A heroic young girl who put her life on the line to stop her sister from being run over has been included in a list celebrating people who make the UK a happier place.
Ramona Gibbs is one of 100 unsung heroes celebrated in the Independent on Sunday Happy List, which aims to be an alternative to the Sunday Times Rich List.
Then six, Ramona put herself in front of a car to stop her younger sister Trixie from being run over by a vehicle that drove onto the pavement outside their Bristol home.
Hero: Ramona, left, today hugs her sister Trixie, right. Se has been named on the Independent on Sunday Happy list
She was left with liver and lung damage, a broken rib and leg, bruising to her pelvis and internal bleeding, and had five operations during 16 days in hospital. Trixie only suffered a scratch.
The youngster was also awarded a Children's and Young People Award by Somerset and Avon police in Portishead last year.
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her mother Sally, a primary school teacher, said last year: 'It’s really amazing what Ramona did - it must have been pure instinct.
'If it was not for her, Trixie would have been killed. All the eyewitnesses said that the car was heading straight for her.'All of Ramona’s injuries were abdominal, which would have been head height for Trixie.
'I can’t even think about what might have happened if Ramona hadn’t done what she did.'
Recovery: Ramona spent 16 days at Bristol Children's Hospital
Sally added: 'Trixie remembers there was an accident and that Ramona was very badly hurt. She also remembers being pushed by Ramona which is the reason we know how it happened.
'I remember her saying that Ramona had pushed her. She was actually quite cross about it - she didn’t realise that Ramona had done something that had saved her life.'
Highlighting the stories of people who have improved the lives of others, the list also features soldier Carl Taylor, who saved three Afghan children from the Tailban.
The Corporal, of 3rd Battalion The Mercian Regiment and from Birmingham, won a Military Cross for running 80 feet to assist the boys after they were trapped behind a wall.
Flood rescuers David and Cameron Dunn got a mention for saving a pensioner who was caught in deep water in Keynsham, Somerset, last November.
Recognised: The youngster was awarded by Somerset and Avon police in Portishead last year
Ellis Blake and Ariana Webley also made their way into the happiness chart for saving a life.
Aged 20 at the time, the cousins stopped a man from bleeding to death after a machete attack at a Bimingham bus stop by using towels and a bag of frozen Brussels sprouts.
An amputee from Truro, Cornwall, has been celebrated for designing a fitness DVD for others who have lost limbs, the elderly and overweight.
Leanne Grose, who lost her left leg to a rare form of bone cancer, has also written an autobiography and given birth to the child she could not have.
And social worker Shahida Choudhry, from Birmingham, started a petition for Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani school girl shot in the head by the Taliban, to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
The list, which is published in the Independent on Sunday today, also celebrates those who have improved people’s lives through volunteering, fundraising, mentoring and charity work.
Family: Ramona with her award last year and parents Chris and Sally, left, and embracing Trixie, right
Treatment: Ramona visited by Bristol City stars Louis Carey, centre and Liam Fontaine, right