Happy Endings

Parents worry, it’s just in their nature to. Once you have a child, you’re always going to worry about them, no matter how old they are, right? After a California couple vacationing in Peru went off of the grid and hadn’t communicated with their families in over a month, one mom took action. Garrett Hand ... read more »

Doctors saved a newborn baby’s life by trying an unconventional method to correct his heart rate after  standard medical treatments failed. Claire Ives was seven months pregnant when she discovered that her baby’s heart rate was 300 beats per minute, almost double the normal 160 beats per minute.  The baby, named Edward, was delivered by ... read more »

A teenager is Miami is lucky to be alive after a spear went through his skull in a spearfishing accident. The spear was being loaded by Yasser Lopez’s 15-year-old friend when it accidentally discharged a spear into Lopez’s head on June 7th. It entered his head one inch above his right eye, and the tip ... read more »

A four-year-old boy whose parents had reported missing was found safe last night, after being allowed to walk to the store with a friend of his father’s. Authorities in Syracuse, NY have arrested a man who had left a four-year-old child in a Key Bank parking lot in the middle of the night. The boy’s ... read more »

Thursdays night graduation ceremony at Bloom Township High School was a point of celebration for many, but for one high school graduate it was a celebration of life and victory. Matt Brown, 18, received a standing ovation as he was wheeled onto the stage to receive his certificate. The Chicago teen was a victim of ... read more »

Grace and Myles Varley were being babysat by their grandmother last Wednesday when Myles began choking on a chicken nugget during dinner. Myles’ grandmother, Christine Doran, could not clear his airway and the boy passed out. With Myles limp in her arms, the grandmother could not call 911. Doran told Newsday that she frantically ran ... read more »

A 55-year-old postcard finally made its way into the hands of its intended recipient, Scott McMurry. The post card was mailed by his mother in 1957 and had been lost in the mail until last month. On April 18th the postcard was found in the mailbox of Elizabeth Fulcher in South Daytona, Beach, FL. She ... read more »

Julie Rodgers and Willie Pittman had last seen each other in school some 30 odd years ago. Then, in 2010, the pair reconnected through social media. For their first date, Rodgers and Pittman decided to dine on IKEA’s world famous cuisine–meatballs. The pair spent their date wandering through the giant College Park, Maryland store finishing ... read more »

A 13-year-old boy in Washington State is credited with saving a bus full of his schoolmates and the driver after he drove the bus to safety. Jeremy Wuitschick said that he was riding the bus to school on Monday morning when he noticed something was wrong with the driver. “He starts acting all funny,” he ... read more »

Fifteen years ago Richard Norris of Hillsville, VA almost died when he was shot in the face. The 1997 accident left him disfigured; he lost his lips, nose and most of the movement in his mouth. Despite numerous reconstructive surgeries nothing could repair his face and he did not feel comfortable in society and he ... read more »

A couple of Saturdays ago, Mabeline, a Rhodesian Ridgeback mix, was a resident of the Friends of Strays animal shelter in St. Petersburg, Florida. On one fateful Saturday, a 17-year-old volunteer took Mabeline on a walk. While walking along a path behind the building, the girl saw her assailant, became nervous, and started walking in ... read more »

Animals are much more than just cute, furry beings. Recently, Nick and Jeni Dreis of Spring, Texas brought home a 6-month-old kangaroo to serve as a vocational training animal for their 16-year-old daughter, Kala, who has Down Syndrome.  Mike, a red kangaroo, came from Texas Downs, a facility serving disabled adults. Mike has been living ... read more »

After 24 years of celebrating her birthday every four years, now Erica Austin has twice the reason to celebrate every time February 29th comes around. The 24-year-old woman from Shorewood, IL gave birth to a baby girl, Arielle Blanchard on her “leap day” birthday at Edward Hospital in Naperville, IL. The baby was born at 1:08 p.m. and weighed 7 pounds, ... read more »

The Facebook page originally created to score 18-year-old Kevin McGuire a prom date with music superstar Taylor Swift wasn’t expected to go beyond a relatively small group of friends. To McGuire’s surprise, “Taylor Swift Take Kevin McGuire to Prom!” generated more than 60,000 supporters within three days. With that kind of backing Swift couldn’t help ... read more »

While working in the attic of a home over 35 years ago, Gean Brown Jr. of Spring Hill, Kansas lost his wallet, and expected to never see it again. “I knew I had it in my pocket when I went up and, when I came out, it was gone. And I knew I had it ... read more »