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The Daily Positive: 18 Heroes Awarded Medals

18 people are going to be awarded medals for their acts of bravery and courage. I’m going to share just three stories but the link has all of the stories.

Martin V. Hohenstein came upon a woman trapped in her SUV after an accident on the highway in Dakota City, Nebraska. Fermin Urenda, 40, had struck a pole and her car had burst into flames. Hohenstein, 51, was driving by when he saw the scene and tried to help. He saw that the woman’s legs were trapped under the dashboard.
He also couldn’t open the driver’s side door, which was jammed shut. Hohenstein made several attempts to open the vehicle despite intense heat and flame. He was finally able to pull Urdena free after multiple attempts just as the car was destroyed by fire. Urdena suffered burns but is alive.

Then we have this:

Hattie Fowler, 6, was in the bedroom of her family’s Jacksonville, Florida mobile home when fire broke out in that room. The little girl stood near her window and screamed for help, grabbing the attention of Robert A. Pritchard, Jr., 13, who was passing by. Despite the flames and smoke, Pritchard entered the home and grabbed the girl and was able to run out just as the home became engulfed in flames.
Four members of Fowler’s family died in the fire.

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The Daily Positive: Woman Has Memory Loss of Wedding; Husband Raising Money for Another Wedding

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Justice just go married. She was happy. Excited. Then, a car accident.

Justice was lucky to survive the crash, but sadly her memory of their wedding day 19 days previous had vanished. In fact, for some time she didn’t even know she was married.

Jeremy, the husband, added this:

“She has memory loss from about five weeks before the wedding,” he said, “which is when we actually started to plan and put the wedding into motion.”

So, Jeremy is now trying to raise money to do it all over again.

Jeremy has so far managed to raise $3,139 out of his $5,000 target and hopes to hold the ceremony on their first anniversary.

Hit the link to find out more about this story and how you can donate.

 

The Daily Positive: Sheriff Rescues Woman from Fire

It’s back, hopefully for a long time. The Daily Positive is a quick post with a quote and a piece of good news.

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An off duty Sheriff deputy helped save a woman from a house fire.

“Due to the intense flames crews were forced to combat the blaze from the exterior of the home,” Gwinnett Fire Lt. Jerrod D. Barrett said.

Prior to the fire department arriving, the Sheriff deputy assisted with rescuing a female occupant from the back porch using an extension ladder.

It doesn’t have to take a badge or paycheck to be a hero. The Sheriff did what he did most likely because that’s just how he rolls.

The Daily Positive: Girl Overcomes Physical Limitations

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A 12 year old is living her life, despite this:

Kennedy was born with Goldenhar syndrome, a rare craniofacial disease in which facial features and the spine don’t form properly.

She has had 19 surgeries over the years and has dealt with multiple medical issues, including scoliosis and chronic sinus infections.

Now, while some girls (and guys) may find this to be devastating, she says “it’s awesome”. A primary focus was that our girl has a clip on ear.

“I’ve seen that it’s given her confidence,” Kennedy’s mother, Amy Hendershott, said of the ear. “I think it’s given her that little extra boost that she’s needed for middle school. She is confident enough whether she wears it or not. And she’s perfect whether she wears it or not.”

You’ll want to read the entire story. I’ll give you this last piece:

Kennedy’s family has preached all along a message of acceptance. We don’t all look the same. We don’t all sound the same. And that’s perfectly fine.

It sure is.

-Dante Writes

 

 

The Daily Positive: Man Stopped From Committing Suicide; Now Helps Others

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A 15 year old was ready to jump off a bridge.

“I had already climbed over the railing and I remember this person coming up behind me – this man and I didn’t see his face and I don’t really remember what we talked about but I remember he was wearing a light brown jacket and he was a little taller than me. He just talked to me. He didn’t try to solve all my problems or give me any magic solutions or anything, we just talked like any two people meeting on an overpass in Cape Breton.”

As it turned out, there was another person there that was encouraging the teen to jump. Anyway, Mark Henick’s life was saved by this stranger. Now:

That stranger made a huge difference to Henick, who has since devoted his life to helping others who may have mental health issues. Henick has the unique qualification of having survived mental illness.

“I extend a hand to someone who may need help now,” said Henick. “I know first hand just how effective that is.”

Lastly, Mark is trying to find this stranger, who saved him in 2002.

Now he wants to find that person so he can thank him. As part of the #BellLetsTalk initiative to get Canadians talking about mental health, Henick has spoken on Canada AM and has tweeted his desire to find this person.

It now looks as though this will actually happen – Henick said he had a credible lead that he hopes will lead him to the person.

“What if I find him, what will I say – I don’t know,” said Henick. “And I still don’t know. But here we are.”

Read the entire story to find out more about Mark’s charity and more stuff.

New Feature: The Daily Positive

In keeping with the quick and simple style of posts here at DALANEL, I’m introducing a quick hit to start the day. The Daily Positive is a quick positive boost for you.

The initial run is a Bible Verse, Quote, and Good News article.

Now, you might be thinking “What about Thursday Thoughts (quotes) and Fearless Friday (good news)?” The answer to that is simple. The quotes for Thursday Thoughts are more to get you to think whereas The Daily Positive has quotes that are meant to inspire and motivate. As for the Good News, I’ll be sharing positive news that are not hero themed as Fearless Friday takes care of that.

The Good News is the cornerstone of this feature. It’s possible that I’ll add another element besides quotes and scripture, but, ultimately, this is not supposed to take more than 10 minutes to get through. None of the weekly features are meant to take more than 10 minutes to get through.

Daily Good News and Daily Word are sort of resurrected at the same time with this post. Guess what? I plan to make this a weekend post as well! Saturday and Sunday are just as daily as any other day.