01of 06Angel Fiorini suffered horrific burns to her body while saving her three children from a house fire in October 2016.Angel Fiorini“I have a really strong desire to make a difference from all of this. My life wasn’t just spared for no reason,” Fiorini, of Washington,told PEOPLEin 2017. “It’s something that gives me strength, knowing what I’ve overcome and what I’ve been able to fight through.”
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Angel Fiorini suffered horrific burns to her body while saving her three children from a house fire in October 2016.
Angel Fiorini
“I have a really strong desire to make a difference from all of this. My life wasn’t just spared for no reason,” Fiorini, of Washington,told PEOPLEin 2017. “It’s something that gives me strength, knowing what I’ve overcome and what I’ve been able to fight through.”
02of 06Stephanie Decker saved her children when a tornado ripped through their home in Henryville, Indiana, in March 2012, and lost both of her legs in the devastating ordeal.Michael Clevenger/AP Photo via The Courier-Journal"I don’t even think twice about it,“saidDecker, who appeared inPeople Icons: Heroes & Survivorson ABC in 2017. “I wouldn’t change it for a million bucks. Things happen for a reason. It was my time to step up.”
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Stephanie Decker saved her children when a tornado ripped through their home in Henryville, Indiana, in March 2012, and lost both of her legs in the devastating ordeal.
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“I don’t even think twice about it,“saidDecker, who appeared inPeople Icons: Heroes & Survivorson ABC in 2017. “I wouldn’t change it for a million bucks. Things happen for a reason. It was my time to step up.”
03of 06Fiona Simpson was covered with bruises after she used her body as a shield to protect her then-4-month-old daughter, Clara, during an October 2018 hail storm that blew out the windows of the car they were driving in.The Project“The back window, where Clara was, the whole back window just blew out … glass went everywhere through the car,” Simpson, of Australia, toldThe Project. “So I took off my seatbelt, climbed through the back and just laid on top of her.”
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Fiona Simpson was covered with bruises after she used her body as a shield to protect her then-4-month-old daughter, Clara, during an October 2018 hail storm that blew out the windows of the car they were driving in.
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“The back window, where Clara was, the whole back window just blew out … glass went everywhere through the car,” Simpson, of Australia, toldThe Project. “So I took off my seatbelt, climbed through the back and just laid on top of her.”
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Chelsea Lockhart of British Columbia scared off a cougar that attacked her 7-year-old son in their backyard in April 2019.
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“I looked at him and I just thought, ‘Oh my god, my kid could die right before my eyes,'” she said. “All you think is what can you do? What can you do in your own physical strength?”
05of 06Mindy Tran threw herself in front of the tires of her car when it began to roll down the driveway with her twins girls inside.Courtesy WCVB ABC“I was like, ‘What is going on?’ And I see my daughter sitting there in the back seat and of course my first instinct is, ‘I have to push the car back into the driveway,'” Tran, then 22, recounted toWCVBin March 2014 ofdiving under the car to stop it.“My daughters are my everything, my everything, and I don’t want to see them in the hospital, and I knew at that time it was either mine or theirs,” said Tran, whose neighbors ran over to help bring the car to a complete stop.
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Mindy Tran threw herself in front of the tires of her car when it began to roll down the driveway with her twins girls inside.
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“I was like, ‘What is going on?’ And I see my daughter sitting there in the back seat and of course my first instinct is, ‘I have to push the car back into the driveway,'” Tran, then 22, recounted toWCVBin March 2014 ofdiving under the car to stop it.
“My daughters are my everything, my everything, and I don’t want to see them in the hospital, and I knew at that time it was either mine or theirs,” said Tran, whose neighbors ran over to help bring the car to a complete stop.
06of 06Quick-thinking mom Michelle Kline said she pulled her two small children from a smoking toy car less than a minute before it burst into flames at their Massachusetts home in August 2018.Michelle Kline“The car stops, it wasn’t going anymore. I was trying to help my son turn it around, it just stopped working,” Michelle toldPEOPLE. “Immediately, I smelled something electrical burning. There was some smoke coming out of the hood, so I ran up to them and unbuckled them and pulled them out.”
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Quick-thinking mom Michelle Kline said she pulled her two small children from a smoking toy car less than a minute before it burst into flames at their Massachusetts home in August 2018.
Michelle Kline
“The car stops, it wasn’t going anymore. I was trying to help my son turn it around, it just stopped working,” Michelle toldPEOPLE. “Immediately, I smelled something electrical burning. There was some smoke coming out of the hood, so I ran up to them and unbuckled them and pulled them out.”
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