Regular people, remarkable deeds

These six heroes don't wear capes, they don't posses super human powers, and they don't have alter egos. They were just in the right place at the right time.

Gidge Martinez stopped to aid an injured pedestrian on his way home. Tristan Morgan, who was only 5 years old, called 911 after his mom passed out. Sheriff's deputies David Harkness and Timothy Axton rescued a driver who was pinned underneath his car after an accident. Michael Deyneka, an Auburn firefighter, pulled his team out of a burning building before it collapsed. Kathy Malenick, a daycare provider, chased a school bus that was dragging one of her children down the road.

Some of the nominees said they were only doing the job they get paid to do, and others said they only did what any other person would have done in the same situation. None of them believe they did anything special, but all six have been nominated for the Cayuga County Red Cross Real Heroes award.