A 1001 Heroes Special- TEN STORIES OF FORGOTTEN HEROES (PT 1) - shares the following stories:

1), Grace Darling, the 22 year-old lighthouse keeper's daughter who rescued nine victims of a wreck at great risk to her own life; 2), The wreck of the HMS Birkenhood, the event which began the "women and children first" protocol; 3), The cabbies of Paris help save the city from German invasion;, 4) Resistance fighter Rosa Robota and her successful effort to kill SS guards at Auschwitz; 5), Israel Bissell, who rode longer and faster than Paul Revere but got no respect ; 6), The man who never was- the corpse the foiled Hitler's defense of Sicily; 7), The courageous Swiss Guards who died trying to defend a French king in 1792; 8). The heroes who died to find the cause of Yellow Fever; 9), Penicillin's forgotten heroes; and 10), Balto, the dog who saved a city.

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