To be a police officer, you have to be incredibly thick-skinned and be as emotionally tough as you are physically, but you also have to know when to be gentle and calming for someone who has just been traumatized.
When a Brazilian police officer witnessed a little boy get hit by an oncoming car, his instincts kicked in and he immediately called for an ambulance and laid down on the street to comfort the boy as they waited together.
The young boy was chasing after his dog when he darted out into the street and was hit by a car in Sao Paulo. The officer immediately put the boy in the recovery position and supported his head with his hand in case his spine had been injured.
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While waiting together, the policeman tried to distract the boy by promising him an exciting ride after the ambulance got there. “We’ll take you for a nice ride in our car,” the officer said.
Finally, the ambulance arrived and took the boy to the hospital to check if he had been badly injured. Luckily, he wasn’t injured as much as expected, and he was released home to recover some more.
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Parents are supposed to be the ones to take care of and look after their children in times of need, but this man’s guardian angel turned out to be his own son.
60-year-old Michael Kiddy was at work stocking shelves at a Food Lion in North Carolina when his heart suddenly stopped beating and he fell to the floor. Luckily, an 18-year-old student and some nurses began performing CPR until the first responders, including his own son, could arrive at the scene.
Moments later, firefighters from the Valdese Fire Department got there and immediately started respirations.
Fireman Steve Kiddy, who also happened to be Michael’s son, automatically went into life-saving mode as his training had prepared him to do. However, the man’s face was covered with the CPR mask so he had no idea the man dying on the floor was his own father.
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“My chief came up and asked me if I’m alright,” Steve said. “And then it dawned on me to check and see who this person is.”
Michael was rushed to the hospital where doctors took over and amazingly managed to revive him without any lasting damage being done. “It’s special because they say I was really, really gone,” Michael said. “And here I sit.”
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For years, millions of people have been using baby powder to soothe irritated skin, prevent rashes, and keep skin dry, but the cure-all product, which was invented in 1893 by Johnson & Johnson’s, has proven to have some shocking- and possibly deadly- effects.
Today’s baby powders are made of talc, which is a mineral made up of the elements magnesium, silicon, and oxygen. Alarmingly, repeated exposure and application of the fine white powder to the genital area has been shown to increase the chance of certain cancers like ovarian cancer in women by 35 percent.
While there is still so much to learn about the link between talc-based powders like Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder, The American Cancer Society and doctors suggest avoiding the powder if trying to lessen your risk of cancer.
Recently, Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder has been making headlines after a St. Louis court ordered the health and body product giant pay $72 million to Jacqueline Fox’s family after the 62-year-old died in October from ovarian cancer from years of use of their Baby Powder and Shower to Shower products for feminine hygiene.
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For years, the cosmetic and personal care product industry has been practically unregulated, and this ruling sends a “tremendous signal to J&J and all of the cosmetic companies. They’re basically self-regulated and they know they can just basically get away with anything,” Jere Beasley, one of the Fox lawyers, said.
Jacqueline Fox’s case is just one out of over a thousand lawsuits currently filed against Johnson & Johnson’s for not warning the public about the possible cancer risk users had from their products.
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Until scientists reach a more conclusive verdict on the cancerous effects of baby powder, make sure to replace your talc-based products with cornstarch-based products and powders to be safe!
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Every dog deserves to be showered with love and affection each and every day, yet many abandoned dogs sit scared, alone, and unloved as they wait for the day someone can hopefully bring them home and make them a part of a family.
In order to help these lovable four-legged animals get the companionship they crave and deserve, the Humane Society of Missouri started the Shelter Buddies Reading Program, which brings in local kids to read to the dogs so they can get adjusted to being around people, as well as encourage kids to be more compassionate.
After completing a 10-hour training program, which teaches kids to work wth the animals and read their body language, kids aged 6 to 15 can come back any time to read to the dogs. The kids simply sit in front of the dog’s kennel to read and give the fearful and timid dogs a treat when they show interest and engage.
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“Ideally, that shy and fearful dog will approach and show interest. If so, the kids reinforce that behavior by tossing them a treat,”Jo Klepacki, the program’s director, said.. “What this is also doing is to bring the animals to the front in case potential adopters come through. They are more likely to get adopted if they are approaching and interacting, rather than hiding in the back or cowering”
While the dogs are clearly benefitting from the program, the kids are learning a crucial lesson.
“It’s encouraging children to develop empathy with animals. It’s a peaceful, quiet exercise,” Klepacki said. “They’re seeing fearfulness in these animals, and seeing the positive effect they can have. It encourages them to look at things from an animals perspective. That helps them better connect with animals and people in their lives.”
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Teenager with terminal cancer married his girlfriend on Friday, in a ceremony put on by the whole community.
Luke Blanock,18, wed his high school sweetheart, Natalie Britvich in a 200 person ceremony this past weekend. Almost everything needed for the teenagers’ wedding was donated by members of the Canonsburg, Pennsylvania community.
“It was very happy, very high energy. Luke was healthy enough to walk down the aisle by himself, without his crutches.” Luke’s uncle, Patrick Goode, who attended the wedding, told ABC News. “It was really beautiful.”
The former high school basketball and baseball star was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare bone cancer in December of 2013, a Go Fund Me page created by his parents said. According to the page, his cancer has spread and is terminal.
Ashley Cyprowski, the wedding planner, told ABC News how thankful she was to the community who really came together to put on this wedding. There were about 200 guests who came to celebrate.
“We got a ton of donations. The flowers, the reception hall itself, just a lot of people came together from our local community and donated their time, their services, and their goods,” Cyprowski said, noting that “With all their medical expenses they don’t have a lot to spend on something like this.”
“I’ve never seen the family as happy as they were that day. Luke was so high energy, he was just glowing.”
A Pennsylvania teenager with terminal cancer married his girlfriend on Friday, in a ceremony put on by the whole community.
Luke Blanock,18, wed his high school sweetheart, Natalie Britvich in a 200 person ceremony this past weekend. Almost everything needed for the teenagers’ wedding was donated by members of the Canonsburg, Pennsylvania community.
“It was very happy, very high energy. Luke was healthy enough to walk down the aisle by himself, without his crutches.” Luke’s uncle, Patrick Goode, who attended the wedding, told ABC News. “It was really beautiful.”
The former high school basketball and baseball star was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare bone cancer in December of 2013, a Go Fund Me page created by his parents said. According to the page, his cancer has spread and is terminal.
Ashley Cyprowski, the wedding planner, told ABC News how thankful she was to the community who really came together to put on this wedding. There were about 200 guests who came to celebrate.
“We got a ton of donations. The flowers, the reception hall itself, just a lot of people came together from our local community and donated their time, their services, and their goods,” Cyprowski said, noting that “With all their medical expenses they don’t have a lot to spend on something like this.”
“I’ve never seen the family as happy as they were that day. Luke was so high energy, he was just glowing.”
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On the morning of Jan. 28, 1986 NASA lost seven brave astronauts when the Shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after being launched when the booster engine failed. That day before, a few engineers had raised concerns about the cold weather, which their data had shown would stiffen the rubber O-rings that normally keep burning rocket fuel from leaking.
Despite their warnings and pleas, NASA officials went ahead with the launch and only found out their engineers had been right once the shuttle exploded, killing seven men and woman.
It’s been 30 years since that horrible accident and 89-year-old Bob Ebeling, one of the engineers, has carried the crushing guilt from that night for three decades.
“That was one of the mistakes God made,” Ebeling said in an interview recently. “He shouldn’t have picked me for that job. But next time I talk to him, I’m gonna ask him, ‘Why me? You picked a loser.’ “
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After people heard about Ebeling’s guilt, they started writing to the 89-year-old who is dying of prostate cancer to try and lessen his guilt by confirming that he did everything he could possibly do to stop the doomed mission. “But after hearing that, I still have that guilt right here,” he said while pointing to his heart.
While letters began piling up, Ebeling still needed to hear from his former superiors that he did the right thing. “He’s never gotten confirmation that he did do his job and he was a good worker and he told the truth,” Ebeling’s daughter Kathy said.
But then they got a call from Ebeling’s then boss, 78-year-old Allan McDonald who reminded Ebeling that he was, in fact, the person to blow the whistle and raise to question the safety of the launch.
McDonald explained to him that a loser was “somebody that really doesn’t do anything. But worse yet, they don’t care. I said, ‘You did something and you really cared. That’s the definition of a winner.'”
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Then, NASA sent Ebeling a statement that read: “We honor [the Challenger astronauts] not through bearing the burden of their loss, but by constantly reminding each other to remain vigilant,” the statement read. “And to listen to those like Mr. Ebeling who have the courage to speak up so that our astronauts can safely carry out their missions.”
“Thank you,” Ebeling said to everyone who had contacted him. “You helped bring my worrisome mind to ease. You have to have an end to everything.”
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It seems like moms always know when something’s wrong and know just how to make it all better, but one mom’s stunning picture proves that mothers are biologically programmed to know when something’s wrong and fix it.
When Arkansas mom Mallory Smother started breast pumping as she normally early in the morning, she immediately noticed the color and texture of her milk was completely different than it had been just the previous day. Yet when she remembered that her baby was fighting a cold, it all started to make sense.
“This is just cuckoo awesome– I read an article from a medical journal not too long ago about how Mom’s milk changes to tailor baby’s needs in more ways than just caloric intake,” Smothers wrote in a post to her Facebook. “Mom’s body will actually change the milk’s immunological composition, tailoring it to the baby’s particular pathogens by producing customized antibodies”
Mallory had recently read a study from 2013 that explained how the infection-fighting cells skyrocket in breast milk when nursing a sick baby.
Photo by Facebook/Mallory Smothers
“When a baby nurses, it creates a vacuum in which the infant’s saliva sneaks into the mother’s nipple,” Smother’s wrote. “There, it is believed that mammary gland receptors interpret the “baby spit backwash” for bacteria and viruses and, if they detect something amiss, mom’s body will actually change the milk’s immunological composition, tailoring it to the baby’s particular pathogens by producing customized antibodies.”
After nursing her sick baby every two hours overnight, she was stunned to see how different her breast milk was, and how much it resembled colostrum, which is “super milk full of antibodies and leukocytes you make during the first few days after birth.”
Photo by Facebook/Mallory Smothers
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As a teenager, your first school dance is a night you’ll always remember as the night you get to dress up and ask your crush to be your date for the first time, however, one 15-year-old from South Dakota new the only girl he wanted to bring was his 10-year-old sister Rebekah.
Rebekah Spader was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome four years ago, and despite every treatment they’ve tried, even a bone marrow transplant, has failed. Knowing how sick his little sister was, AJ Spader decided he wanted to bring her to his first high school dance since she may not survive long enough to go to high school.
“Rebeka and AJ have a close relationship and he has a really big heart,” mom Stephanie Spader said of AJ who wanted to “allow her to do something that she wouldn’t get to do.”
AJ decided to ask his little sister to the dance on a sign reading “I’d be blessed blessed if you went to formal with me” as he knew she may not make it to her own high school dance. “She’s most likely not going to be able to experience high school. So, I just thought why not ask her to the formal,” AJ said.
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“I want to spend as much time with her as possible while she’s still doing good,” AJ said.
Everyone helped out to make sure Rebekah felt like a princess, and her grandma and older sister did her hair and makeup so that all the doctors visits, cancer treatments, and operations would feel like a distant dream.
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Though they didn’t actually arrive at the dance since Rebekah was too nervous, she got to take pictures and enjoy dinner with everyone. “AJ and his friends embraced her and embraced the situation and didn’t blink twice that a little 10-year-old sister was going to hang out with them,” Spader said. “That for me was the most special thing.”
Watch the entire video below to see the amazing moment this sick little girl gets to go to her first high school dance thanks to her amazing big brother.
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While many people’s first instinct after hearing a cancer diagnosis is to fight, others choose to forgo the treatments and make the most of their time rather than spending their last months in a stuffy hospital being poked and prodded by doctors and nurses.
Just two days after her husband of 67 years, Leo, passed away in July, this 90-year-old woman from Michigan named Norma was dealing with her own health crisis. Doctors found a large cancerous mass on her uterus, which would require surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy.
Instead of resigning herself to months of brutal treatments, which her five-foot, 101-pound frame would likely not survive, she boldly announced to the doctor that she would be ‘hitting the road’ instead.
“We explained to the well-meaning doctor and his student that we live in an RV and that we will be taking her wherever she wants to go,” Norma’s son Tim wrote in a post to Facebook. “He didn’t hesitate to say, “RIGHT ON!” We asked if he thought us irresponsible for this approach. His reply was telling.”
“As doctors,” he said, “we see what cancer treatment looks like every day. ICU, nursing homes, awful side effects and honestly, there is no guarantee she will survive the initial surgery to remove the mass. You are doing exactly what I would want to do in this situation. Have a fantastic trip!”
Photo by Facebook/Driving Miss Norma
Together with Tim and her daughter-in-law Ramie, the three set out on the road in a 36-foot motor home in late August with their standard Poodle to see America.
Photo by Facebook/Driving Miss Norma
Together, they’ve been documenting their incredible journey on a Facebook page called Driving Miss Norma. Norma is loving being able to live in the moment, and is not in any pain or suffering from any cancer side-effects.
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“We see a spark in her eye that we haven’t seen in a very long time,” Ramie said.
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Each year, about 6,000 babies with Down syndrome are born in the United States to parents who are often crushed at the diagnosis because they’ve lived their lives ignorant of what it really means to have the syndrome.
While out shopping one day, Robb Scott, a Nova Scotia dad who’s son Turner has Down syndrome, overheard a little boy ask his father what Down syndrome was. The man replied that it was an illness of ‘not knowing anything.’
Scott hesitated to correct the man and missed the opportunity to stop the spread of misinformation and ignorance, but what he would have said to the little boy is now going viral.
Scott explains that Down syndrome is, in fact, not an illness or a disability at all. “Down syndrome is literally one of the most beautiful things that has ever happened in my life,” Scott says. “It’s fun, it’s brilliant, it’s amazing, it’s funny, it’s kind, it’s loving, it’s cuddly.”
Photo by Robb Scott
When the boy asked what Down syndrome was, “He asked it in the most honest, sincere way. And he was a blank slate. The father wasn’t being malicious — I could tell he was fumbling around for the words, trying to find the right description. And he said, ‘It’s an illness. It’s an illness of not knowing anything.’ And my heart sank. It’s not an illness. It’s not even a disability… disabilities are perception,” Scott said.
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No matter how much money someone has at their disposal, there are always things people wish they could have done while they were alive.
David Robert Wetzell, who was an avid animal lover with a dog, six cats, seven chickens and a 20-year-old parakeet, had always wanted to start an animal shelter. “He thought about it and that was something that was greatly on his mind,” Ronald Tompkins, executor of Wetzell’s estate, said.
Wetzell never got to see those dreams through, however, as the 80-year-old died in December 2014. But Wetzell left specific instructions to sell everything he owned and use the $3 million to start an animal shelter.
In his instructions, Wetzell wanted the sanctuary to be modeled after the Animal Welfare League of Clark County. “On this property, there will be a preserve, a cemetery to spread ashes of lost pets, a training and rehabilitation facility as well as a main adoption facility.”
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“The property will also be accessible for members and will have trails, dog parks, and ponds where families, individuals and their pets can enjoy the secluded acreage and scenic views. There will also be picnic areas for members to enjoy a full days experience,” Wetzell instructed.
Photo by Facebook/Champaign County Animal Welfare League
“The animals are well cared for and neutered and fully vetted before they can be adopted,” Mona Willour Newcomer wrote on the shelter’s Facebook. “This shelter is an amazing legacy for a man who cared and put his money where his mouth is.”
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Everyone had dreams and aspirations that they one day hope to accomplish, however, after getting a cancer diagnosis, one of the hardest things to come to terms with, behind the physical pain and illness, is the fact that you may never get the chance to do the things you thought your had decades to do.
When doctors found a glioblastoma multiforme tumor on Josh Hetherington’s brain last summer after starting to get severe headaches and seizures, all of the plans he made for his life went out the window. Normally, the disease occurs in people 20 to 30 years older than Josh, and is normally considered terminal.
“But with kids, because kids aren’t supposed to have this kind of tumor, there’s kind of a whole different host of potential outcomes for him,” mom Debbie Stewart said.
Josh had always admired soldiers’ bravery as he grew up, and always dreamed of becoming one when he was finally old enough. But because of his cancer, soldiers from the Fort Carson came together to make him a soldier for the day.
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“I don’t think Josh has had a smile off his face from the moment we got here,” Stewart said.
During his day as a soldier, Josh was given his own uniform and got to learn about different types of equipment, including a tank. “I could never give this to him,” Stewart said. “But other people have really made it possible. It’s just crazy to know that there’s people out there willing to give so much to be able to do that for him.”
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With all the things that could go wrong during a pregnancy, it’s a miracle when babies are born perfectly healthy. Yet, these parents were left hoping for a real miracle when a rare condition threatened their newborn’s life.
In baby Lincoln’s first seven months, he underwent multiple surgeries and even came uncomfortably close to passing away because of a rare heart condition called Heterotaxy Syndrome, which causes organs like the heart to develop on the opposite side of the body. Despite his initial surgeries, doctors knew his heart would not last and added him to the heart transplant list.
While Lincoln and parents Rob and Mindy Seay waited for a match, the seven-month old’s health quickly deteriorated, and he spent most days sleeping. 89 days after being added to the transplant list, and just four days after being revived from cardiac arrest, they found a match for Lincoln. However, while waiting for the new heart to arrive, doctors had to start the surgery early when Lincoln’s heart stopped for the second time so they could put him on the heart bypass machine.
However, while waiting for the new heart to arrive, doctors had to start the surgery early when Lincoln’s heart stopped for the second time so they could put him on the heart bypass machine.
“We were praying for a miracle and that moment in time it’s fair to say we got a miracle,” Rob said. “Because the heart was en route, they went ahead and opened his chest and the surgeon reached in and hand compressed his heart until the new heart arrived.”
Photo by Facebook/Robert Lee Seay Jr
Once the heart arrived, everything went according to plan and Lincoln woke up from surgery completely refreshed. “His color is incredibly different, it’s pink and vibrant and he woke up with so much energy,” Mindy said. “We joked, ‘He woke up thinking he was the Hulk.'”
Days after the surgery, the family was feeling relieved and thankful for the donor child’s sacrifice, which had saved their infant’s life. “I will treasure that heart more than I’ve ever treasured any gift,” Mindy wrote. “I will care for that gift to the very best of my ability and will be sure we always give reverence and respect to the child and the family from which it came.”
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Most kids would prefer to fit in rather than stand out for fear that they’ll get picked on or teased for those differences, so when this 8-year-old’s young cousin was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, she decided to shave her head so that he’d never feel self-conscious for looking different.
Shortly after 3-year-old Cooper Evens was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer called Burkitt lymphoma, which is located in his intestines, his older cousin Morgan Weyand went to her mom to ask if she could shave her head so she could support Cooper, as well as aunt and another cousin who both have breast cancer.
The third grader came up with the idea on her own, and decided to donate all the hair to ‘Wigs for Kids’. “That little girl has a heart of gold, there’s not many kids that would do that,” hairstylist Amanda Thompson said.
Photo by Facebook/Joanne Weyand Nicklow
“It was pretty powerful and meant a lot to us because with Cooper just being three and having a rare kind of cancer, it’s nice to see all the support that we have been getting from Morgan and the family,” said mother Kayla Nicklow.
Photo by Facebook/Joanne Weyand Nicklow
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Finding out you’re going to be a parent is a life-changing moment, but it’s also the moment when you realize you’re going to be responsible for another person for the rest of your life.
While on a vacation to Las Vegas in January, Lisa Sadiwynk had found out she was pregnant but waited to tell her husband as she wanted to make the moment special. Finally, she reached out to American Airlines to help her make the announcement. “They were very excited to help,” she said. “The flight attendant told me to hand her the letter when I boarded the plane.”
Just before the flight was ready to take off, the flight captain came on the loudspeaker and started making the announcement. “Well Eric although you didn’t strike it rich here in Las Vegas you did hit the jackpot,” the pilot said over the intercom. “Congratulations, you’re about to be a dad.”
Photo by Lisa Sadiwnyk
Eric was completely surprised by the announcement and was confused by what was going on. But as the news processed, he began to wipe tears from his eyes and leaned over to give his wife a kiss. “My husband is a very quiet person,” Lisa said. “He’s not an emotional person.”
Photo by Lisa Sadiwnyk
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Women spend about 12,000 hours of their lifetime crying, and while there are many different reasons to cry, one scientist set out to find out if those reasons made a difference on what the tear actually looked like.
Marice Mikkers, a Dutch photographer and scientist, combined his two passions to explore his project, The Imaginarium of Tears, to see how different stimulants would change the physical makeup of tears, and how that would change the look of a tear.
”All tears contain a variety of biological substances including oils, antibodies and enzymes suspended in salt water,” Mikkers said. When frozen, he was able to take a closer look at the sample and discovered each tear was completely different. “Every tear is as unique as a snowflake. It’s very personal”
Mekkers uses a microscope to look at the frozen samples, which he collects with a micropipette before placing on a slide. At first, he enlisted the help of his friends. “The options they could voluntarily choose from where: cutting onions, eat hot peppers, look into a fan or cry because of sadness or happiness. To see if there was a resemblance or difference in the structure of forming tears, I took images of every tear drop under the microscope.”
Photo by Maurice Mikkers
While some tears were caused by different stimulants, every single one was unique. “I think it’s safe to say that the differences in tears that are seen are not showing differences between the origins of crying, but just show a composition of the tear itself and the circumstances it crystallised in.”
Photo by Maurice Mikkers
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Teachers dedicate their entire lives to their students, and often spend much of their own free time and money on their students to ensure they are given the best learning environment possible. So when 28-year-old Samuel Nalbandian decided he wanted to marry his girlfriend of three years, he knew he had to involve her students in the proposal.
When Jennifer Lai was talking to another teacher before class started, Nalbandian and Lai’s sister, Jessica, went to fill the kids in on the plan. When class started and Lai walked in, she could tell her students were being more quiet than normal, but her principal David Warken ushered her to take a seat to watch a special movie with the kids.
The movie was a kid-friends reenactment of their love story form the very first time they met, and when it was over, the kids got up and held up letters that spelled out ‘Will you marry me?’ “I was in complete shock and it’s usually really hard to surprise me,” Lai said.
Photo by Jennifer Lai
Nalbandian then walked in with a bouquet of flowers and got on one knee. Lai was completely stunned, but said yes immediately. “We spoke about getting married, but I never imagined it would happen at work,” Lai said. “I’m so happy it did though because my students were able to share the moment with me and Sam knows how important my students are to me.”
After witnessing the special moment, Lai’s first-graders gave her their handmade cards to congratulate her on the unforgettable moment they got to be a part of.
Photo by Jennifer Lai
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Your house dog may not always seem like the most capable or helpful animal, but Piper the Border Collie is proving that dogs can do just about anything with enough training.
For the past year, Piper, the 8-year-old Border Collie, has been working as an airport K-9 at the Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, Michigan. As part of his job, Piper helps control wildlife on the runways by chasing away ducks, owls, foxes, geese, and any other creatures that occasionally find their way onto the runway. “Border Collies are born for this type of work, they’re herders,” owner Brian Edwards said.
Edwards got Piper in 2012, and thought his extremely active dog would be perfect for the job. With training, Piper excelled and got used to being around airplanes since it’s “not something that is natural for a dog. We train for the worst possible scenario, knowing we’re going to perform our best,” Edwards said.
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To help him stay safe while helping keep wild animals and humans safe, Piper has a uniform of a vest, custom goggles for protecting his eyes from sunlight, debris and dust, as well as ear muffs to protect his hearing.
Photo by Instagram/airportk9
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