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A firefighter sat on the sidewalk reading a book to a little girl as emergency crews cleared up an accident on Broadwater Avenue and Second Avenue North on Wednesday night. A picture Ryan Benton and the girl has been posted on Instagram and reposted with a lot of comments made.
Source: Photo of Billings firefighter reading to child at fire scene goes viral (via This is True)
Well done, sir.
One of the woman’s rescuers went into cardiac arrest immediately after helping carry the woman out on a chair but is expected to recover.
Source: Bystanders carry 97-year-old woman out of burning home on chair: video
Wow!
Jeanine Menze was discouraged from pursuing her dream to fly planes when she didn’t see any women of color in the field. Then she met La’Shanda Holmes. “When I met you, I saw myself,” Menze told her.
Source: How the Coast Guard’s 1st Black woman pilot helped give the next one her wings
Nicely done.
According to the aquarium, orange lobsters get their unique, pumpkin-like colour from a rare genetic mutation that only occurs in one out of roughly 30 million lobsters . . .
Source: Ripley’s Aquarium rescues super rare orange lobster from Toronto grocery store
Pretty cool.
The Jumbo grocery store chain in the Netherlands has opened ‘chat checkouts’ for people who want to move slower.
A pretty cool idea.
An ice-skating center in Utah made snow to grant a family’s last wish for their dying dog.
Source: Utah Ice Center Makes Snow So Dying Dog Can Enjoy It One Last Time
So touching.
In a first, doctors injected the gene-editing tool CRISPR directly into cells in patients’ eyes. The experiment helped these vision-impaired patients see shapes and colors again.
Source: A Gene-Editing Experiment Let These Patients With Vision Loss See Color Again
Pretty amazing.
We use our hands every day but rarely appreciate the incredible tools. One man who grasped that value long ago has made it his life’s mission to give amputees a hand. Artificial limbs a…
Source: Bionic hand offers strength, sense of touch to amputees
Very cool.
A man inspired by footage of RV owners fleeing the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, CA, one man has made it a mission to donate mobile homes to victims.
Source: Wildfire victims left with nothing get hope from donated RVs
What a great idea.
PROVIDENCE, R. I. (WJAR) — A Rhode Island grocery store worker went above and beyond to care for his customers after learning they’d been in a tough spot. For a little more than five years, 24-year-old Alex Langlais of East Matunuck has been working at Belmont Market in Wakefield. “Typically, 5-6 days a week 5-6-hour shifts,” said Langlais. “Most the time in bagging people’s orders, grabbing carriages and baskets outside. “
Source: Grocery store bagger helps pay for groceries of couple going through tough time
Nicely done.