( CNN ) -- Every once in a while a story about an individual saving a life makes a big splash . But it 's rare to find five such stories of bravery clustered together in fewer than eight days . From the teens who thwarted a kidnapping to the real-life superheroes who emerged at Comic-Con , here are five examples plucked from a week of headlines about human beings risking their own lives in some cases to assist their fellow travelers : . . Mobile viewers unable to see the Storify below , click this link .
Recent days have seen a spate of incidents . Men on bicycles thwart police in Chicago . River guide gets one chance to rescue unconscious man . Stuntmen at Comic - Con perform real - life rescue .