Ray's Heroes of the Day

No one will ever know the pain Beth Colon has to live through every day. Especially after losing her 17-year -old son, Jared, a senior at Hillsborough High School, was punched in the head during a verbal argument with another Hillsborough teen... Read More ...

Something as serious and debilitating as stage-4 neuroblastoma, a cancer of the nerve cells, is no match for the faith of 11 year old Gracie West of Freehold. Her faith is strong and her attitude positive – so much so that despite 9 rounds of chemotherapy, her fondest wish was to see Pope Francis in Rome...

It’s in stories like the following that we see the spirit of the holiday season in action. And this story will give you some measure of hope in that whatever life throws at you, there are good people in the world willing to put all else aside just to lend support...

There’s been an outpouring of support for a 7-year-old Gloucester County boy, who’s fighting acute myeloid leukemia. Aiden Riebel already has become brother firefighter not just here, but in all 50 states and nearly a dozen countries, all because a family friend and full-time firefighter, Scott Sheldrick, launched a viral campaign... Read More ...

It may be in the job description, but still, when you have the combination of a state patrolman and off-duty nurse coming to the rescue of a man in distress – those actions deserve props. Hence, today’s Ray’s Heroes are trooper Michael Legatie and off-duty nurse Kevin "Douglas" Frank, who both saved the life of a 44 year old Woodstown man...