Kate Winslet
In 2011, when lightning struck Richard Branson’s $70 million home in the Caribbean, nobody expected Kate Winslet, who was there with her family, to become a hero, but she did in spectacular fashion!
Richard Branson’s mother was 90 at the time (and has since passed away) and Winslet helped her escape the flames. All in all, 20 people managed to walk out of the burning house. Later, Branson wrote his thanks to Winslet on a now-defunct blog for saving his mother.
Ryan Gosling
Ryan Gosling saved a woman’s life and inadvertently sparked a conversation about the war in the Middle East… Yeah, we’re not making this up!
In 2012, Laurie Penny a journalist and author forgot to look the right way when crossing the street. As a British person visiting the U.S., this isn’t exactly uncommon. Gosling reached out and pulled her back, which later prompted her to tweet out “literally, LITERALLY just got saved from a car by Ryan Gosling. Literally. That actually just happened.”
Unsurprisingly, there was an outpouring of support for her and Gosling on the social media platform and Penny took the opportunity to respond with an article titled “Ryan Gosling Saved Me From a Speeding Car But There’s War In the Middle East So Everyone Calm Down”, saying that Americans have huge reactions about every-day happenings but lose sight of other important matters in the world.
Harrison Ford
Many people consider Harrison Ford a real-life Batman, and here’s why. Since he is a licensed pilot and owns a helicopter, he helps on search-and-rescue operations whenever he can.
He saved two hikers at the top of Table Mountain in Wyoming after they suffered altitude sickness and also rescued Cody Clawson, a 13-year-old Boy Scout who got separated from his troop in Yellowstone National Park.
What’s more, he even helped a woman who lost control of her vehicle and drove off California’s State Route 126. Upon finding her car as he was driving by, he stopped, pulled her out of the car, and waited until paramedics arrived.
