Reunited Stories
Pair rescued in Bermuda TriangleA man from Greater Manchester has spoken about being rescued near the Bermuda Triangle after being lost at sea for 40 days. |
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Christian the Lion (w/Video)I’ll bet you’ve never seen a pet like the one in this Video of the Day. In 1969, two friends, John Rendall and Ace Berg, purchased a lion. At the time, Christian the lion was a 35-pound cub. |
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Outpouring of affection for Kaiser, his ownerIt's a beautiful ending to a touching rags-to-riches story. |
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Saved by trivia text serviceBrit holidaymakers Ian Lawler and girlfriend Ranelle Chapman got lost in a Thai jungle -- and were rescued after sending an SOS to a London text service 6,000 miles away. |
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Danny Boy the bird reunites with owners: Pet macaw found 15 months after he flew awayA pet macaw named Danny Boy flew the coop in Carpinteria and was found 15 months later some 80 miles away in Pasadena. |
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The Miracle Under the MattressA mattress and a miracle are being credited for sparing the life of a 14-month-old boy sucked out of his home — crib and all — and thrown 40 or 50 feet by a powerful tornado that struck a sleeping Michigan family on Friday. |
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Autistic Hiker Found Alive in W.VaAn autistic 18-year-old lost in the wilderness for four days was found sleeping under a bush Thursday, weak but apparently fine, and reunited with his family, searchers said. |
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Lost Dog Walks 7 Miles to Find His HomeBailey didn't need MapQuest or a navigation system to find his way back... |
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3-year-old Boy Lost in Amazon found after 11 daysA 3-year-old boy who was lost in the dense Amazon rain forest was found after 11 days, apparently unharmed but for dehydration and thorns in his feet and legs, police said Friday. |
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Man Who Rescued Boy from Train is HonoredGordon Hill finally got a chance Monday night to personally greet and thank the man who saved him from heartache. Hill was the engineer on a Canadian National Railway train on Sept. 1 that would have hit a 3-year-old Appleton boy on the railroad tracks just east of American Drive except for the heroism of town resident Merlin Harn. |
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Boy Survives Two-Hour Flight to Moscow Hanging Onto Plane WingA 15-year-old boy from the Urals suffered acute frostbite after riding the wing of a Boeing-737 plane on a two-hour flight from Perm to Moscow, Russian radio station Mayak reported on Monday. |
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Scouts Missing In N.C. Mountains Found SafeA group of missing Boy Scouts in western North Carolina were found safely Monday morning. |
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Firefighters Save Donkey Trapped in WellFirefighters in the western Minnesota town of Underwood weren't quite sure what to expect when they got the call: A donkey had fallen down an abandoned well and was trapped. |
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Dalmatian rescued after three days in drainpipeA Dalmatian that spent at least three days trapped 25 feet underground in West Virginia is finally free. |
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Feel good news
- A 375-Year-Old French Bank Forgives Debts of Paris’ Poorest
- Gates donates $750 million to fight AIDS, TB and malaria
- The Cleanweb Takes Off
- Businesses seek California’s new ‘benefit corporation’ status
- MIT to offer free education, online courses to all
- 2012 Doomsday Predictions Debunked by NASA
- Mayan timekeeper says world WON’T end in 2012… as it’s only a calendar change
- Alberto Cairo: There are no scraps of men
- Indonesian girl who was swept away in the 2004 tsunami is reunited with her family
- No more corporate personhood in LA, Unanimous
- ‘The protester’ named Time’s person of year
- Unsung heroes: the life of a wildlife ranger in the Congo
- Centenarian sets record by running a marathon
- To the rescue—finding a purpose for rejected shelter dogs
- Nourishing New York’s low-income communities
- Young Indonesians paint the town green
- Activists worldwide push for leaving the fossil fuel age behind
- Pay It Forward Bracelets: A small idea for a big change
- Social project uses pop bottles to provide indoor lighting for the poor
- Remembering 9/11: A warrior’s unexpected gift to America
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