A Mother's Journey with Her Sickle Cell Warrior
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Demeatrice Nance has been advocating for her Sickle Cell Warrior, Makenzie, since she was diagnosed after birth in October of 2003. Since then she's become a champion for blood donation and a hero to sickle cell patients everywhere.
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Hero Awards: Three Ordinary Citizens Step Up In Extraordinary Circumstances
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Be A Hero: An Off Duty Fireman Is Never Off Duty
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For Twinsburg Firefighter and Paramedic Izzy Abdallah, his off day was anything but.
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Hero Awards: An Uber Driver Going Above the Call of Duty
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Uber Driver Matthew Certain noticed something strange after dropping off his first rider one February evening - the neighbor's garage was on fire! That's when he sprung into action and potentially saved a life.
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Hero Awards: A Driver's Training Kicks In Before His Bus Goes Up In Flames
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Cleveland Heights/ University Heights School District Bus Driver Dorian Pace was working his normal bus route when something went wrong. A mechanical failure on the bus forced Dorian to act fast and make sure a busload of kids were safe and unharmed.
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Hero Awards: The U.S. Coast Guard In Action
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For members of the U.S. Coast Guard working at the Cleveland Harbor Station, things can change at a moments notice. That was the case this October day that started out calm and quickly turned into a daring rescue mission.
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Military Appreciation: Air Force Veteran's first Red Cross deployment
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For Nasir Ahmad, deployment was nothing new. As an Air Force veteran, he'd been on multiple deployments. But this his first as a member of the American Red Cross Service to the Armed Forces team was new territory for him.
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Hurricanes Helene and Milton: Back-to-back storms and the heroes who responded
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In this episode five Red Cross disaster responders from Northern Ohio talk about how they helped people impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton during the early autumn of 2024.
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Officers save choking child on Halloween
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Officers Holly Alferio and Alexis Dixon of the Avon, Ohio police department saved the life of a choking child on Halloween in 2023. They have been chosen as winners of a 2024 Hero Award, presented by the American Red Cross of North Central Ohio. On this episode, the officers explain how they came across a panicked mother on the side of the road, as they were on their way to pass out candy.
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Saved from a Home Fire - 2024 North Central Ohio Heroes
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Jerry Klear and Bob Verhoff teamed up to save a physically-challenged woman and her young granddaughter from a home fire in rural Ottawa County, and for their heroics, they are receiving a 2024 Hero Award from the American Red Cross of North Central Ohio. Jerry was driving by when he noticed smoke coming from the home, and Bob is a niehgbor who also saw the fire. They describe what they did and why.
info_outlineThree students of the Kent State University School of Nursing helped save a man in distress in downtown Wooster, Ohio. The man was experiencing a violent seizure when students Audrey Jokovich, Keenan Orr, and Marissa Tyger happened to be walking by as they were working on a school assignment. They provided aid and obtained valuable information about the patient before EMS arrived on the scene. All three credit their Red Cross Basic Life Support training for helping them know what to do and how to stay calm in a very stressful situation. Hosted by Jim McIntyre, Regional Communications Director of the American Red Cross of Northern Ohio (and proud KSU grad - class of '81.)