Good News: Firefighters, Bomber Jackets, and Notes for Ukraine
Here are a few more good news stories making the rounds . . .
1. A guy in Oregon just returned a World War Two bomber jacket to a veteran’s family more than 60 years after the guy left it behind at a restaurant.
2. We’re living longer than we used to, and getting more quality years out of life. A new study found that between 1991 and 2011, the average woman gained two years of “disability-free living.” And it’s almost four extra years for men.
3. How’s this for a trifecta? Firefighters in Massachusetts saved a dog from a house fire the other day. Meanwhile, firefighters in Ireland saved a kitten after it got stuck on someone’s roof. And firefighters in Florida saved a bunch of ducklings that fell in a storm drain.
4. A website called Preply added a feature that lets you send notes of encouragement to people in Ukraine, and it automatically translates them into Ukrainian.
You can also read what other people have written. And there’s a map that shows where all the messages are coming from. People in 115 different countries have already sent notes in more than 80 different languages.