A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
According to figures from the Aviation Safety Network, in the 1970s, there were about 6 fatal airliner accidents for every million commercial flights. This meant about 1 in every 165,000 flights ended in a fatal accident.
Source: Commercial flights have become significantly safer in recent decades
You wouldn’t know it from the news, but it’s very true.
The terrier was found locked in a house alongside the body of her dead owner.
Source: Firefighter gives Martha the dog a home after owner’s death
A seventh grader is being praised for helping his friend cross the finish line at their school race on Thursday.
Source: Utah 7th grader helps friend cross the finish line of school race
So cool.
Today’s good news story comes from New York City. A New York City woman’s distress turned to relief thanks to the diligent efforts of an MTA ticket clerk and police officers who helped her recover a lost engagement ring on a train. The inciden
Source: Determined Train Clerk And Police Officers Find Woman’s Missing Engagement Ring
Nice.
Debuting her new album “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” Billie Eilish provided fee-free public transit to fans for a listening party in Los Angeles.
Source: Billie Eilish covers public transit costs for LA fans, bolstering ‘sustainable pop star’ cred
Great idea.
A school bus driver in the Halifax area said he had to think quickly after a tractor-trailer fell off an overpass and nearly collided with his bus full of students last week.
The right person at the wheel.
Ed Dwight was the first black astronaut candidate in 1961 – but was never picked for a Nasa mission.
Source: Decades after training, 90-year-old finally goes to space on Blue Origin flight
Love it.
Chloe Morley says she was in “complete shock” when she discovered the proposal.
Source: Somerset farmer proposes by mowing ‘marry me’ into his field
Lovely.
An explosives dog in Prince George’s County who almost didn’t survive an Anne Arundel County animal shelter earlier this year is ready to protect and serve. Two-year-old German shepherd Boomer is one of Prince George’s County’s newest first responders. “He was a pound rescue set to be euthanized — probably within hours,” Prince George’s County police Cpl. Andrew Cummings said….
Source: Dog spared being put down by animal shelter joins ranks of first responders in Prince George’s
Excellent.
She also likes to enjoy a beer with fellow runners to celebrate her successes…
Source: Age no barrier for Italy’s 90-year-old sprint queen
Inspiring.