Yes, there are real heroes. Occasionally they find newsprint. Not too sure about "calmly" doing the right thing, but here are a few stories:
Woman bites attacker's penis
Nathi Olifant
Newcastle - A 30-year-old accused of attempted rapist is languishing in police custody after he failed to raise the R500 bail that a Newcastle magistrate granted him on Monday.
Mfanafuthi John Nkosi's woes started last Friday when he attempted to rape a 37-year-old woman, who wrestled him before biting his penis and managing to flee.
Superintendent Buhle Ngidi told The Witness that the woman was walking at the corner of Dolomite and Mica streets in Sunnyridge, Newcastle, on Friday afternoon when Nkosi allegedly attacked her.
He said the woman was forced to undress, but she fought back, biting her attacker's penis.
Ngidi said the woman screamed and her husband, who was nearby, heard her and rushed to help, only to find a drunken Nkosi still trying to dress himself.
"He was drunk and could not escape and the victim's husband managed to apprehend him and called the police who arrested him on the spot," said Ngidi, who has lauded the courage of the woman.
Ngidi said Nkosi is being treated for a seven-centimetre laceration on his penis.
Ngidi said although fighting back during such attacks cannot always be encouraged unless it is safe to do so, the message has been relayed that women are fed up of dominant men, especially rapists.
"However, all credit for this brave woman. Nkosi will appear again in the Newcastle magistrate's court on July 27," said Ngidi.
and............
Destin, Fla.
Shark attack: Florida beachgoers were in a panic this week after two teenagers were mauled by sharks in separate attacks in the Gulf of Mexico. Jamie Marie Daigle, a 14-year-old tourist from Louisiana, was paddling on a boogie board 100 yards from shore when a 6-foot bull shark attacked, tearing off her left thigh. A surfer, Tim Dicus, pulled the unconscious girl onto his board as the shark circled back. Dicus then fought off the shark by punching its nose. The shark kept coming back around, Dicus said. Ive never been so scared in my life. It was like the movie Jaws except I was in it. Daigle later died from blood loss. Two days later, a teenage boy fishing in knee-deep water off another beach on the Gulf was attacked by a shark. His right leg was so badly mauled doctors had to amputate it.
(from The Week)