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Surveillance Shows Jon Bon Jovi Stopping Woman From Jumping Off Bridge In Nashville

by Andy Corbley, Good News Network

A young woman’s attempted suicide on a bridge in Nashville was interrupted at the last minute by an unlikely hero. She was halfway there, then “Livin’ on a Prayer” singer Jon Bon Jovi appeared at her side and managed to talk her out of the life-ending decision. Pardon the pun. The scene was released in local surveillance camera footage by the Nashville Police Department. Bon Jovi and a small crew were filming a portion of a video for “The People’s House” on the upcoming Bon Jovi album Forever. That’s when he noticed that a woman had climbed beyond the rails of the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge and was looking down at the long drop into the Cumberland River.

There Was No Treatment for His Son’s Rare Disease, so Dad Moves Mountains to Make One for Kids Worldwide

by Andy Corbley, Good News Network

From Fox News Digital comes the incredible story of a Canadian family that stopped at nothing to find a cure for their newborn son’s rare disease. Putting their life savings on a wing and a prayer, the determination to see their boy grow up turned to compassion after they decided that the medicine they helped create should save more lives than just their son. Terry and Georgia Pirovolakis live in Toronto, and it was back in 2017 that they welcomed their third son, Michael, into the world. He was declared a healthy baby boy, and the couple went home to introduce him to his older brother and sister.

California’s First National Marine Sanctuary In Over 3 Decades Will Protect 116 Miles Of Coastline

by Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch

More than 116 miles of California’s stunning coastline is in the process of becoming designated as part of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary — the third largest in the country. The designation process reached a major milestone last week when the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the marine sanctuary was released. Under the preferred alternative of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Chumash Heritage Sanctuary would cover 4,543 square miles of offshore and coastal waters along more than 100 miles of the central coast of California, a press release from NOAA said.

A Place To Recover: How Medical Respite Programs Help Unhoused People Heal

by Robert Davis, Reasons to Be Cheerful

Rest. Heal. Recover. To people with serious illnesses and injuries who are also experiencing homelessness, those three words seem impossible to achieve. How can one rest when lying on a blanket in public is considered a quality-of-life infraction? Where can one heal or recover when medicine and other personal belongings could be thrown away without a moment’s notice? Over the last decade, medical respite care programs have been bridging the gap between housing and health care for people experiencing homelessness. These programs provide private space for unhoused folks who are too ill to recover from an illness or injury on the streets.

‘Waste Has Value’: How Surfing Helps Colombia Solve Its Plastic Problem

by Iñigo Alexander, The Guardian

As the morning sun beats down on the Caribbean island of Tierra Bomba in Colombia, a group of schoolchildren heads towards the beach, with two carrying surfboards over their heads. The children, many of whom are barefoot, meander through the town, also called Tierra Bomba, down unkempt and littered dirt roads, past colourful tin-roofed homes and makeshift clotheslines. As they near the beach, the spartan concrete houses give way to palm-thatched bungalows with swimming pools overlooking the sea, flanked by colourful flowers. Playa Linda’s sands are dotted with bars, parasols and loungers, the waters crisscrossed by darting jetskis.

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