DESPITE dozens of emergency services and police negotiators, it was general duties officer Arun Trevitt who convinced Dan Price not to take his own life. Mr Price was at the ceremony where the constable received a Pride of Australia medal today.
NOT for one moment since their son Matt disappeared in 2007 did Mark and Faye Leveson surrender their search or the pursuit of justice. Their extraordinary efforts drove a police cold case investigation and later an inquest into Matt’s death.
YOUNG Sydney Dr Chloe Abbott took her own life last year, one of four junior physicians to take their lives in as many months. But rather than be broken by her death, Chloe’s family say they will keep pushing for a change to the “brutal” expectations of the industry.
COLIN Bailey was trying to attach a horse float when a freak accident tore his right arm off completely. Facing the possibility of bleeding to death his shouted for his 12-year-old daughter to help.
It brought the city to a standstill. Brandishing a bloodied butcher’s knife, a 20-year-old man ran through the streets of the Sydney CBD after allegedly murdering one woman and trying to kill another. Step forward a group of everyday heroes.
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes and Gucci the pomeranian might be the smallest and furriest of them all. The two-year-old pooch saved her owner George Rutonski’s life when his Eagle Vale rental home caught alight as he slept.
Two dogs and two cats were trapped inside a burning Sydney home when postie Richard Pumpa knocked on their door. He had just minutes to get help and save their lives.
Two paramedics not only stepped in front of an erratic knife-wielding man toprotect innocent bystanders, they came to his aid after he was shot. But thatwasn’t all, they still had a bomb threat to deal with.
A man who made a split-second decision to help save a pregnant woman was being repeatedly punched in the head has been nominated for a bravery award. VOTE FOR YOUR HEROES.
Mosman Carers’ Group provides a weekly lifeline for carers looking after their loved ones. The group is nominated for a Pride of Australia award.
Not many five year olds could be expected to know what to do when confronted by an unconscious parent. But when Liliana Taione found herself in this situation, her actions were nothing short of heroic.
A former detective sergeant’s own battle with post-traumatic stress disorder led him to devote his life to saving others, and calling for more help for officers and other emergency workers.
Starving kangaroos invading drought-stricken country towns in NSW and the sight of dead roos on the side of the road forced this 11-year-old girl to take action.
Diagnosed in 2016 at the age of 12, Jacinta Gomez was classed as a high risk cancer patient but despite this continued to help others with the creation of ‘Cupcakes for kids with cancer’.
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