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World’s Most Premature Baby Turns One!

Nash was born on July 5, 2024, at 21 weeks gestation, 133 days early, and weighing just 10 ounces. He was immediately put into a NICU incubator, where staff has taken very good care of him. The neonatal care team at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital is credited with keeping him alive. The title World’s Most Premature Baby is in the Guinness Book of World Records.

(According to the Mayo Clinic’s website, a typical pregnancy for a woman lasts about 40 weeks.)

His mother said, “Nash isn’t just a record breaker — he’s a heart-stealer. From the very beginning, our family and friends rallied behind him, and as his story spread, so did the love.”

Eleven-Year-old Saves 5 Year-old From Well

Juliana heard Jack’s mother screaming when he fell in a well, and ran to help. She dialed 911, then grabbed a ladder, and put it down into the well. He had fallen 20 feet onto a concrete pad, but he couldn’t get out. Juliana’s father helped her hold the ladder steady, so Jack could climb out.

When speaking of her son and his rescuer, the relieved mother said, “He was really brave, and I’m so thankful for Juliana. It was a very good feeling when he got out of the well.”

Jack was checked out at the hospital, and other than a few scratches and bruises, he’s fine. The well has since been covered with a metal plate and bricks.

Twins & Maintenance Man Were In The “Right Place At The Right Time”

Twins Ava and Addison were visiting their grandmother at her apartment and went down to the pool. One of the girls noticed a child at the bottom of the pool. Ava pulled the girl to the surface and Addison went for help. Cody, the maintenance man pulled her out of the water and started CPR.

Cody recalled, “She was totally blue, not breathing. When you see a kid in that stress, you kind of think about your own kid in that situation. If it turns bad, it can turn south really quick. I’m just glad I was in the right place at the right time.”

The girl was rushed to the ER where she was treated. Her father is grateful that everyone worked so hard to save his daughter. The twins and Cody were honored with Civilian Citation Awards during a city council meeting soon after.

Homeless Man Rescues Autistic Girl From Busy Street

Faith has 4 special needs children. She was moving to a new apartment when her 6-year-old girl Honoretta took off, into a busy street. She’s done it before — just taking off, as if it’s a game — but this time it was into traffic. The grandmother, helping the daughter move, took off after Honoretta, but she was already half a block away. She cried for help as she ran, and then she saw a man go into the street and stopped traffic to keep Honoretta from harm.

She praised the man, later identified as Weldon Tucker, for “selflessly risk[ing] his life.” Grandma said she tried to repay Tucker for his good deed, but he would not accept any money.“He was just like, ‘Happy to help. Happy I was there.’ And I’m like, ‘Let me pay you, let me do something,’ and he was like, ‘No, I don’t want anything. I was just happy to help,’” (Grandma) said.

They later found out he is homeless and receiving assistance from a local shelter.

Video Of 66-Year-old In Band Goes Viral

The first time Kent watched the LSU band, he was 9. He always wanted to join the band, but his life went in a different direction. Now, at age 66 and a retired accountant, he has joined the band as an LSU student. He played the tuba in the first game. The event has since gone viral.

“Now, the first time he watched LSU inside Tiger Stadium, he was just nine years old,” ESPN announcers said on the broadcast. “Life took him another way — a career, raising a family. But he had a dream: of joining the Golden Band from Tigerland. And five years ago, Kent picked up the tuba, he practiced, he trained, and yes, he enrolled in LSU, auditioned — he made the band!

“Tonight, nearly six decades later… Kent, a 66-year-old freshman. Kent making his dream come true. He took the field at half-time with the Golden Band From Tigerland. How great is that?”

Kent said his wife encouraged him to enroll at LSU and join the band. The band director says that, yes, you have to try out for the band, and Kent made it. He added that there are no allowances made for Kent’s age. He must do the same routine as everyone else. The next oldest member of the LSU band is 25 years old.