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19-Year-Old Girl Breaks Her Back After Jumping Off Pier To Rescue Boy When No One Else Will

Amazing acts of bravery and altruism sometimes end up with the hero of the story in need of a helping hand. That was just what happened when a young waitress leaped from a tall pier at dusk to save a drowning boy.

Hanna Pignato, a 19-year-old waitress at Joe’s Crab Shack, was working the rooftop evening shift on what started as just another Saturday.

Just before 8 p.m., she heard a woman frantically screaming. Hanna ran to a lower level to see what was happening. Read the full story here ▶