1 . It was late, about 10:15 p.m. Janice Esposito got off the train at Bellport, New York, went to her car and started driving home. She was so familiar with the route that she almost drove automatically: turned left to the Station Road, then another left onto Montauk Highway, and then—bam! When Esposito’s car had just crossed the railroad tracks, it hit another vehicle and was pushed back onto the tracks. Injured but mostly shocked by the crash and by the airbags that popped up, she was stuck in the vehicle.

As it happened, Pete DiPinto was just about to go to sleep when he heard a sharp noise and saw the accident not far outside his bedroom window. As a volunteer firefighter and retired teacher, DiPinto, who was 65，fetched a flashlight and rushed out without hesitation. “Any firefighter would have done what I did,” he said. “We’re always on duty.”

At first, he spotted the other car in the accident. After making sure that the driver was all right, DiPinto looked around and discovered Esposito’s car straddling the railway tracks. And then he heard the bell ring, which signaled a train’s arrival.

DiPinto rushed to Esposito’s car and broke the window on the driver’s side. Esposito looked up at him, with her eyes glazing over. “I don’t know where I am,” she said.

“You’re on the railroad tracks，”DiPinto yelled. “I have to get you off right now! The train was running toward them at a speed of some 105 kilometers per hour. The driver’s door fail to be opened due to the collision(碰撞), so DiPinto quickly run to the other side and was able to open the door. He put the airbags aside, seized her arms, pulled her toward him across the passenger seat until finally got her out and walked her to safety as swiftly as possible. Several seconds later, the train crashed into the vehicle. “It was like a Hollywood movie,” DiPinto told reporters the next day.

“Last night,” said Gregory Miglino Jr., Chief of the Department in South Country Ambulance, “the hero arrived in pajamas(睡衣裤), not in a fire truck.”

3 . Ida Nelson was going to sleep when she heard the noise of a small airplane circling the nearby airport. It was already 11:30 p.m. in a small village of Alaska, and, as she told a local newspaper, “When a plane flies over that _________ you know there is something _________ .”

Nelson rushed to the window and saw the _________: The airport’s runway lights were out. She pulled on some clothes, _________ into her ATV(地形车), and drove it to the airport, where she found a local pilot trying to _________ the lights with his hands.

“_________, if you push the button 10 or 15 times, the lights will just light up,” Nelson said. But not this time. Meanwhile, she _________ the plane was a medevac(医疗直升机) which had a(n) _________ mission---to transport a seriously ill local girl to the nearest _________ 280 miles away.

Nelson had a __________. Driving her ATV to the end of the runway, she shone her headlights for the plane to __________. Great idea, but it wasn’t __________. More light was needed, so a neighbor __________ nearly every home in the village.

Within 20 rminutes, 20 vehicles arrived, many of the drivers still in __________. Following the pilot’ __________, the cars lined up on one side of the runway. __________ by the headlights, the plane finally landed safely. The young __________ was loaded onto the aircraft, and the plane __________ took off again.

In a world filled with uncertainty, the little community’s __________ action was a big deal. However, for Nelson, as she said, coming together “is just kind of a __________ deal.”

6 . As 17-year-old Norwood drove through St. Petersburg last February for a tour, the laughter from the four girls inside her car quickly _________ screams. As they approached a crossroads, another car T-boned them, sending their car sailing into the yard nearby, coming to a stop only when it crashed into a tree.

The impact had caved in Norwood's driver's side door, jamming it _________. Shaken, but _________ OK, she crawled out through the window. Along with two of her friends, who had also _________ to free themselves, she ran for her life.

But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn't with them. She ran back to the car and found Simmons _________ in the back seat. Without hesitation, she threw open the back door and pulled her friend out, _________ the broken glass as best she could. She _________ Simmons a few feet to safety and laid her on the ground. “I _________ her pulse but there was no sign of life. That's when I started CPR,” she told CNN.

If the accident had happened a few weeks earlier, she might not have known what to do. But Norwood, pursuing a career in medicine, had got the CPR _________ just the day before. Looking at her dying friend, Norwood knew she had __________ time to practice what she'd learned.

Immediately, she started __________ Simmons's chest with her interlocked fingers and breathing into her friend's mouth to __________ her lungs with the kiss of life. Five minutes later, Simmons began coughing and gasping（喘息）for air. The first aid she performed worked!

Soon, the ambulance arrived and __________ Simmons to the hospital, where she received medical treatment. When she heard how her best friend had saved her life, “I am extremely grateful to Norwood for her __________ of life,” Simmons told CNN. “But I am not __________, because she will always help any way she can.”

7 . Breath of Life

As Norwood drove through St. Petersburg, Florida, the laughter from the four teenage girls inside her car ______gave way to screams. They were hit by another car and ______ into a tree.

Then smoke ______ from the car. A bystander shouted, “It's about to ______! Get out!” Norwood immediately crawled out. Along with two of her friends, who'd also managed to ______ themselves, she ran for her ______.

But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn't with them. Norwood ran back and found Simmons stuck in the back ______. “She wasn't ______,” Norwood told Inside Edition. She ______open the back door and pulled her friend out. She dragged Simmons a few feet to safety and laid her on the ______. “I checked her pulse and put my ______ against her chest.” No sign of life. “That’s when I started CPR (心肺复苏术).”

______ on the lawn and looking down at her dying friend, Norwood started ______ Simmons's chest. She breathed into her friend's mouth in hopes of filling her lungs with the ______ of life. Fortunately, Simmons began coughing and breathing for air.

Soon, paramedics (医务人员) arrived and rushed Simmons to hospital. When she heard how Norwood had saved her life, “I wasn't ______,” Simmons said. “She always backs me up.”

8 . Sandra was driving her white Mazda down the main road with her daughter and son in the back. Suddenly, a green van ________ from the side road. Sandra turned the steering wheel ________ to the right, causing the car to run off the road and down an embankment (路堤) after sliding about 50 feet. If the car hadn’t stopped, it would have soared into the air and ________ on the road 20 feet below. Fortunately, as the car raced toward the embankment, its undercarriage got ________ on the road edge. The car came to a stop but actually on the edge of disaster. The people inside were far from ________. A sudden ________ by anyone inside could send the car over.

Patrick ________ the scene from the truck — parts company where he worked. Whispering prayers, he ran to the car along with four others. They jumped onto the trunk of the Mazda to balance the weight as the ________ kids in the back seat watched. Meanwhile, Alex, the owner of a shop nearby, rushed to the swinging car with a ________ belt. He tied the Mazda to a heavy truck that had been driven over by one of the other ________. With the car ________, the group carefully opened the back door and got the children out. But their ________ shifted the weight of the car, causing it to incline forward. The men, still on the trunk, asked Sandra to step into the back to ________ the weight. She did so and ________ out the back door. Finally, all the men carefully got off the car. Everyone was safe.

“If the car had run another ________,” Patrick told the local media, “this would have been a different story.”

9 . A Heroic Driver

Larry works with Transport Drivers,   Inc.   One morning in 2009, Larry was ______along 165 north after delivering to one of his _______. Suddenly, he saw a car with its bright lights on. _______ he got closer, he found ____ vehicle upside down on the road. One more look and he noticed _______ shooting out from under the _______ vehicle. Larry pulled over, set the brake and _______the fire extinguisher (灭火器). Two good bursts from the extinguisher and the fire was put out.

The man who had his bright lights on _______ and told Larry he had _______ an emergency call. They ________ heard a woman’s voice coming from the wrecked (毁坏的) vehicle. ________the vehicle, they saw that a woman was trying to get out of the broken window. They told her to stay ________ until the emergency personnel arrived, ________ she thought the car was going to ________. Larry told her that he had already put out the fire and she should not move ________ she injured her neck.

Once fire and emergency people arrived, Larry and the other man ________ and let them go to work. Then, Larry asked the ________ if he was needed or ________ to go. They let him and the other man go.

One thing is ________—Larry went above and beyond the call of duty by getting so close to the burning vehicle! His ________ most likely saved the woman’s life.