When a worker named Lindsey, passed by the Pepsi vending machine, she was shocked to hear more than the usual mechanical worrying. A faint meow was coming from inside. Yeah, you heard that correctly. Lindsey had absolutely no idea how, but there seemed to be
a cat trapped inside. This dispenser wasn't one
of the glass fronted ones, so it wasn't like she could
just see it chilling in there. But unless the machine
had an odd new feature, that sound could only mean one thing. Confused, but determined, Lindsey called the fire brigade, and when they arrived, they
were just as baffled as she was. The fire crew quickly
unplugged the machine, removed the back plate and managed to coax out the animal inside. It turns out it wasn't just any old cat, it was a tiny kitten. "Ah, look at his little guy." (throat clearing) I suppose that explains how it got in there in the first place. Anyway, the defenseless animal was saved, and Lindsey got herself a
brand new pet in the process. I'm unsure what she ended up naming the soda-loving fur ball, but after Morristown
government's Facebook page, posted about the story, one commenter suggested, "Mountain Mew". (scoffs) If you can
think of a better name, let me know down in my comments below, though that one's gonna be tough to beat. (air whooshing)
(electronics buzzing) In-tents Fundraising. Buckle up people, you're about to hear the origin story of the one and only Tent Boy. No, it's not the latest
lame Marvel superhero created in a pathetic
attempt to drive sales, but a normal boy who dedicated
himself to doing good. When 10 year old Max Woosey's neighbor and friend, Rick Abbott, tragically passed away due
to cancer back in 2020, Max wanted to raise some
money for the hospice that had looked after his friend and he had just the idea. Before he'd passed, Rick
had given Max a tent and told him to have an adventure. So Max decided to honor his friend, by camping out in his backyard and setting up an online fundraiser. It was simple. The longer he stayed out, the more money he hoped
to earn for the hospice. Well, this kind of gesture
would end up going way further than he could have ever expected. You see, the fundraiser ended
up being really successful. I'm talking thousands
of dollars successful. So Max kept going and going, and before he knew it, he'd
been out there for 500 days. By this point, he had
a whole legion of fans, cheering him on and he'd even been invited to tea with then British Prime
Minister Boris Johnson, and still the support
and cash kept coming. Max couldn't believe it. In the end, Tent Boy kept on camping for a grand total of three years and wound up raising over 700,000
pounds for Rick's hospice. That's over $870,000. As if that wasn't enough, he was even honored by Queen Elizabeth II. Wow! Unsurprisingly then, the
final night of his camp out, turned into a huge celebration, where everybody was welcome
to join in on the festivities. Well deserved too. (electronics buzzing) Sausage Doggo. I love dogs, but everybody knows, they can be a little hard
to control sometimes. Over in the coastal county of Hampshire in the United Kingdom, things weren't looking good
for a little dog named Millie. On one fateful day in January, 2022, the Jack Russell Whippet cross, managed to give her owners
the slip while out on a walk. Then she managed to give the
authorities the slip as well. Police, firefighters and coast guards, all failed to snag the slippery pup, and time was running out. See, Millie had run onto
some coastal mudflats and the tide was coming in, so now she was being
rapidly surrounded by water and she was too scared
to swim to dry land. If something didn't happen fast, it'd be bye-bye for the poor mutt. The team of rescuers were nearby, but with a vast expanse of water
between them and the hound. Things weren't looking promising. Suddenly one of the
group had a crazy idea. She'd seen a family further down the beach that were having a picnic. Frantically, she rushed over to them and asked if they had any sausages. They did. The family generously cooked
up a wiener and gave it to her. Then she ran back to the rest of the team and started putting
the plan into fruition. One of them just so
happened to have a drone. By attaching the tasty meat
onto it with some string, it made an effective lure. The sausified drone
was flown above Millie, and sure enough, the doggo just couldn't
resist the floating feast. Without hesitation, she
jumped into the water and swam after it all
the way to safe dry land, where she was finally
reunited with her owners. Aw, I never thought I'd say the sentence, saved by flying sausage (electronics buzzing) Overdue Retirement. It's an all too unfortunate reality , that a lot of people simply can't retire at a reasonable age, even if they've worked
hard their whole lives. One TikToker saw this sad truth firsthand, back in November 2022, Devan Bonagura worked for a company that sold phones through Walmart, and one day he was on shift with an elderly woman called Nola. It was clear that she was working well after she should
have been allowed to rest, but she had a mortgage to
pay off and had no choice. Devan felt terrible for her, so to document the injustice, he took a short video of Nola, while they were in the
staff room together, and it's a heartbreaking
snapshot into her life. (gentle music) After uploading the clip
onto TikTok, it went viral, and is now sitting comfortably at over 30 million views. Jeepers! In response to all the concerned viewers, Devon saw an opportunity to help and set up a GoFundMe for her. The goal was $10,000. Well, safe to say it was smashed. (glass splintering) and total sympathetic strangers online, donated a staggering $186,000, towards getting Nola out of that Walmart. When Devan handed the funds
to her, she was overjoyed, but did she immediately retire? Unbelievably, no. Nola wanted to continue working
through the holiday season to do her part. What a woman! In January, 2023, she finally packed it in and is now enjoying the quiet life. All thanks to one man's video and a whole load of internet heroes. This one's to you, Nola! (electronics buzzing) Lending a Foot. One fateful Tuesday
afternoon in November, 2020, New Jersey lifeguard Anthony Capuano, had just finished up
a workout in the park. Just as he was getting
ready to head home though, he heard a massive commotion, coming from the nearby Newark Bay. Naturally, he went to investigate and discovered something horrible. There in the middle of
the water was a car, rapidly sinking with its
driver trapped inside. A huge crowd had gathered, but
nobody seemed to be helping. However, as if by magic, Anthony's lifeguard training kicked in and he knew exactly what he had to do. Wasting no time, he yanked
off his prosthetic leg, handed it to the nearest
person and ran to the rescue. Wait, what? That's right, Anthony lost
his leg in an accident, when he was just 17, but that didn't stop
him from being a hero. Our determined one-legged lifeguard, lept straight into the water and tore through it at top speeds, straight for the panicking
man and a good job too. He got there and the nick of time, ripped the door open and helped
the guy out of the vehicle, mere moments before it sank. Geez! Apparently the 68 year old driver, had been attempting to pull over and answer a phone call at the same time, when he lost control and
crashed into the water. So it's amazing luck that
Anthony was there to save him, and don't worry, he got his leg back. (electronics buzzing) Keep on Movin'. Let's be honest, nobody
likes moving house, but it's a lot less painful if
you can wrinkle up some help. Well, in February, 2023 in a
village in the Philippines, one man got the greatest assistance he could have ever hoped for. He was elderly and had just lost his wife, so the lonely guy needed
somebody to care for him. His children wanted him to move close by, but they lived on the other side of town. So he'd need a little help to get there and no, not just to move his stuff. To move his entire house. Yeah, remarkably, the whole village agreed
to help in the endeavor and banded together to lift up his home and carry it all the way there. Wow! If I was him, I'd have tried
to sneakily hitch a lift in it. But hold on. How on earth did they
lift an entire house? Well, this wasn't a brick house. The old man's home was
a traditional Nipa hut, a building composed of
lightweight natural materials like wooden bamboo, which allowed the group to
perform this incredible task. The tremendous effort
isn't uncommon either. It's a perfect example of
Filipino Bayanihan culture, where the whole community comes together, to help any member in need. Seriously inspiring. The journey took two
sweat- inducing hours, but the exhausted villagers
were treated to a delicious meal by the old man's daughter,
once the job was done. Man, I struggle to get friends
to help me move a couch. No way they'd help me
move my entire house. (electronics buzzing) Bearly Made It. How far would you go for a friend? Would you lend them that
new video game you just got? Pay for dinner? How about battling
enormous fanged monster? Well, college wrestler, Kendall Cummings, proved that he'd go toe to toe with any beast for his bud. While out hunting with his pal Brady Lowry in Shoshone National
Forest, Wyoming in 2022, the duo found themselves
becoming the hunted. Everything was going just fine, until a huge grizzly bear, descended on them out of nowhere and began an aggressive assault on Lowry. Both the boys must have been
well and truly terrified, but that didn't stop Cummings from selflessly coming
to his friend's rescue. Like something out of
a cheesy action flick, the brave lad did a running
jump onto the grizzlies back and started pulling on the
ferocious fur ball's ears, Oh man, a short but
very tense battle later and miraculously, the bear relented, giving the pair a chance
to frantically dial 911. Then with a little help
from some passers by, they made it back to the trail, where they were picked up
by a search and rescue team. They were saved. So this utterly bonker story ends with their boys beaten and
bruised, but thankfully alive. Phew! (electronics buzzing) Convict Compassion. It was a sweltering hot
summer's day back in June 2022, in the US state of Georgia. Six prison inmates were
out doing maintenance work in a local cemetery, while a deputy sheriff watched over them. Suddenly, they were
interrupted by a loud thud. Turning around, the convicts realized the deputy had collapsed
in the incredible heat. The men were out in the open, so they had the perfect
opportunity to make their escape or do something much worse, but that's not what happened. Instead, the group immediately ran to the fallen officer's aid. One grabbed the cop's
cell phone and dialed 911, while the others removed
his bulletproof vest to help him cool down. In that moment, they didn't care who was
in chains and who wasn't. All they wanted to do was
help, and help they did. An ambulance arrived in time
to get the deputy to a hospital where he made a full recovery. Phew! It turns out he'd actually
lost consciousness, due to complications from a
brain surgery 10 years earlier. He's absolutely fine now. But had those men not
acted the way they did, I could be telling you
a very different story, but the tale isn't over yet. Because they were all
non-violent offenders, who didn't pose a threat to the public. The sheriff reckoned
they deserved a reward, so he recommended they all
receive a reduced sentence for their heroics, and I can't argue it was undeserved. More importantly though, they were thrown a pizza
party with homemade desserts. (chuckles) Maybe I should
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