1His Finest Hour 60 Minutes Reporter Michael Usher discusses the inspirational story of Curtis McGrath. The New Zealand-born soldier was serving in Afghanistan with the Australian military when a landmine blew off his legs while on patrol. He directed emergency treatment that saved his own life. He lost his legs but is adapting to his new ones.

2The Race to Save the Tortoise Not since the dinosaurs disappeared, have animals been going extinct as fast as they are now. Entire species vanish every year. And while people's hearts are moved by the plight of the biggest, such as whales or elephants, the fiercest, such as tigers and even sharks and certainly the cutest, like pandas, what about the slowest? The turtle, and its land-loving cousin the tortoise, have been plodding along, slow and steady, for more than 200 million years. But their hard shells are little protection from human predators and a booming illegal animal trade. It may be too late to save many of them, but they have found an unlikely protector in a man named Eric Goode.

3Ghost Cities Ghost cities of China are being built at a rapid rate of 20 per year to house millions of people. The problem is, no one can afford to live in them.