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'This Baby's Not Dying Today': Stranger Saves Infant From Burning Home

Today's good news story comes from Cleveland, Ohio.

An Ohio man is being hailed as a hero after rescuing a baby from a devastating house fire in Cleveland. The incident unfolded early Monday morning when firefighters responded to a distress call reporting a blaze engulfing a residence in the 3600 block of West 102nd Street.

Amidst the chaos, the mother managed to escape the inferno with one of her twins, but her other child remained trapped inside. It was then that 62-year-old Army veteran John Stickovich, on his way to work, emerged as a guardian angel.

"The mother was sitting on the lawn with her one baby, and I asked her if she was all right. She said, 'My baby is still in the house,' and I was thinking to myself, 'Oh my God, I have to save the baby'," Stickovich told WKYC.

Stickovich immediately ran to the side door of the house and kicked it in, but the smoke and flames were too heavy, so he went to the back of the house and crawled through an open door to the kitchen. He still could not find the child.

"I came back out and asked her where the baby was. She told me, 'Next to the kitchen by the baby gate,'" he said.

Stickovich ran back into the house, crawled under the smoke, and felt around until he reached the childproof gate — but there still was no sign of the child.

Three minute news clip at the bottom of the article.

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'This Baby's Not Dying Today': Stranger Saves Infant From Burning Home



Three minute news clip at the bottom of the article.

Wow, just wow! Thanks for sharing.

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'This Baby's Not Dying Today': Stranger Saves Infant From Burning Home



Three minute news clip at the bottom of the article.

Outstanding!

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Fighting for family is what we all hope we would do.

Heroic Twin Awarded King's Gallantry Medal For Rescuing Sister From Crocodile Attack

Today's good news story comes from the United Kingdom.

In a dramatic display of bravery and sisterly love, Georgia Laurie has been awarded the prestigious King's Gallantry Medal for saving her twin sister, Melissa, from a life-threatening crocodile attack.

The incident, which took place on June 6th, 2021, in Mexico's Manialtepec Lagoon, turned a serene swimming adventure into a harrowing struggle for survival.

The Laurie twins, along with friends, were enjoying the bioluminescent waters of a river off the Manialtepec Lagoon, a location deemed safe by locals. The group's joy was shattered when a crocodile suddenly attacked Melissa. Despite efforts to reach the shore, Melissa was dragged underwater by the predator. Georgia, spotting her sister face down in the water, sprang into action without hesitation.

"That's not a sight you want to see," Georgia told GBN. Ignoring the danger, she swam to Melissa, revived her, and helped her regain consciousness. However, the crocodile returned, forcing Georgia into a desperate battle. With one hand, she kept her sister's head above water, while with the other, she fiercely punched the crocodile.

"I managed to get her somewhere more secluded, but it came back a third time. And that's when it death-rolled her in front of me," Georgia recalled. Refusing to give up, Georgia continued to fight the crocodile, sustaining bite injuries to her hand. Her relentless assault eventually made the crocodile release Melissa. "I just punched the heck out of it," she said.

A passing boat rescued the sisters, and they endured a tense 25-minute ride to the shore. Melissa suffered severe injuries, including a complicated open wrist fracture, puncture wounds to her stomach, bowel, intestines, and numerous bites on her leg, foot, and glutes. Despite the ordeal, both sisters have since fully recovered, though the physical and emotional scars remain.

Georgia's extraordinary courage and quick thinking did not go unnoticed. The Gallantry Medal from King Charles III honors civilians who put themselves at risk to save others, a fitting tribute to Georgia's heroism. Upon learning about the award, Georgia expressed her gratitude to the UK Cabinet Office, saying, "It means the world to me. It's the silver lining of the whole event."

There's a near five minute news video/interview with the twins at the bottom of the article.

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Man does not belong in the water.

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This is a young man doing good in an area that has probably been overlooked.

Young Man Helps the Elderly Stay Fit by Giving Them Boxing Lessons - And the Results Are Pure Gold (Watch)

A 21-year-old is helping the elderly in senior homes stay fit with his boxing lessons that elevate focus and fun.

When he was just 17, Bailey-Greetham Clark was asked to speak at a day center for adults with educational needs. After this experience, Bailey realized that people from vulnerable groups do not have the same access to sport and fitness as others—so he started a wellbeing company called ‘Be Great Fitness’.

He now travels around Lincolnshire, England, making fitness and sports accessible to schools, hospitals, community centers and senior care homes.

Especially during COVID-19 lockdowns, the youth from Grimsby realized that these groups needed help pretty quickly.

“Coming out of the pandemic, we thought it was essential to bring fitness to them, especially, to spread some joy and cheer.

“Sport and exercise cheer people up, we make jokes and have a laugh with everyone, and we make their day better.”

It was so successful, Bailey now takes his fitness classes into 20-30 different care homes, guiding residents through one-hour sessions.

From simple boxing drills to hand-eye coordination games, every resident gets to wear the bulbous gloves colored neon pink, yellow, and green.

It's an interesting story for this kid.

There's also a video at the bottom that's a little over four minutes.

This guy is truly a blessing. I hope he has success growing this and reaching more people.

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A Single Mom's Life Is Transformed By Her Boss's Kindness

Today's good news story comes from Norfolk, Virginia.

A single mom's life took a turn for the better thanks to a heartfelt gesture from her employer.

On Wednesday, a business owner gifted her employee a new vehicle after discovering she didn't have one.

Brettne Brownson, an employee at Homebridge Health Care Agency in Norfolk, was surprised by CEO Latavia Bennette with an SUV. Bennette learned that Brownson, a single mother, had been relying on Uber, Lyft, and even walking to get to work.

Feeling compelled to help, Bennette quickly arranged to purchase the vehicle and presented it to Brownson at the office. Bennette praised Brownson's dedication and positive attitude, noting she always showed up to work without making excuses.

Bennette shared with 13News Now that her own experiences of feeling unsupported in her career motivated her to create a nurturing environment for her employees. "I had moments where I didn't feel valued where I was at, so when I opened up my company, that was something that was very important to me," she explained.

There's a minute forty news clip at the bottom.

Good bosses/companies care. It's often been said that good employees leave bad bosses. If you don't feel appreciated or valued, there's little motivation to stay somewhere unless you're strictly driven by money and are paid well.

Personally, I'll choose my mental health and such before any job. I don't need a lot of recognition or anything, but knowing that I'm valued goes a long way.

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You know I love any story involving a dog.

Helicopter Herder Follows a Dog's Tracks from the Air to a Miracle Rescue

A helicopter pilot in Australia recently found a man’s missing dog in the Outback in what the owner called a “needle in a haystack rescue.”

For those who’ve never been to cattle country Down Under, it might come as a surprise to know that because the ranches are so vast, farmers will often hire helicopter pilots to round the cattle up for them.

But in late April, pilot Jack Poplawski got a different sort of phone call—a man had lost his dog and was desperate for some help.

Jamie Rooney was driving along in a remote part of West Australia’s Pilbara region near the town of Newman, and, coming across a large creek, he thought he’d let his dog Rocky go for a swim to cool off.

The American Staffordshire terrier was all too happy for the opportunity. It couldn’t have been more than a minute that Rocky was out of sight—as Rooney had gone up to his truck to get something. But returning to the water, Rocky was nowhere to be seen.

After frantically looking around the water, Rooney drove up and down the trails in the area, standing on the roof periodically and calling his dog’s name, but Rocky never turned up.

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Promise made, promise kept. What a journey.

Daily Herald - A bracelet and a 50-year promise kept. California woman coming to Arlington Heights to honor soldier killed in Vietnam

For more than 38 years, Kathy Strong wore a bracelet in tribute to a young soldier she never met and promised to never forget.

That stainless steel band is gone, buried 13 years ago with the body of Special Forces Sgt. 1st Class James Moreland, but the promise remains, and will bring Strong from her home in California to Arlington Heights this weekend for the village’s Memorial Day ceremony.

It’s there that Strong will help dedicate a brick in the town’s Memorial Park in honor of Moreland, a 22-year-old U.S. Army Green Beret who disappeared in February 1968, when his unit came under heavy attack during the Battle of Lang Vei in South Vietnam.

Strong was introduced to Moreland on Christmas 1972, when the 12-year-old living in the Bay Area opened her stocking and found a bracelet with his name on it. Produced by an organization called Voices in Vital America, the bracelets were at the time a popular tribute to service members missing or captured in Vietnam.

“I promised to wear it until he came home,” Strong said.

More than two years later, bracelet still firmly in place, Strong received a photo of Moreland in his Green Beret uniform through Voices in Vital America, along with a short biography of the missing soldier.

“That was the first information I’d ever received about him,” she said. “There was a picture — he was a Green Beret with a very intense look in his eyes. It was as if his eyes reached out into my soul and said ‘Please don’t forget about me.’ That cemented my commitment.”

She couldn’t have imagined at the time that the bracelet would stay in place for another 36 years.

A photo of Sgt. First Class James Moreland is next to a Memorial brick dedicated in his honor in Wichita, Kansas. It was the 35th brick on Kathy Strong's mission to dedicate one in every state to Moreland, who was killed serving in Vietnam in 1968. Courtesy of Kathy Strong

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It's always nice to see that we still have some brilliant young minds in this country.

16-year-old Wins $75,000 for Her Award-Winning Discovery That Could Help Revolutionize Biomedical Implants

First prize in the USA’s largest and most prestigious science fair has gone to a 16-year-old girl who found new ways to optimize the components of biomedical implants, promising a future of safer, faster, and longer-lasting versions of these critical devices.

It’s not the work of science fiction; bioelectronic implants like the pacemaker have been around for decades, but also suffer from compatibility issues interfacing with the human body.

On Friday, Grace Sun from Lexington, Kentukcy, pocketed $75,000 and was recognized among 2,000 of the nation and the world’s top STEM students as having produced the “number one project.”

The award was given through the Society for Science’s Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, one of the largest and most prestigious in the world.

Sun’s work focused on improving the capabilities of organic electrochemical transistors or OECTs, which like other devices made of silicon, are soft, flexible, and present the possibility of more complex implants for use in the brain or the heart.

“They have performance issues right now,” Sun told Business Insider of the devices. “They have instability in the body. You don’t want some sort of implanted bioelectronic to degrade in your body.”

Sensitive OECTs could detect proteins or nucleic acids in sweat, blood, or other transporters that correspond to diseases in their earliest stages. They could replace more invasive implants like the aforementioned pacemaker, and offer unprecedented ways to track biomarkers such as blood glucose, circulating white blood cell count, or blood-alcohol content, which could be useful for people with autoimmunity, epilepsy, or diabetes.

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It's no secret that our Native American reservations are in poor shape and the US Government has never done much to help a situation that they've created. Thankfully, there's a glimmer of hope, at least on some level, for improvements.

First of its Kind Medical School in Cherokee Nation Graduates First Class of Doctors

In 2020, GNN reported that the inaugural class of the nation’s first medical college on a Native American reservation had begun their studies. Well now, they’ve just graduated.

The 46 graduating students from Oklahoma State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation include fifteen members of tribes all around the country, including Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee, Seminole, Chickasaw, Alaska Native, Caddo, and Osage.

Dr. Natasha Bray, the school’s dean, said that the college was formed to address a shortage of tribal physicians in the US, as just 0.3% of all licensed medical practitioners are Native American.

Part of what makes the college observing its first graduates so exciting is that the $40 million it cost to build and staff the facilities was paid for entirely by the Cherokee nation, who designed it to be a culturally relevant building, with the Hippocratic oath written on the walls in both Cherokee and English.

Cherokee artwork decorates the walls, and a medicinal plant garden is located on the site.

“I couldn’t even have dreamed this up,” said 26-year-old Choctaw member and now OSU graduate, Mackenzee Thompson. “To be able to serve my people and learn more about my culture is so exciting. I have learned so much already.”

According to PBS News, osteopathic doctors, or DOs, have the same qualifications and training as allopathic doctors, or MDs, but the two types of doctors attend different schools.

Hopefully this is a step in the right direction to help improve some of the problems on many reservations.

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It's also nice to know we have some compassionate young souls as well.

'I Was In Awe': School Recognizes 6th Grader For Act Of Compassion During Race

Today's good news story comes from Heart Butte, Montana.

In a remarkable display of sportsmanship and compassion, sixth-grader Brinley Tatsey from Heart Butte Junior High School intentionally sacrificed her lead in a cross country race to help a fellow competitor in distress.

Tatsey, who holds the school record for the one-mile run, was competing in a cross country race when she noticed a competitor from another school gasping for air and struggling to breathe among the trees. Recognizing the severity of the situation and seeing no one else around to assist, Tatsey immediately stopped her race to offer help.

She reached for her inhaler and offered comfort while waiting for help to arrive. Two or three minutes later the girl was in good hands, so Tatsey returned to her run.

When her mother, Gina Dosch, inquired about her uncharacteristically slow finish, Tatsey simply shrugged and said, "I was just slow this time."

Tatsey's selfless act might have gone unnoticed if not for an observant spectator from another school, who witnessed the entire episode. Deeply moved by Tatsey's actions, the anonymous supporter wrote a heartfelt letter to the Heart Butte athletic department, highlighting the young athlete’s exemplary conduct.

"Brinley Tatsey demonstrated an act of selflessness and compassion that truly embodies the spirit of sportsmanship," the spectator wrote. "She stopped her own race to assist a struggling athlete without hesitation. After finishing, she didn’t make excuses or seek praise, simply stating 'I was just slow today'."

On Monday, Tatsey was honored at the school's annual awards assembly. In recognition of her outstanding sportsmanship, sincerity, and humanity, she was presented with a special plaque. The school community applauded her not just for her athletic prowess but for her character and empathy.

The letter sent to the athletic department can be read in the article.

Also, there's a 7 minute clip of her recognition if you're interested.

This girl never once sought recognition for her actions or used it as an excuse for her race time. Pretty remarkable young lady there in Montana.

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We're on a sliver of hope roll today.

More brilliant young minds.

Texas Teenagers Win Prestigious Award For Inventing Device That Filters Microplastics From Water

Today's good news story comes from Los Angeles, California.

In a remarkable achievement for young innovators, Victoria Ou and Justin Huang, both 17-year-old students from Texas, have developed a pioneering device that uses ultrasound technology to filter out harmful microplastics from water.

Their invention has earned them the esteemed Gordon E. Moore Award at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), a prestigious annual competition administered by the Society for Science, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C.

Microplastics, minuscule particles resulting from the breakdown of plastic waste, are pervasive contaminants that infiltrate water sources, food supplies, and even the human bloodstream. Addressing this critical environmental and public health issue, Ou and Huang's innovative device employs a novel ultrasound filtration system to effectively remove these particles from water.

The device, constructed with piezoelectric transducers attached to steel tubes connected by silicon tubing, harnesses the power of acoustic radiation force generated by ultrasound. When water containing suspended microplastics passes through the system, these forces prevent the particles from passing, resulting in microplastic-free water.

Their device demonstrated impressive efficiency during testing, achieving filtration rates of 84-94% for polyethylene microplastics at flow rates of 10, 20, and 40 mL/minute in a single-stage setup. In a two-stage configuration, the efficiency increased to 94-96%. Comparable results were observed with other common microplastics, including polyurethane and polystyrene, yielding filtration efficiencies exceeding 95%. Additionally, the system proved effective in filtering microplastics from laundry water and managing microplastic build-up in highly concentrated or large volumes of water.

"This is the first year we've done this," Huang shared with Business Insider after receiving their award. "If we could refine this—maybe use more professional equipment, maybe go to a lab instead of testing from our home—we could really improve our device and get it ready for large-scale manufacturing."

Short video over these two young minds in the link.

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Shouldn't be surprised to see some of the Patriot Guard step up.

Strangers Attend Veteran's Funeral To Console Grieving Family

Today's good news story comes from Phoenix, Arizona.

The family of Navy Medic Pamela Middlebrook was concerned that her funeral service might not properly honor her legacy with only a handful of family members expected to attend.

However, a simple social media post changed everything, and the Arizona community stepped up to support a grieving family.

The sight of parked cars outside the awning brought tears to her daughter Brittany Rumery's eyes.

"I think I started crying before I got out of the car," she shared.

At the end of May, Rumery was preparing to lay her 69-year-old mother, Pamela Middlebrook, to rest at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona. Middlebrook served as a Medic during the latter part of the Vietnam War, much of her service spent at Luke Air Force Base. She dedicated 16 years of her life to her country.

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College Lab Crafts 3D Printed Arms to Help 12-Year-old Amputee Reach Her Drumming Goals

12-year-old Aubrey Sauvie never let her lack of hands interfere with the pursuit of her interests, whether that was Tae Kwon Do, art, or doing her own makeup.

Born a triple congenital amputee and missing both arms from below the elbows and several toes on one of her feet, it was from a very early age that she demonstrated to her family that there’d be very little necessity to accommodate her.

“It’s just one part of me,” Aubrey Sauvie told WKRN. “It doesn’t make me, me. It definitely was a challenge to learn, but as time went on, it became easier and easier until it wasn’t difficult at all.”

Indeed the family photo album is packed with pictures of her in dance competitions, breaking boards with a flying side-kick, or lined up in front of her snare drum with her school band, the drumsticks stuck in the creases of her elbows.

But that’s where even her dexterity and determination couldn’t succeed in producing the results she wanted—the sound of the snare just wasn’t right.

Aubrey’s middle school band teacher recommended her as a candidate for the Tennessee Tech University program, Engineering for Kids, where 10 students decided to make it a class project to create a pair of custom prosthetics so the firebrand could play the drums.

Three minute news clip at the bottom.