Accidental Heroes

Accidental Heroes

True stories of ordinary Australians who risked their lives to save others:

The woman who defied horrifying odds to save her friend from the smouldering ruins of Paddy's Bar in Bali.

The office-worker who daringly tackled a burly, armed gunman on a murder rampage, thus ending Melbourne's Queen Street Massacre.

The 9-year-old who saved his father from being gored by a wild pig.

The student who grabbed a man who had fallen off the platform to safety—seconds before the train rushed into the station.

The paramedic who risked his life to retrieve Stuart Diver from the perilously shifting rubble of the Thredbo disaster.

The mother of four who valiantly saved a friend's child from drowning.