Prince Louis steals the show at Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee flyover, while Queen pulls out of service

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Wearing a dusky dove blue Angela Kelly ensemble with matching hat, Queen Elizabeth, the longest reigning monarch in British history, appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the festivities for her Platinum Jubilee as flag-waving crowds from Britain and other countries gathered together to celebrate her seven decades of duty. As London is the scene of quite the party these days, the Queen herself pulled out of a service at St. Paul’s Cathedral after experiencing discomfort while watching Thursday’s parade at Buckingham Palace.

The Queen decided that only the royals carrying out official duties would appear at the balcony. Prince Andrew, for one, wasn’t there, and following the scandals he got involved into, this decision seemed like the right one, otherwise, his presence could have caused a public outcry. Harry and Meghan flew to Britain from California to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, but watched the show together with other royals from the Major General’s office near Horse Guards Parade.

As much as we all look forward to many more years of seeing Her Majesty on the throne, some outlets report that she plans to step down from her position in near future. If that happens to be the case, this parade and all the festivities definitely stand for a beautiful farewell.

Among those who stood by the Queen’s side on the balcony were William and Kate’s children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. The youngest child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge was the one stealing the show. He pulled so many meme-worth faces that the entire country couldn’t help but share the adorable photos of the little Prince.

Dressed in a sailor-inspired white and blue ensemble that his father Princes William wore to his grandmother’s Jubilee in 1985, Louis melted millions of hearts with his cuteness.

His behavior only confirmed what anyone in the world would have suspected, that a 4-year-old standing on a balcony for any length of time before the eyes of the world is bound to end with the sort of hilarity that followed.

As he was enchanted by the flying planes and couldn’t stop waiving at them, Prince Louis also had a cute moment with his great-grandmother when they were caught chatting.

Louis was then seen covering his ears with his hands as the loud jets flew past and made funny faces at the crowd. He also held his hands up to his temples at one point as he looked grumpily at the planes flying over. The crowd found his antics amusing. Well, what’s not to love about Prince Louis’ innocence childhood brings?

He and his older siblings represent the newest generation of royals so it’s certain that all eyes will be on them as they grow up. Having in mind that their father and uncle went through the same while growing up and their lives are still a hot topic in the media, we are sure that the children will simply get used to that kind of life. We also hope that they will have the same principles of kindness, compassion and thoughtfulness as William and Harry.

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Infant dies in terrible car crash, but ends up saving three lives

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Single mom Jamie Yarrish and her 1-year-old daughter Jaelynn were on the road in Clifton, New Jersey when they got involved in a multi-vehicle crash involving a Dump Truck.

Both the mother and the daughter were rushed to the hospital. However, while Jamie, who suffered multiple structures and brain bleeding, survived and is recovering, her baby girl died a week after the tragic crash.

Jaelynn was a vibrant little girl who celebrated her 1st birthday just over a week before the accident.

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In those times of shock and grief, her family found the strength to make a decision which saved the lives of three other children. Jaelynn’s organs were donated.

“Jaelynn is a hero,” the infant’s cousin Kimmy Laverty told Daily Voice. “She saved three children who are no longer in need of organs and life saving surgeries. These three children have been blessed with beauty and a loving soul. Let us hold our families tight as we can not see the future and won’t know when our time is to come.”

Jamie lost her most precious jewel, but she found comfort in the fact that her little one helped three other children continue with their lives by saving them.

A GoFundMe page which was set up in order to help the grieving mother raised over $28,000.

Rest in peace, Jaelynn.

Heroic Samaritan skips job interview to rescue car crash victim

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Our readiness to help others when they need it the most is what defines what kind of humans we are.

Some people posses the ability to keep a cool head even during the most difficult situations, and sometimes that ability is the thin line between life and death.

32-year-old Aaron Tucker of Bridgeport, Connecticut, didn’t have it easy in life. Eventually, he ended up in jail and struggled a great deal, but once he was out, he was ready to have a fresh start and get a new job.

That morning, he put on a nicely ironed shirt and took the bus to a job interview he was hoping to get. However, things didn’t turn as expected.

Namely, the bus suddenly stopped because there was a car wreckage on the road. Out of all the passengers, Aaron was the first and only one to get out of the bus. He rushed towards the flipped car and managed to unbuckle and pull the driver out, assuring him that he was going to be okay.

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He then took his shirt off and tried to stop the bleeding from the head of the confused and injured driver.

Moments later, the flipped car exploded.

Had it not been for Aaron, the driver would probably die.

Speaking of the missed job interview, Aaron said, “… a job can come and go, but a life is one time thing.”

When the community learned of Aaron’s heroic deed, they decided to start a GoFundMe page and help him get the fresh start he was looking for.

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Along with the $60,000 that were raised, Aaron received a number of job offers by many companies.

Liam Neeson speaks of his decision to pull the plug on dying wife Natasha Richardson and how it devastated him

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That Anna Christie Broadway play from 1993 was a serendipitous moment for a Hollywood couple that taught us what true love is. It was the play that brought Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson together.

At the time, Richardson was married to producer Robert Fox, but meeting Neeson made her fall for him with the same passion he fell for her.

Unfortunately, Richardson passed away in 2009, and Neeson never married again. Years after loosing her, the Taken star still grieves for the woman who stole his heart forever.

Actress Natasha Richardson and actor Liam Neeson attend the American Ireland Fund’s 33rd Annual New York Gala Fundraiser at The Tent at Lincoln Center on May 8, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Joe Corrigan/Getty Images)

Speaking of the moment he first met her, Neeson told Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes: “She was a radiant beauty. Yeah, cascading hair. I remember. There was—that was very, very attractive. I’d never had that kind of an explosive chemistry situation with an actor, or actress.” He then continued saying: “We had just this wonderful kind of dance—free dance on stage every night. She and I were like [Fred] Astaire and [Ginger] Rogers.”

At the time of her death, the couple’s sons, Micheal and Daniel, were 13 and 12 years old.

In March 2009, Neeson was shooting a movie in Toronto, Canada, while Richardson and her son were on a ski vacation in Quebec. Unfortunately, she was involved in an accident that didn’t seem serious at first. She fell and hit her head, but was feeling fine. Neeson recalls his wife calling him on the phone and saying, “Oh, darling. I’ve taken a tumble in the snow.”

Sadly, she didn’t know the injury she suffered was way more serious than she could ever realize. Richardson went through lucid interval, a period when someone with a traumatic brain injury seems normal but blood is building in the brain causing pressure which can often be fatal.

Natasha Richardson, English actress, (Broadway debut in the 1993 revival of Anna Christie)/ Historyloversclub

Richardson ended up in hospital after she initially turned down medical help.

Neeson rushed to Montreal the moment he learned of the severity of his wife’s condition. “I got a taxi to this hospital and uh– this doctor, he looked all of 17, showed me her X-ray. And you didn’t need to be a rocket scientist to see what was happening. You know? It’s– it was like a cartoon. You know, the brain’s squashed up against the side of the skull. And it’s– as the blood tries to get a release. You know?” the actor said.

He then spoke of the moment he made a decision to pull the plug. “I went in to her and told her I loved her. Said, ‘Sweetie, you’re not coming back from this. You’ve banged your head. It’s– I don’t know if you can hear me, but that’s– this is what’s gone down. And we’re bringing ya back to New York. All your family and friends will come.’ And that was more or less it. You know? She and I had made a pact. If any of us got into a vegetative state that we’d pull the plug. You know? So when I saw her and saw all these tubes and stuff, that was my immediate thought was, ‘OK, these tubes have to go. She’s gone.’ But donated three of her organs, so she’s keeping three people alive at the moment. Yeah. Her heart, her kidneys and her liver.”

Actors Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson attend a special screening of “Seraphim Falls” hosted by The Cinema Society at the Tribeca Grand Hotel on January 23, 2007 in New York City. Richardson is in a Montreal hospital after suffering injuries sustained in an skiing accident at the Mont Tremlant resort. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

Richardson’s sons are all grown up now and very successful at what they do. They know their mother would have been proud of them.

The boys never miss a chance to pay tribute to their mom whenever they can. Daniel shared a photo of her on Instagram with the caption, “No one’s ever gone, they become more alive.”

Neeson said in one occasion that it was Bono who was there for his sons after they lost their mom. He recalled the singer asking Michael how old he was. Michael answered thirteen and then Bono said he was that age when he lost his mother himself. “He was, like, saying, ‘You know, I lost my mom at this age and I’m doing okay. And you will do okay, too,'” Neeson recalled.

9-year-old boy survives in the wilderness all thanks to Bear Grylls’ “Man vs. Wild”

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Grayson Wynne is a smart and quick-thinking 9-year-old boy who managed to survive in the wilderness of the million-acre Ashley National Forest in Utah all thanks to the tips he has learned from Bear Grylls.

Little Grayson went missing after he wandered on his own and was unable to find the way to his parents and the rest of the people who were planning on walking four miles to Daggett Lake where they were supposed to camp for a long weekend.

Once he realized he was lost, Grayson decided not to panic. He knew he needed to keep a cool head and use some of the useful survival tips in order to navigate through the remote location. The first thing he recalled was to leave clues for the search crews he knew would go after him.

Grayson tore his jacket into pieces and left one piece on the trees. He also knew he needed to find shelter under a fallen tree, which is exactly what he did.

“I just used my hands,” the boy told Daily Mail. “I don’t know how many  times I tore the thing but quite a lot.”

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Rescue teams did all in their power to track him down. Tracker dogs and helicopters were also involved in the thorough search which was a huge success. Namely, Grayson noticed a helicopter flying overhead so he rushed towards a creek and started waiving. At that point, two searchers on horseback had already noticed him.

His parents were over the moon to see their kid safe and sound.

“I was really scared,” Grayson said. “But Man vs Wild tells you how to survive all different terrains.”

We are so glad things turned for the best for this young and clever boy, and we hope he would never again embark on such a scary adventure on his own.

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Soldier husband sneaks into hospital to surprise wife visiting preemie twins in NICU

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Life is full of surprises and only the bravest overcome the challenges that stand on their way to happiness. Skyler Cooper, a serviceman, and his wife Cydney have been going strong from the moment they met, and no matter how tough it is for them to be separated for months while Skyler is overseas, their love for one another prevails no matter what obstacles they face. 

Sadly, we all know pretty well that the sacrifice military men and women make is huge. Many miss their children’s birth, the first steps and the first words, as well as many important family gatherings, all for the sake of the peace and the well-being of the country and its people. 

Last year, just as Skyler went on duty in Kuwait, Cydney learned they were going to become parents.

This mom-to-be was overjoyed by the thought of welcoming a baby in her life, but she was a bit scared too as she knew she had to go through the whole thing all by her self, without her loving husband by her side. 

She only prayed for him to be able to witness the birth of their bundle of joy, so Skyler made sure he would be there for the big day. 

The family got the surprise of their life when they learned they weren’t expecting one baby, but two. 

Cydney’s pregnancy was a healthy one and things were going great, but she caught the flu and doctors feared it could affect the babies. They believed it would be for the best if they deliver the little ones prematurely via a C-section. 

However, that meant that their father wouldn’t be there to witness their birth as this was something no one could predict and Skyler had already booked his flight for later, which was around the due date. 

But the twins’ health was number one priority and Cydney gave birth prematurely. The operation was successful and both her and her babies were feeling great.

However, doctors waited for Cydney to overcome the flu and the cough completely before she was let to hold her girls Emma and Kyla.

Having her daughters in her arms felt divine. Cydney was eager to take a picture of her holding one of the babies and sent it to the love of her life, not assuming he was right there behind her. 

Skyler was able to get an emergency leave but kept it a secret because he wanted to give his loving wife and the mother of his children a surprise to remember. 

Seeing him there in the hospital room with balloons and flowers melted Cydney’s heart. She couldn’t contain her tears of joy. Her husband was the piece that was missing for the happiness to be complete and now he was there, by his family’s side.

The fact is that Skyler will miss a lot of crucial moments from his girls’ growing up, but he’s a devoted father who will do his best to be around his loved ones whenever he can. 

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Veteran meets woman in Vietnam war – 50-years-later discovers she kept a huge secret from him

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Imagine the joy and the anticipation of meeting your child for the first time after over 50 years. No matter how incredible it sounds, this is exactly what a Vietnam veteran and his daughter, who he didn’t know existed, experienced a few years back.

When Gary Barnes was serving in Vietnam, he met a woman from the Philippines with whom he started a relationship. However, when his service there came to an end, the two lost contact and never heard of one another again.

What Barnes didn’t know was that he had a daughter from that relationship; a daughter he will meet when he is 78 years old.

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Olivia Robles was born in the Philippines in 1967. She moved to the States when she was six years old and soon learned that her stepdad wasn’t her biological father.

Although her life seemed complete, she always wanted to know who her real dad was and never stopped looking. One day, she decided to submit a sample of her DNA to the popular website ancestry.com.

Posted by Olivia Robles Mauger on Friday, 23 November 2018

Time passed by, and Olivia almost lost hope of ever tracking her father, but then, the site notified her that there was a close match between her DNA and that of a woman named Diana Barnes, who happened to be Gary Barnes’ cousin.

After some hesitation, Olivia decided to contact Diana and tell her the story of her life. Diana said how her cousin Gary was dating a girl from the Philippines not long before Olivia was born. But could this man be the person Olivia was desperately looking for?

Speaking to The Union, Olivia said: “The timeline fit together. And then Diana sent me a picture of him. My youngest son has such a resemblance to him that I thought, ‘He has to be my father.’”

Celebrating my bday with my dad for the 1st time – priceless!!

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She decided to get in touch with Gary but admitted she was feeling nervous because she couldn’t possibly know how he would react.

Gary, who didn’t have other children, was thrilled to meet his only child. In order to be sure they were a father and a daughter, another test was done. It was confirmed they were a family.

When she first met him, Olivia said she felt like she knew Gary for years.

The first encounter was like those in the movies. The elderly man was patiently waiting at an arrival gate to hug his daughter for the first time ever and the sight was heartwarming.

Posted by Olivia Robles Mauger on Saturday, 10 March 2018

With Olivia, Gary and his wife got a family. They now have three grandsons, who serve in the military like he did, and a great-grandson. They are all very close and don’t miss even a day without speaking on the phone and spending time together.

What a beautiful story of love and hope. Life can be truly incredible.

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High school football player who collapsed on the field during training has died

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15-year-old Jed Hoffman, a sophomore at Park City High School, Montana, was in the middle of football practice with his high-school football team when he suddenly suffered a seizure.

The coach for the Park City Panthers, Mark Rathbun, rushed to help and administered CPR. He also used an automated external defibrillator.

Jed was taken to the hospital where he spent a week at the Intensive Care Unit, but sadly, nothing could be done. The teen passed away and left his family and his friends mourn for his loss.

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Superindentent Daniel Grabowska released a statement on the Park City Panthers website.

“One of the constants in life is that our youth are usually invincible. They get cuts, sprains, and broken bones. We know that every once in a while an accident or mental illness will take a life much too early. But on Monday we shared with our secondary students that one of their own classmates, Jed Hoffman, would not recover from a medical incident that happened on the practice field the week before.

“Later that day, Jed, a fifteen year old sophomore at Park City Schools, died without being able to recovery from the incident.“

Allison Shovar, a friend of Jed’s family set up a GoFundMe in order to help with the medical expenses and the funeral. She wrote, “In this moment, it’s difficult to find the right ways to articulate how we can both grieve alongside the Hoffman family while still support and care for them as they grieve the loss of their son. You can still give financially to help support them through this tragedy. But overall, please continue to pray for Kevin, Gayle, Abby, and the Hoffman family.”

In order to honor their classmate and friend, the Park City Panthers’ players hung Jed’s jersey on the goalpost during the warm up before the Saturday’s game.

We are so very sorry that such a young life was lost. May he rest in peace.

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