Vilmos Farkas, Ransom Deliverer

In 1998, a Serbian elderly couple was kidnapped, tortured, and held for ransom by Croatian nationalists.  The couple's children could not enter Bosnia Herzegovina, so they asked a distant Hungarian friend, Vilmos Farkas, to help.  Farkas drove through Hungary, then walked over 100 kms through Bosnia Herzegovina while hiding from Croatians and bandits.  He delivered the ransom and accompanied the couple back to safety, at tremendous risk to himself.  Farkos never got public recognition or compensation.

Here is the original story.