Good News: Paperboys, Kidney Swaps, and the Oldest Woman in America
Here are a few more Good News stories making the rounds . . .
1. The oldest person in America turns 116 next week, and we’re all invited to her birthday party. Her name is Edie Ceccarelli. Her hometown of Willits, California is doing a parade past her house, and anyone can be in it. She’s the second-oldest person in the world. A lady in Spain is set to turn 117 on March 4th.
2. A newspaper delivery guy in St. Petersburg, Florida saved a 75-year-old woman’s life this month. He was dropping off her copy of the “Tampa Bay Times” at 3:00 A.M. when he saw her front deck on FIRE and woke her up. Then he grabbed a hose, put the fire out, and everyone’s okay.
3. A woman in Arizona named Joely Sanders recently tried to donate a kidney to her brother Frank. Unfortunately, she wasn’t a match. But it made her realize what a big impact one of her healthy kidneys could make on someone’s life. So she decided to donate it to whoever WAS a match.
That person ended up being a guy in Chicago named Tony Gonzalez. And it turned out Tony’s wife Tracey was a match for FRANK. So she decided to donate too, and both men got the new kidneys they needed. The families just got to meet for the first time on a very emotional video chat.