Tank Man

It's been seventeen years (how time flies) but you must remember him: Tank Man. The brave soul who made history by refusing to step aside and let the tanks pass. You can now find out what has become of him in a documentary you can freely watch online here.
I think we should never forget this guy.

Oscar the cat

It sounds like a tabloid tale or an urban legend, but this anecdote actually appeared in the New England Journal of Medecine: Oscar the cat, living in a rehabilitiation centre in Rhode Island, VS, predicts when one of the patients will die, and keeps them company. Read the entire story here.

Stories of love and compassion always give me a fuzzy feeling, but all the more in those extaordinary cases when it crosses species boundaries.