“I’ve never, ever had anything like that happen,” said Natalie Te Paa. “They just really did go above and beyond.”
Source: Watch restaurant surprise blind customer with birthday message in Braille
I love that it was the restaurant’s idea.
U.S. refugee groups race to aid arriving Afghans
Veterans are delivering mattresses, televisions, laptops and American flags to a growing number of families, as well as gift certificates to a local market with halal food
Source: U.S. refugee groups race to aid arriving Afghans
It would seem some vets can’t stop serving. Well done.
An 1870s marriage certificate was hidden behind a picture at a thrift store. Employees set out to find the couple’s family.
Sleuths on social media got to work right away, and within only a few days, the case of the mysterious marriage certificate was more or less cracked.
Ah, the power of the internet, once again.
The Diversity Story aims to ‘extend valuable cultural education to more people’
A North Allegheny rising senior brings together voices from around the world as part of an online magazine that invites people to share their cultural experiences. Eleanor Park, 16, of McCandless launched The Diversity Story a year ago.
Source: The Diversity Story aims to ‘extend valuable cultural education to more people’
Inspiring.
Asiya Mohammed overcomes tragedy to become Kenya’s first female rower at the Tokyo Paralympics
At just two years old, Mohammed lost both legs and several fingers in a tragic train accident. Throughout her childhood, she had a hard time accepting herself, she told CNN, but sport eventually helped her “explore … my full potential.”
Source: Asiya Mohammed overcomes tragedy to become Kenya’s first female rower at the Tokyo Paralympics
Inspiring. (As are many of the stories from the Paralympic Games.)
Alone in the sky, pilot and fiancee save 17 in Tenn. flood
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville-based helicopter pilot Joel Boyers had just finished helping his fiancee earn her pilot’s license on Saturday morning, and they were heading home to celebrate, when he received a frantic call from a woman in Pennsylvania.
Source: Alone in the sky, pilot and fiancee save 17 in Tenn. flood
Amazing.
Australian farmer draws heart with sheep in tribute to aunt
The Australian man was unable to attend his aunt’s funeral because of Covid travel restrictions.
Source: Australian farmer draws heart with sheep in tribute to aunt
Stunning.
A family hid their Bible in an attic as Nazis invaded. Almost 80 years later, it was reunited with the family’s heirs.
The Leiters were killed by the Nazis, but this summer — 79 years later — their Bible landed on the doorstep of their descendants in New York.
What a great story.
US WWII veteran reunites with Italians he saved as children
BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) — For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a black-and-white photo of himself as a young American soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944.
Source: US WWII veteran reunites with Italians he saved as children
Well done.
Congress Passes Bill To Help Veterans With PTSD Get Service Dogs
A bill to connect more veterans with service dogs trained to support mental health conditions is headed to the President’s desk.
Source: Congress Passes Bill To Help Veterans With PTSD Get Service Dogs
They can make such a difference. Very cool.