The Good News Thread

[Buzz]

Meet the famous duck who ran the Long Island Marathon - Canadian Running Magazine

Wrinkle set a one-kilometre world duck record of 18 minutes and eight seconds

runningmagazine.ca

 

[Buzz]

She gave up her newborn daughter for adoption 80 years ago. On her 98th birthday, they finally reunited.

A 98-year-old Ontario woman says she received the best Mother’s Day present she could ever imagine after seeing her daughter again for the first time in eighty years.

www.cp24.com

 

[Buzz]

Cat saved owner’s life!

Cat saves man's life after fall

Cat saves man's life after fall

www.youtube.com

 

[Vash01]

A passenger with zero flying experience landed a plane when the pilot had a medical emergency.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/05/11/palm-beach-international-passenger-landing/

 

[Vash01]

Happy ending after DNA testing. A 70 year old Texas man finds a big family in Cincinnati.

At 70, a North Texas man used a DNA test to learn who his dad was. Instead, he found a whole family waiting for him

Michael Bennett has uncovered a world -- and a happy ending -- he never fully imagined.

www.12news.com

 

[sk9tingfan]

Love this! Enjoy!

https://twitter.com/AlisonKriel/status/1526813347810779139

 

[Buzz]

Police K9 finds missing woman with dementia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnZI9nFkiks

 

[Buzz]

Nice to see the idea of rescuing homeless animals taking hold in my native T&T.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0gOor0xcFc

 

[Buzz]

Saw a news piece about a holocaust survivor who turned 100. I cannot find a link to the actual article but here she is Freda Kon. Amazing woman! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Freda Kon

memoirs.azrielifoundation.org

 

[taf2002]

Saw a news piece about a holocaust survivor who turned 100. I cannot find a link to the actual article but here she is Freda Kon. Amazing woman! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Freda Kon

memoirs.azrielifoundation.org

The article is under her picture if you scroll down.

 

[jadingirl]

I didn't want to start a thread but wanted a place to express my joy for my cousin Alice. She is one of the dancers of Born to Perform who received a golden buzzer in Britain's Got Talent. I'm here in Canada so we don't get the show live but they had the semifinals last night so if you are in Britain vote for Born to Perform to make the finals!

If anyone looks it up on youtube she is the one constantly waving to Simon lol!

 

[Buzz]

18 y.o. Triplets graduate with degrees in neuroscience.

3 for 3: Georgia Tech triplets graduate a year early

Three years ago, Adam, Rommi and Zane Kashlan shared valedictorian honors from West Forsyth High School in metro Atlanta. Now, they’re graduating from college a year early, each with a Bachelor of Science degree in neuroscience

www.ajc.com

 

[VALuvsMKwan]

18 y.o. Triplets graduate with degrees in neuroscience.

3 for 3: Georgia Tech triplets graduate a year early

Three years ago, Adam, Rommi and Zane Kashlan shared valedictorian honors from West Forsyth High School in metro Atlanta. Now, they’re graduating from college a year early, each with a Bachelor of Science degree in neuroscience

www.ajc.com

Are their names Amy, Farrah and Fowler (no, I haven't read the article)?

 

[Buzz]

Adam, Rommi and Zane Kashlan.

 

[taf2002]

For those not reading the article: I didn't know Georgia Tech was that hard to get into, esp their Science dept. And these brothers entered at age 16 & are graduating at age 19. Well done!

 

[jeffisjeff]

GT is very hard to get into, especially in STEM fields. My son got into Aero Engineering, but decided to go elsewhere. (Sorry, must brag!). When he was applying, I had editorials pop up in my news feed from GA newspapers criticizing the university for admitting too many out-of-state students and making it very hard for in-state students to get into engineering. GT has somehow truly become an excellent institution in a wide variety of fields.

 

[Buzz]

Katya Echazarreta will be the first Mexican born woman to travel to space.

At 17, she was her family's breadwinner on a McDonald's salary. Now she's gone into space

www.cnn.com

 

[Vash01]

Mariachis play music in Uvalde to help.

Mariachis Ride Into Uvalde With Songs of Heartache and Hope

With trumpets, strings and serenades, their music traces the arc of life. It often accompanies moments of jubilation, but it can also speak to a community’s profound sorrow.

www.nytimes.com

Long article with photos and videos of the music. Very touching.

 

[Buzz]

Retired Tuskegee Airman receives birthday wishes from Irmo students for 100th birthday

Seventh grade students at Dutch Fork Middle School customized birthday cards for the 100-year-old veteran.

www.11alive.com

 

[Buzz]

Woman, 42, identified as child of couple murdered in Texas more than 40 years ago

Loved ones of Tina Gail Linn Clouse and Harold Dean Clouse Jr. have been wondering for decades what became of their baby; she's been found alive and well, officials said,

www.nbcnews.com

 

[attyfan]

Glad that someone at a restaurant acted to prevent a tragedy:

Stepfather found guilty of child abuse after a Florida restaurant employee saved a boy with a note asking if he needed help

A stepfather in Florida has been convicted of child abuse after a restaurant employee last year noticed concerning signs and used a surreptitious note to ask a boy if he needed help, the Orange County State Attorney's Office announced Monday.

www.cnn.com

 

[Buzz]

A Florida teen was accepted into all eight Ivy League schools -- and seven other universities | CNN

Ashley Adirika has always dreamed of attending an Ivy League school. The Miami teen was thrilled -- and stunned -- to learn she'd been accepted by all eight of them.

www.cnn.com

 

[sk9tingfan]

Those who are reading this thread, I understand why. Please enjoy this:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1540781824938430464

 

[Buzz]

Bruce's Beach returned to family nearly a century after seizure

A prime beachfront space in Manhattan Beach is given back to its black owners after its 1924 seizure.

www.bbc.com

 

[Buzz]

This kid thought his neighbours hated him playing basketball…

Teen Who Thought Neighbors Hated Him Playing Basketball Gets Amazing Surprise

💙 Subscribe to Happily for more feel-good videos: https://bit.ly/2yLeLS1🔔 Turn on all notifications so you don’t miss an uploadA basketball-loving teen fea...

www.youtube.com

 

[Cachoo]

Second Heaven: https://youtu.be/e4U6zoq1Ef4

 

[Cachoo]

Aussie Aussie Aussie Oy Oy Oy! Heroic effort: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...rophe-on-sydney-s-shores-20220706-p5azk0.html

 

[attyfan]

This is not only heartwarming, but could be useful:

No antibiotics worked, so this woman turned to a natural enemy of bacteria to save her husband's life | CNN

With her husband near death from an antibiotic-resistant superbug, a scientist found a cure no one had used in the US -- intravenous injections of viruses called phages -- and convinced the medical system to save his life.

www.cnn.com

 

[Coco]

I was just coming here to post the same article!!!

 

[Buzz]

Cold cases solved because of DNA:

Man charged was rescued just hours after 'murdering two women in 1982'

A man who was rescued from a snowdrift in the Rocky Mountains in 1982 after signaling for help has been charged in the cold case killings of two women he allegedly murdered just hours before his salvation.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Nevada man arrested for 1982 cold case murder of 5-year-old Anne Pham in California

The suspect behind the kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of a 5-year-old girl in Seaside, California, has been identified and arrested four decades later. Robert John Lanoue, a 70-year-old resident of Reno, Nevada, was charged on Thursday for the crimes against Anne Sang Thi Pham in 1982...

news.yahoo.com

CEO Arrested in 1992 Strangulation Death of Woman in Mountain View

Advances in forensic science technology led to the arrest last weekend of a Bay Area executive suspected of strangling a woman to death 30 years ago in Mountain View, authorities said.

www.nbcbayarea.com