7+ Heartwarming Photos With Great Backstories

In this case, a school custodian was clearly upset after encountering racist and homophobic graffiti in the bathroom stalls.

So a group of students decided to cheer him up by posting thank you cards on his door.

The thought of being stranded next to a car you can't drive with no options in sight, especially when driving is your livelihood, is the kind of nightmare scenario that almost got far too real for this person.

Fortunately, this situation's peril was able to stay at "almost."

Sometimes, it's right when we're at our lowest that someone happens to turn up with exactly the help we need.

Even a gesture as small as this can send a very clear message. No matter how intimidating their equipment might be, they're committed to showing that they're there to protect.

Here we can see two bikers helping to keep him cool as he stands at attention in several hours of summer heat.

He's actually a veterinarian who's eating from a dog bowl in order to encourage this malnourished, but scared rescue dog to do the same.

Indeed, this memorial was both conceived of and set up entirely by this school's students. They were compelled to pay respect to the fallen.

Not only did he apparently carry her down the steps when she arrived, but he was right there to bring her back up when the game was over.

When this person came out to their religious parents, they were kicked out of the house. Completely out of the blue, their professor messaged them with an invite to spend New Year's with their family instead.

Teacher of the (new) year!

They were so young that they still had their umbilical cords attached. While the family tried to figure out how best to help them, their pet dog insisted on watching over them.

You can imagine them in the bunker, thinking that one or both won't return home and promising to do this for one another. Instead, they made it home and the promise was kept decades later.

I happened to learn this firsthand when someone I had just met that day did something similar when I attempted an elevated rope course and was much worse at dealing with heights than I thought.

Still, I wasn't stuck in that situation for hours at a time, so this person likely felt even more needed.

Often, there are more mirrors than stalls and in high school, it's often where self conscious or upset girls go to calm down. This kind of message at the right time can make a huge difference.

When Tony's human fell from a tree, he kept him warm and comforted until the paramedics arrived. He wasn't allowed in the ambulance, but was waiting when his owner returned home okay.

He stood outside a local mosque with a simple sign saying that he'd watch over the building while his Muslim friends prayed.

But lucky for a Colorado horse rescue, their veterinarian loaded up his horse and trudged a couple of miles through snowdrifts to care for a pair of sick and injured horses during the recent bomb cyclone.

Stripped to his skivvies, the husband and their dog swam out to help the pooches through the remaining ice. The wife filmed the rescue while being on hand to help warm up the cold doggos.