A 65-year-old man was pinned beneath a car, screaming for help for 90 minutes, but nobody heard him. With broken ribs, a fractured pelvis, and his strength fading, he began to believe he was going to die. Then he prayed for God to send someone, gathered enough strength for one final scream, and something extraordinary happened. It happened in Sumter, South Carolina. Allen Clemmons had been working beneath his Ford Mustang when it slipped off its supports and came crashing down on him. Unable to move and struggling to breathe, he spent the next hour and a half desperately calling for help. As his strength faded, Allen prayed for one more chance to be heard. That final cry reached a 9-year-old boy playing nearby. Malachi Coffey followed the sound and discovered Allen pinned beneath the vehicle. Realizing how serious the situation was, he stayed beside the injured man and listened carefully to his instructions. Allen guided Malachi to a car jack and told him where to position it. The little boy began pumping the handle, slowly raising the vehicle until enough pressure was lifted for Allen to breathe more easily. Malachi then ran to get additional help. Allen survived despite suffering serious injuries. He later called Malachi his guardian angel, believing God had answered his desperate prayer through a little boy who happened to be nearby. Malachi was honoured for his bravery, but what makes this rescue so remarkable is that a nine-year-old boy accomplished something that saved a man’s life when nobody else could hear his cries. Sometimes answered prayers arrive in the smallest, most unexpected ways. This young hero deserves to be celebrated.

A car carrying three teenage girls plunged into a river in Mississippi. Within moments, the car was sinking with all three girls trapped in the water and screaming for help. Sixteen-year-old Corion Evans saw what was happening, kicked off his shoes and jumped in. He reached the girls and began getting them back to shore one at a time, swimming one girl to safety before turning around and going back into the river for the next. After the third girl was safe, it looked like the rescue was finally over. Then Corion heard someone else calling for help. A police officer who had entered the water to assist was now struggling himself and beginning to drown. So after already rescuing three people, Corion turned around and swam back out again. He reached the officer and helped bring him safely back to shore too. By the time Corion finally came out of the water, this 16-year-old had helped save four lives in a single day. Now THAT is the kind of young hero I want to hear about.