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Kick off your week with a little extra joy. Here are five simple, uplifting stories that will remind you just how much good there is in the world
Firefighter traveled 800 miles to attend a college graduation
Alan Kent, a retired firefighter, responded to a medical call in Colorado Springs in 2004, where he found a woman named Stacy Huddle about to give birth to her daughter, Chloe.
“We heard Stacy upstairs screaming. I was like, I think we’re going to have a baby,” Alan said.
Since then, Chloe has celebrated her birthdays at the fire station. And this year for her graduation, Alan traveled around 800 miles to watch her receive her degree in educational studies.
Another firefighter’s happy news, this time saving a pigeon
A crew in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Oakland saw a pigeon suffering earlier this week after a fire, and decided to help the little creature.
“The crew reported the pigeon came up to them seeking help. The pigeon seemed to have suffered some smoke inhalation from the vehicle fire,” said Oakland Firefighters Local 55 union in a post on social media.
Grandpa Davison builds pool for the whole neighborhood
After sharing 66 years together, Judge Keith Davison found himself alone after losing his wife to cancer.
To break this loneliness, Grandpa Keith built a large backyard swimming pool in his house in Minnesota for the neighborhood children to enjoy.
Davison has three adult children, but no grandchildren.
One of his neighbors said, “’You kind of adopted our whole neighborhood of kids, these are your grandkids.’”
Morgantown just eliminated “hostile architecture”
West Virginia, Morgantown City Council voted to approve a resolution that prohibits the city from installing “hostile architecture” in public infrastructure, including new projects, repairs and replacements.
The National Coalition for the Homeless defines hostile architecture as “urban-design strategy that utilizes elements of the built environment to intentionally guide or restrict behavior deemed undesirable by urban leaders.”
Councilman Brian Butcher said, “The reason for a resolution like this is for our public infrastructure to be more accommodating to everybody, that includes older people and people with disabilities,” Butcher said.
40 years of a Disney lifetime pass
In July 1985, Virgil Waytes Jr. became Walt Disney World’s 200 millionth guest when he was 7 years old, during his family’s first vacation
The boy won a lifetime pass that grants free admission for him and up to three guests. Around 40 years later, the North Carolina resident still uses the pass with his wife and children.
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