Category: Survivor

Ending Human Trafficking: A National Priority | America’s Hope (July 21)

The Department of Homeland Security states that human trafficking threatens our physical and virtual borders, our immigration and customs systems, our prosperity, our national security, and our personal and public safety. For this reason, the Department of Homeland Security has declared it a national priority to end human trafficking. In this episode, America’s Hope is…


Factory Explosion Survivor, on Fire, Fell Into Chocolate Vat

A woman pulled alive from the rubble of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory after an explosion that killed seven co-workers says flames had engulfed the building, and her arm, when the floor gave way beneath her. That might have been the end, if she hadn’t fallen into a vat of liquid chocolate. The dark liquid extinguished…


Turkish Teen Filmed ‘Last Moments’ From Quake-Hit Apartment

ADIYAMAN, Turkey—A 17-year-old high school student has captured Turkish hearts after he filmed a farewell message to his loved ones as he was trapped under the rubble of his home during last week’s earthquake. Taha Erdem and his family were fast asleep when a 7.8 magnitude quake hit their hometown of Adiyaman in the early…


Shlomo Perel, Holocaust Survivor, Film Subject, Dies at 98

JERUSALEM—Shlomo Perel, who survived the Holocaust through surreal subterfuge and an extraordinary odyssey that inspired his own writing and an internationally renowned film, died on Thursday in central Israel. He was 98. Perel was born in 1925 to a Jewish family in Brunswick, Germany, just several years before the Nazis came to power. He and…


‘Life Is a Miracle’: Twin Abortion Survivor Shares Her Story of Survival and How She Forgave Her Birth Mom

A woman who survived the late-term abortion that killed her twin is sharing the story of how she forgave her birth mother. Led by faith, she wants others to know that there are options besides abortion and that no woman has to walk her path alone. Claire Culwell, 34, is a national speaker and author…


Survivor of Monterey Park Shooting Says Dance Partner Died Shielding Her With His Body

A survivor of the Monterey Park mass shooting described the harrowing scene after 10 people were killed on Saturday, and recounted how her dance partner shielded her with his body and died from gunshot wounds. A gunman identified as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran opened fire at the Star Dance Studio on West Garvey Avenue in Monterey…


Against All Odds: Surviving the Holocaust | Documentary

This cinematic film focuses on Holocaust survivor stories outside the concentration camps and the living among the general population. Each day was uncertain, and Jews were hunted like animals. Discovery almost always meant death. …


Survivor Found From Thai Navy Ship That Sank Sunday

BANGKOK—Rescuers found a survivor and recovered five bodies from a Thai warship that sank over the weekend in the Gulf of Thailand, navy officials said Tuesday, as hopes faded for two dozen people still missing. Officials acknowledged there were not enough life jackets for all those aboard. The HTMS Sukhothai, a corvette in service for…


Miracle Survivor of 98 Percent Body Burns Raises 2 Kids, Credits God for Keeping Him Alive

A Florida man who suffered 98 percent burns to his body in a horrific accident as a child, and was given only 1 percent chance of survival, has pulled through against the odds. He endured bullies, loneliness, and thoughts of suicide, but the love of his family and their daily prayer got him through. Today,…


Survivor Found in Coal Mine Accident in Russia’s Siberia

MOSCOW—Rescuers have found a survivor in a Siberian coal mine where dozens of miners are presumed dead after a devastating methane explosion, a top local official announced Friday. Sergei Tsivilyov, governor of the Kemerovo region where the mine is located, said on the messaging app Telegram that the survivor was found in the Listvyazhnaya mine…