We made it to the end of the week so lets enjoy some happy, positive and uplifting stories as we head into the weekend!
1. How’s this for mind over matter? A former news anchor in Houston broke both of his wrists in an Ironman race on Saturday, and still finished. He crashed eight miles into the 112-mile bike-ride portion, and didn’t realize his wrists were broken. So he rode another 104 miles, and then ran a full marathon. (Here’s a photo.)
2. A couple in Florida named Vic and Marge Gerard just celebrated their 80th anniversary. She’s 98, and he’s 101. They got married on April 25th, 1943. They say the secret is to be honest with each other, and “take care of each other.”
3. A three-year-old with autism wandered onto a set of train tracks in New York this month, but the crew of an oncoming train saved him. They stopped it in time, and it’s all on video. His mom was looking for him, and was VERY emotional when she showed up. Five MTA workers just got commendations for it.
4. A podcaster in Pittsburgh named Rob Oliver now holds the record for longest interview marathon. He talked to 137 people in 37 hours and 44 minutes. An accident in 1993 left him paralyzed. And two years ago, he launched a podcast called “Perspectives on Healthcare” about the healthcare system. So the record attempt was also to raise awareness for that.
5. A state trooper in Utah got into a head-on crash on purpose to stop a wrong-way driver. The 62-year-old driver suffered minor injuries, but he’ll be okay. The trooper wasn’t hurt. (Here’s a video.)
6. A vet in Pennsylvania saved a poodle named Toodles after it somehow overdosed on opioids. They gave him Narcan, and he’s already made a full recovery. It sounds like his owner may have been using fentanyl, but Toodles is now being put up for adoption. (Here are some photos.)
7. A deaf woman in the U.K. has a two-year-old cat named Zebby who alerts her when her phone rings or there’s a strange sound in the house. The cat doesn’t have any formal training, the extra help is just a role he has taken on. That’s a big enough deal to make Zebby one of 12 finalists in the National Cat Awards.
8. Michigan State’s dairy center has started holding monthly “cow-petting” events to help people de-stress. They started doing it for their teaching staff a few months ago. It was so popular, they decided to open it up to the public
9. A set of quadruplet brothers just opened their own Jersey Mike’s franchise in New Jersey last week. They’re 25 years old, and all worked at a Jersey Mike’s in high school. They started talking about opening their own store back then, and finally made it happen.
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