5-year-old girl and her toddler brother found alone with their parents’ decaying bodies who died after eating poisoned pickles

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Monica Pop
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A five-year-old girl and her toddler brother spent 3 whole days locked inside their apartment next to the dead bodies of their parents, Alexander Yakunin 30, and Viktoria, 25. During that time, the girl took care of her brother and the two slept by their mommy and daddy’s side.

After Alexander and Viktoria didn’t show up at a family gathering, their family got concerned and called them. It was the girl who answered the phone and told her aunt that her mom and dad were “sleeping too long” and that her daddy’s body turned black, according to The Sun.

The aunt, Natalia, drove to the apartment only to see her brother and her sister-in-law dead. She immediately called 911 and both police and ambulance arrived at the scene. The heartbreaking incident took place in Bolshoye Kuzomkino, Russia.

“I ran in… and saw everything. I fell down and screamed,” Natalia said about discovering the lifeless bodies.

Alexander and Viktoria were described by their family and neighbors as perfect parents who took great care of their children, and the tragedy left everyone who knew them heartbroken and devastated.

Allegedly, the cause of death is severe food poisoning. As per The Sun, before they died, Alexander and Viktoria ate pickles given to them by Alexander’s grandmother. It is suspected that the botulinum toxin from the pickles might have been the reason for the young parents’ deaths. This toxin can cause paralysis and respiratory failure, which leads to death.

However, the exact cause has not yet been revealed, although the families of the deceased are still looking for answers. Viktoria’s mother, 61-year-old Galina Yasturbenko, told news outlet 78.ru, “They said we must bury them in sealed coffins. We are shocked. Nobody knows what happened.”

The children are currently under the care of their paternal grandfather.

Rest in peace Alexander and Viktoria. Our hearts go out to the grieving families.

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Marine who lost his life in Iraq saving that of his fellow Marines is honored in a new documentary

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Monica Pop
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To be part of the military takes courage, sacrifice, and incredible devotion to the country. That is the reason why not everyone can be a soldier ready to put their life on the line each and every day.

This is a powerful story of just how far a Marine was ready to go for the sake of his comrades’ well-being and how he lost his life in order to save theirs.

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The horrific incident that had the whole country speaking and praying took place on April 14, 2002, when the commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, LtCol Matthew Lopez conducted a meeting with some Iraqi officials in Husaybah, Iraq.

Sadly, as members of the Battalion were on their way south towards Camp Husaybah, their convoy was ambushed. It was then that they went in for a hasty search of a line of vehicles at the back. Cpl. Jason Dunham became suspicious of a SUV and decided to take a closer look. To his surprise, the vehicle was loaded with AK-47s and RPGs. The person behind the wheel got out of the car and started fighting Cpl. Dunham. At that moment, the two other Marines, Private First Class Kelly Miller and Lance Corporal Bill Hampton, immediately rushed towards Cpl. Dunham to help him.

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However, Cpl. Dunham could be heard yelling, “No, no, watch his hand,” warning his fellow Marines of the grenade that man was holding. In an attempt to save Miller and Hampton’s lives, Cpl. Dunham tried to stifle the grenade using Kevlar helmet and his own body.

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Sadly, he suffered very severe injuries and not a lot could be done. After the horrific incident, Cpl. Dunham was put on life support, but passed away ten days later.

In 2007, the late Marine was given the Medal of Honor, and in 2009, a guided-missile destroyer was named after him.

However, the story of Cpl. Jason Dunham’s bravery, courage, and sacrifice is yet to be presented to millions. The documentary The Gift will hopefully be released soon with the help of the donations of people and organizations. You can see the trailer below, and you can donate if you wish.

The Gift honors the members of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines and Cpl. Jason Dunham who wasn’t afraid to sacrifice his life.

Grandmother dips girl’s feet into boiling water because she misbehaved – she could have lost both her feet

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Maryane
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Most people are happy to be spending time with little children because it’s in the humans’ nature to feel affection towards these tiny creatures as well as the urge to protect them.

But as it turns out, there are also people who harm young children. And one has to be really evil to hurt someone vulnerable and fragile as a baby or a toddler. 

Just recently, a case of child abuse about a step-grandmother who put the tiny feet of her step-granddaughter into boiling water and caused her severe injuries has left the whole country in shock. 

The reason why this awful woman from Tennessee did such thing was because she was simply having ‘a bad day’ when the girl was given to her to babysit her. 

Warning *** The article contains images some readers may find distressing!

The girl’s feet were all covered in blisters and severe burns and she was in a lot of pain.

The incident took place on August 11 and that’s a date that the family of sweet toddler Kaylee will never forget. 

The girl’s mom, Brittany Smith, spoke of the incident and said how Vaughn admitted the cruel act and she’s now being held on $150,000 bond and charged of several counts of aggravated child abuse. 

If convicted, this evil step-grandmother could be sentenced from 15 to 80 years in jail. 

The images of the toddler’s feet disturbed the whole country and detective Rocky Potter of Rhea County Sheriff’s Department described them as “the worst scald burns he’s ever seen.” 

“These were very, very disfiguring burns,” Potter said. “It’s among the worst injuries I’ve ever seen, even in training videos.”

Sadly, even after the surgeries, Kaylee’s condition doesn’t get any better. 

“It’s terrible, it’s just so stressful,” the girl’s mom said. 

“Kaylee has had two operations so far, but they haven’t worked. The skin is not really repairing itself in the way the doctors hoped it would. She’s in a lot of pain.

“They [surgeons] are going to take some skin from her thigh next week to try and repair her feet.”

Smith recalls the day she decided to leave her daughter under Vaughn’s care. She said how she did that because she had to take her two other children swimming and believed her fiance’s mother would keep close eye on the girl. What she never knew was that that woman would hurt her girl instead. 

Moments after she left Kaylee, Smith got a call. 

“I could hear Kaylee screaming in the background,” she said.

“She said that I had to come home right away.”

At first, Vaughn claimed how she left Kaylee alone in the bath for a couple of seconds and the girl injured her feet herself, but she later admitted she was the one who put her tiny feet into boiling water. 

“It’s not right,” Smith said to ABC 2. “There is nothing in this world that a two-year-old can do, no matter how bad they lashed out at you.”

We hope sweet Kaylee would be able to recover from the horrific injuries and that she will be able to put her ordeal behind once she grows older. As for the culprit, we hope she rots in jail. 

Dad of seven shares incredibly useful parenting hacks and parents are thankful

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Monica Pop
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Some couples become parents in a blink of an eye, for others, the road to parenthood is filled with struggles, a bunch of fertility treatments, and lots of prayers. An Idaho couple, Chad and Amy Kempel, didn’t have it easy trying to conceive. Luckily, after going through intrauterine insemination (IUI), they became proud parents of two children. And just as they believed that was it, Amy became pregnant again. This time, however, the ultrasound showed five babies.

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It was awesome news, but the Kempels weren’t overly excited. In fact, Amy suffered several miscarriages before and they lost two babies previously, who were born at 22 weeks and didn’t make it, so they feared and wondered if everything was going to be just fine with the quintuplets.

“…when the ultrasound shows up on the screen, every couple should be happy and thrilled about that moment, and not have their heads go exactly where our heads went. Which is like, ‘Oh no, this isn’t gonna end well,’” Chad said in the NowThis video.

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The babies were born via C-section at 27 weeks and spent 73 days at the NICU before they arrived home to their parents and their two older sisters who were eagerly waiting to meet the little ones.

Well, having seven kids isn’t easy, so Chad came up with some brilliant parenting hacks he shares for other parents to get inspired. Among the rest, the parents got rid of the furniture in order to create a “play room” in the house. Chad found a clever way of feeding all five babies at the same time. If you wonder how, just take a look at the photo below.

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Further, he customized a table to fit all the kids at the same time once they started sitting and eating food. His tips are posted on his YouTube channel “Chad Kempel – Faith, Hope and Chaos – Quint Hacks.” He hopes his hacks would make the life of other parents easier. “Whether singletons, twins, triplets, quadruplets/quads, quintuplets/quints, or sextuplets we hope our parent/parenting hacks, tips, mistakes, and successes make your life a little easier,” he says.

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If you want to learn more about this awesome family of nine, make sure you watch the video below. It will definitely make your day.

Woman puts together an act of kindness for a 94-year-old veteran who lost $800

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Monica Pop
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Not many elderly people over the age of 90 can say that they are still able to do things on their own. Kenneth Peting is a 94 year old World War II veteran who has done a lot for the country and his community over the years. What’s most, despite his old age, he still runs errands and does choirs on his own. He drives a car and does his own shopping, too.

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Recently, during his shopping trip to a local store called H-E-B, Kenneth lost $800, which is a fortune for someone like him. He wasn’t sure whether he lost the money inside the store or at the parking lot and looked pretty disturbed going back and forth. He checked his car multiple times, but no avail.

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Another customer, a woman named Cindy Gonzalez, approached Kenneth and asked him if he needed help. When he told her what had happened, she offered to look for the money together with him. Sadly, they didn’t find it.

As he was obviously worried, Cindy decided to ask the community for help. She shared Kenneth’s story on her Facebook page and all of a sudden, people started offering donations. Everyone who knew him described Kenneth as an extremely lovable and friendly person, so they were more than willing to step in for him.

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A few days later, Cathy put the money she helped raise, $3,705 in total, which was quite more than he lost, and went to his home to give it to him.

The elderly man couldn’t believe his eyes. He gave Cindy a hug and she said he would be her “pa-pa.”

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This truly is a very wonderful and an uplifting story. Check it out in the video below.

UPS worker saves young boy from being crushed by a huge package

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Monica Pop
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Not all heroes wear capes, some come in the form of UPS drivers ready to go above and beyond for people in need of help.

Marco Angel, whose surname suits him just right, didn’t think twice before jumping into action of saving a young boy who was nearly crushed by the huge package delivered at his door.

Max is a very well-behaved young boy who is used to helping his mom around the house. One of his choirs is taking the packages left at their door inside the house, which is exactly what he did this time as well. However, this package, a huge garden hammock, was way bigger than what has been delivered to the family before.

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Max went outside and tried taking the package with one hand while he was holding the door with the other. But things didn’t go as planned and the package almost fell over him. Max started calling for help unable to release himself.

Marco, who had just delivered the package and was crossing the street to get to his van, heard the cries for help. He immediately started running towards Max and lifted the heavy box, asking the little guy: “You okay, buddy?”

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At that moment, Max’s mom, Traci Pratt, who was upstairs with her baby daughter at the time of what could easily turn into a freak accident, came at the door asking what had happened.

When she realized Marco saved her son, she couldn’t thank him enough. As for him, he told WBBM: “I pictured my boys in his situation, obviously, and you go into full parent mode, full dad mode.”

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The video of the heroic rescue was later shared in the Facebook group Oak Park Moms from where it spread all over the Internet. Needles to say, Marco was dubbed a hero.

Max was glad he didn’t get injured and shared his story with us. Check it out below.

Mommy cat snitches crying kitten from girl’s arms

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Monica Pop
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We all know just how much young children love animals. And that is exactly the case with the sweet girl from the video below. She’s holding a baby kitten in her hands as her parents film the bonding. However, there someone else in the room who’s not really happy with the sight, the kitten’s mommy.

As the cat hears the little one “crying” and probably feeling not that comfortable in her human sibling’s hands, she rushes to take it. The girl, however, refuses to let go of the kitten, and even tries to escape, but the cat mother doesn’t quit easily.

After a couple of tries, she has her baby with her, leaving the girl crying for her tiny friend.

The video put a smile on million people’s faces, and we are sure you will love it too. Well, at the end of the day, a mother is a mother, no matter if she’s a human or an animal.

2 high school students lost their lives in a car crash on their way to prom

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Monica Pop
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A horrific accident left two families mourning the loss of their children, something no parent should ever experience.

Two high-school students, Kalen Hart and Lendon Byram, died in a car crash on their way to prom. The accident took place on Saturday, May 1, at around 5:15 p.m. local time in Arcadia, roughly 35 miles north of Indianapolis, as reported by Fox.

Hart was a senior at Hamilton Heights High School, while her prom date and boyfriend Byram attended Cathedral High School.

The news of their tragic passing shook the country and everyone who knew them and their families.

It has been reported that Byram was driving the vehicle at the time of the accident, while Hart was in the passenger seat. Two other high-school graduates were at the back of the car, and luckily, they didn’t sustain any serious injuries.

“We are deeply saddened by the loss of one of our own … due to injuries sustained in a traffic accident yesterday,” the Hamilton Heights School Corporation wrote on Sunday. “This is an unimaginable loss to these families and our school community.”

Hart’s heartbroken mother, Jody Bartrom Conaway, wrote: “My 18-year-old daughter, along with her boyfriend, were killed in an automobile accident on her way to prom. No parent should ever have to bury their child.” She has also shared a fundraiser on Facebook.

Our hearts go out to the grieving families. Rest in peace, Kalen Hart and Lendon Byram, you will never be forgotten.

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