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Louis Nicolao dove into an icy pond to save his dog, Moose, after he fell into the water in Anne Arundel County.
Source: Owner takes polar plunge to save dog after he falls through icy pond in Anne Arundel Co.
I love how social media essentially enabled this rescue.
In early December, the Parrett family met and fell in love with a stray dog while visiting family in Texas. The family had to leave it behind so they could fly home－but were reunited again on Christmas Day.
Source: ‘I wanted to make them happy’: Grandpa drives stray dog 1250 miles to surprise grandkids
Nice.
Craig Elston, stranded at his barbershop, welcomed 40 people into his business on Friday night to give them shelter from the blizzard. Nearly 30 remained through Saturday, the blizzard’s second night.
Source: Barbershop becomes blizzard shelter: ‘People told me I saved their life’
I suspect this is merely one of many similar stories. Well done.
As a powerful storm battered western New York with blinding blizzard conditions in the early hours of Christmas Eve, a Buffalo woman jumped into action when she saw a man who was caught in the storm.
Inspiring, and amazing.
United Airlines staff rescued a dog abandoned by his owner at San Francisco International Airport and found him a forever home with one of its pilots.
Source: A puppy was abandoned at an airport. Then a United pilot adopted him.
Nicely done.
After a van carrying 10 tourists from South Korea got stuck in the snow near Buffalo, New York, a kindhearted neighbor offered to host the visitors.
Nice.
We’re really going to need this.
Source: New Technology Could Tap Into a Virtually Limitless Supply of Fresh Water
Water is so important. I love seeing another approach.
Warming centres are the last stitch in Vancouver’s social safety net, with most providing little more than a basic refuge from the freezing temperatures outside. On Wednesday night, there was pizza.
Source: Almost 200 pizzas arrived at warming centres across Vancouver this week. Here’s what happened.
Well done!
Dr. Steve Lome, a cardiologist in Monterey, California, performed CPR on two people in cardiac arrest at a half-marathon. He also finished the race.
Source: Runner performed life-saving CPR during half-marathon. Then he finished the race and did it again.
Amazing.
As we look back on 2022, we wanted to share a few of our favorite moments of joy from the year to bring a bit of hope, whimsy and humor to the end of the year.
Source: The weird, wild and wonderful stories you might have missed this year
Some fun stories in this collection.