She has wiped your tears, healed you with a touch, scolded you, and loved you beyond all limits. She has selflessly devoted her life to you and expected nothing in return. Mothers are real life superheroes without capes. It doesn't matter how old you are, where you are, and what you're doing, your mother's day is spent worrying about how whether you've taken lunch on time and wondering if you're okay. This mother's day we bring to you tales of mothers who prove that moms put our lives before their own.The awe-inspiring stories of these mothers made headlines and took everyone by surprise with their strength.
Angela Cavallo saved her son's life with her Supermom strength. Tony Cavallo from Georgia will remain indebted to his mother for a lot of reasons. It was a fine morning in April 1982 when Tony was busy fixing his car in the driveway. Suddenly the jack collapsed and Tony was pinned under the car, unconscious. As soon as Angela Cavallo noticed this, she rescued him with superhuman energy. The woman held the car off her son until help arrived, thus saving his life.
Mother saves daughter from shark attack in Florida. A woman from Florida rescued her daughter from the jaws of a shark that carried her away while they were surfing. 'There's no way this is going to kill my daughter,' this brave mother thought before taking the shark head on and yanking her daughter away.
Mom lies down as 'speed bump' to save daughters in rolling car. Mindy Tran, a woman from Massachusetts laid down on the ground behind her car to stop it from rolling into the traffic. She risked her life to save her twin daughters from being injured. After this incident, she hasn't been able to walk properly.
Nikki Bradshaw Carpenter protected her children from a devastating tornado that struck Mississippi in April 2010. The 30 year old mother placed a mattress over her three sons and lay on top of it as a shield as the house collapsed around them. She lost her life trying to protect her sons. The children's grandmother remembers her as someone who always placed her kids before her herself.
Melissa Harvey jumped into fire as her house caught flames in Texas in March 2010. Melissa ran out of the house with her youngest child but soon realized her older children were still caught inside the house. The family lost everything in the fire but what mattered the most were the three children who escaped unhurt.
Maureen Lee saved her three year old daughter Maya from the clutches of an 88 pound cougar that pounced on her daughter. She wedged herself between the animal and her daughter, picked her daughter and ran to a house nearby. This heroic mother managed to save her daughter, who only sustained a few bruises in all the action.
Erika Zeeman was travelling with her family when they encountered an armed robbery at a gas station in South Africa. The armed men opened fire as her husband, a policeman, chased the robbers. She quickly hurled herself in front of her children and took a few bullets in her back. Luckily, the entire family survived the incident because of this courageous mother.
In the year 1951, supermom Gene Porter pulled her young son out of 10 feet deep well. The little boy fell into the well and screamed for help. Gene Porter balanced herself on a 6 feet wide plank and swung down, catching her son by the hand and pulled him out.
When a group of terrorists seized a mall in Nairobi, a number of innocent people lost their lives. Photographer Tyler Hicks, who was incidentally in the same mall, photographed a mother lying low, protecting her sons from the terrorists. His picture even won the Pulitzer Prize. When the lady found herself in an award winning picture, she contacted the photographer through Skype and had a long chat about her sons, who now go to school in Nairobi.
Lydia Angiyou was taking her 7 year old son and his friends for a walk along the coast when a polar bear appeared out of nowhere. Scared and concerned about the children, she pushed the children back and was clawed by the bear. The onlookers saw the incident and shot the bear on the spot.
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