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Three-year-old twins Bernardo and Arthur Lima underwent seven operations at a hospital in Brazil.
Source: Conjoined twins with fused brains successfully separated thanks to UK surgeon
Truly amazing stuff. Apparently, they used VR simulations to practice, practice, practice prior to the actual surgery.
The pitcher for the Texas East Little League team hung his head, clearly upset after his last pitch hit the 12-year-old Oklahoma batter in the head, knocking off his helmet and leaving him lying in the dirt at home plate. But Isaiah Jarvis, who at first had gripped his head, soon recovered.
Source: Little League batter hit in head embraces pitcher in inspiring display of sportsmanship
Good sportsmanship, indeed.
Brian Standefer called it “a surreal and emotional thing, especially since we’d lost Travis.”
Source: Four boys left a note in a bottle 27 years ago. Someone just found it.
Always cool to hear these stories.
In the small town of Axtell (just northeast of Waco) lies a quaint community park. Here, families can gather, children can play, and now — thanks to a partnership between Baylor’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Texas State Technical College — kids with physical disabilities can fully enj
Source: Baylor engineering students partner with TSTC to build wheelchair-accessible swing
Pretty cool, all around.
The Oakland Public Library has a fan following.
Source: Librarian finds love notes, doodles in books and shares them with a grateful public
Fascinating stuff.
Zoe’s mom shared the magic moment online where it has already been seen more than two million times.
Source: Disneyland princess delights young girl by speaking to her using sign language
Well done, princess! Wow!
Lloyd getting extra love as he fights kidney disease, tumor.
Source: Senior shelter dog in Western NY lives out days on local adventures
Very sweet.
“I just keep using the word ‘surreal.’ You have this little baby, you’re holding her in your arms, and in a blink of an eye, there she is sitting on the flight deck next to you. It’s been surreal and a dream come true,” Holly Petitt told “Good Morning America.”
Source: Meet the mother-daughter pilots breaking barriers in the sky
Very cool.
Up until Wednesday morning, Patrick Combs had not seen Searcy Hughes since the day she was born, June 29, 1988, an occasion noted on the front page of the next morning’s Chronicle
Source: She was born on a S.F. street corner, delivered by a ‘random dude.’ 30 years later, they finally met
How cool.
It was a typical Sunday morning shift for Natalie Lucas, who works as a lifeguard at the YMCA of Northern Colorado. Until, suddenly, a pregnant woman’s water broke on the indoor pool deck.
Source: An 18-year-old lifeguard helped deliver a baby on a YMCA pool deck
I don’t think they teach that at lifeguard school. Well done!