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Welcome to a collection of stories about ordinary people doing extraordinary things. No capes, just courage.
Irena Sendler
The social worker who smuggled 2,500 children out of the Warsaw Ghetto.
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Aitzaz Hasan
The 15-year-old student who tackled a suicide bomber to save his school.
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Witold Pilecki
The man who volunteered to be imprisoned in Auschwitz to expose the truth.
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Vasili Arkhipov
The Soviet submarine officer who refused to launch a nuclear torpedo.
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Sir Nicholas Winton
The stockbroker who organized the Kindertransport to save 669 children.
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Khaled al-Asaad
The archaeologist who was beheaded protecting the secrets of Palmyra.
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