Local Heroes & Everyday Saviors

1

CM

Captain Smit Machhar Rank #1

Captain Smit Machhar is an Indian commercial pilot who averted a major aviation catastrophe on flydubai flight FZ1073.

49,850

2

DM

Dashrath Manjhi Rank #2

Dashrath Manjhi, known as the 'Mountain Man', single-handedly carved a path through a mountain using only a hammer and chisel.

49,200

3

NB

Neerja Bhanot Rank #3

Neerja Bhanot was an Indian flight purser who sacrificed her life to save passengers aboard hijacked Pan Am Flight 73.

48,900

4

TO

Tukaram Omble Rank #4

Assistant Sub-Inspector Tukaram Omble of Mumbai Police captured 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab alive while taking forty bullets.

48,600

5

MG

Mamoudou Gassama Rank #5

Mamoudou Gassama scaled four apartment floors in thirty seconds with bare hands to rescue a dangling toddler in Paris.

48,100

6

AH

Aitzaz Hasan Rank #6

Aitzaz Hasan was a fifteen-year-old schoolboy who tackled a suicide bomber outside his school, saving hundreds of classmates.

47,800

7

CS

Chesley Sullenberger Rank #7

Captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger successfully executed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' emergency landing, saving 155 souls.

47,500

8

IS

Irena Sendler Rank #8

Irena Sendler was a Polish nurse who rescued 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.

47,200

9

NW

Nicholas Winton Rank #9

Sir Nicholas Winton organized the Kindertransport that saved 669 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

46,900

10

DD

Desmond Doss Rank #10

Corporal Desmond Doss was a conscientious objector medic who saved seventy-five comrades on Hacksaw Ridge without firing a weapon.

46,600

11

KH

Karimul Haque Rank #11

Karimul Haque, known as 'Bike Ambulance Dada', has ferried over 4,000 sick villagers across rural Bengal to hospitals for free.

46,300

12

JP

Jadav Payeng Rank #12

Jadav 'Molai' Payeng single-handedly created a 1,360-acre forest on a barren Brahmaputra sandbar over four decades.

46,000

13

SS

Sindhutai Sapkal Rank #13

Sindhutai Sapkal, affectionately known as 'Mai', begged on streets to raise and educate over 1,500 orphaned children.

45,700

14

BA

Babar Ali Rank #14

Babar Ali started a free school in his backyard at age nine to educate underprivileged village children in West Bengal.

45,400

15

MU

Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan Rank #15

Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan was an NSG commando commander who made the supreme sacrifice saving hostages at the Taj Hotel during 26/11.

45,100

16

DA

Dr. Prakash Amte Rank #16

Dr. Prakash Amte and Dr. Mandakini Amte dedicated fifty years to providing free healthcare and wildlife care in tribal Hemalkasa.

44,800

17

ST

Saalumarada Thimmakka Rank #17

Saalumarada Thimmakka is a centenarian environmentalist who planted and nurtured 385 colossal banyan trees across Karnataka.

44,500

18

LA

Laxmi Agarwal Rank #18

Laxmi Agarwal is an acid attack survivor whose public campaign led to landmark Supreme Court restrictions on acid sales.

44,200

19

MP

Muralikant Petkar Rank #19

Muralikant Petkar survived nine bullet wounds in the 1965 war to win India's first-ever Paralympic gold medal.

43,900

20

CM

Captain Radhika Menon Rank #20

Captain Radhika Menon was the first woman in the world to receive the IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea.

43,600