Family

Mass. woman raced to save turkey after daughter gave birth 2 weeks early – 11/29/2009
By Associated Press

BOSTON - A Boston woman has succeeded at one of the all-time great Thanksgiving Day juggling acts: She cooked the turkey while helping deliver her baby granddaughter.Patricia McCalop was in the middle of preparing the meal when her daughter suddenly went into labor two weeks early.McCalop called 911, and a dispatcher talked her through the delivery and helped her confirm that the baby girl was breathing.Paramedics arrived shortly afterward and took Africa McCalop and her newborn to the hospital....
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Hungarian cave-dwellers could split grandmother's $6.6 billion fortune – 12/03/2009
By msnbc.com

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Talk about a reversal of fortunes.Two brothers who are so poor they live in a cave on the outskirts of Budapest and get by selling scavenged junk are in line to receive a $6.6 billion inheritance from a long-lost grandmother, the U.K. Daily Telegraph reports.Zsolt and Geza Peladi have been informed that they are entitled to the fortune, along with a sister who lives in the United States, the newspaper reported Wednesday.Charity workers in Hungary passed on the good news to th...
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Her heart stopped twice after she gave birth; family was saying goodbye – 03/02/2009
By Michael Inbar TODAYShow.com contributor

With his wife in a seemingly irreversible coma, Michael Smith brought his children to Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati to say goodbye to their mother before she was pulled off life support.But Lori Smith’s 8-year-old daughter Megan wasn’t ready to say goodbye. Instead, she said, “Mom, if you love us and you hear us, move your eyes.”“Lori moved her eyes, and that was the first sign that I knew Lori was there,” Michael Smith said. “I didn’t know...
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True commitment and love – 08/06/2009
By Youtube

This is an amazing story of a father's love and dedication to his son.  They are truly inspiring.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDnrLv6z-mM...
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They wound up on same force; ‘I thought he was real handsome,’ says dad – 02/13/2009
By Michael Inbar, TODAYShow.com contributor

Police detective Clay Hamilton has a 12-year-old boy, and he always suspected that he had another, much older son out in the world somewhere. But to find out that long-lost son was working alongside him was a surprise for the ages. Hamilton and his 37-year-old son Chris appeared live on TODAY Friday, relating their amazing tale of how the pair found each other against long odds. Also on hand was their boss, Petersburg, Va., Police Chief John Dixon, who played a major role in uniting the fat...
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As Shown on Medical Incredible – 08/06/2009
By Youtube

Take a moment to check out this inspiring woman.  She is truly amazing.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA_Wcwt4e-o ...
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Though he outweighs her by 50 pounds, his ‘angel’ hauled him into boat – 05/22/2009
By Mike Celiac, TODAYShow.com contributor

When the shark clamped its jaws on his forearm and wouldn’t let go, Luis Hernandez knew it was going to take a miracle for him to escape with his life.Fortunately for the 48-year-old South Florida man, his wife, who was sitting in their anchored boat, was up to the task. Although she is only 5-foot-2 and 108 pounds, petite Marlene Hernandez somehow managed to haul up the boat’s anchor, start the engine, race to her stricken husband and hoist his 160-pound body, mangled, useless arm a...
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Jill Finley recalls asking for Mexican food after husband prepared for worst – 09/10/2007
By Mike Celizic, TODAYShow.com contributor

Imagine being 31 years old and having to make the agonizing decision to discontinue the life-support keeping your comatose spouse alive. Now imagine that spouse waking up and asking for Mexican food. “It’s crazy. It’s absolutely crazy,” Jill Finley, the woman who was supposed to die, told TODAY co-host Meredith Vieira during an interview Monday. “It is truly a miracle that I’m here talking to you today.” On the morning of Saturday, May 26, Jill...
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Volunteer organization helps cancer-stricken woman see dream wedding – 04/09/2009
By Michael Inbar, Today

It’s a video wedding album that doesn’t leave a dry eye in the house — a mother giving away her daughter at a ceremony she might never had attended, at a financial cost she could never hope to meet.TODAY presented the amazing story Thursday of Jill and her daughter Caitlin in the bride’s journey to the altar — a gorgeous ceremony made possible by the Dream Team society at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, dedicated to making the wishes of adult terminal cancer...
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She bought the raffle ticket to celebrate couple's 16th anniversary – 02/24/2009
By Associated Press

DANVILLE, Calif. - Susan Wells was thrilled to learn she'd won a $2 million house in a raffle days after her husband had been laid off from his job. "I'm floored," said Wells, who bought the ticket as a surprise to celebrate the couple's 16th anniversary. "I can't believe this has happened. Needless to say, my husband is very surprised." The house is in upscale Marin County, just north of San Francisco. The couple already own a home in Danville, a suburb south of Sa...
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It can be crazy for parents Jenny and Bryan — but it’s all worth it in the end – 06/05/2009
By Megan Mattes, Parents magazine, TODAY

It’s 9:30 A.M. on Sunday morning, and Jenny and Bryan Masche are frantically getting ready for church at 11. Jenny is pouring milk into sippy cups, holding one toddler in her arms while two others hang onto her pant legs. All three are whining for their “ba-bas.” Meanwhile, the three other toddlers are raiding the kitchen cupboard, looking for pots and pans to bang.Suddenly, there’s a knock. It’s Olivia, 11, and Reese, 6, neighborhood kids who drop by often to play ...
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