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(WIDK by Meggan Gittens) - A father son’s bonding day on the water, turns deadly as two children lose their lives and another fights for his, after their boat capsizes in Minneapolis.

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The three boys were wearing lifejackets when their family boat capsizes throwing everyone into the water. The boys were left in the 40 degree water for almost an hour as their father swims to shore for help.

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(WIDK By AnnaMarie Houlis)He sold his entire life on impulse for one of which everyone else dreams.

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After his wife left him, heartbroken Ian Usher, 48, sold everything from his car, house job and friends on eBay  and moved to Panama with nothing but a list of 100 goals to achieve in 100 weeks.

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(WIDK by Patrick Heywood) - A stray cat helps inspire a woman to overcome anorexia.

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At 20-years-old, Ashley Ransley from Fenton, Michigan, was suffering from severe anorexia. She explains how she was saved from her condition by feeding up a bony stray cat.  Click to read more…

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(WIDK By Bob Bachelder) - Sonic the hedgehog would have never been caught up in a situation like this.

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A man driving his $100,000 ferrari saw a hedgehog in his headlights and swerved out of the way, sparing the critter’s life while setting himself back about $60,000.

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(WIDK by Colleen Bjornholm)All she needed to do was walk a couple of miles.

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An English woman, Jennifer Wilson, 67 searched for decades for her twin sister, Kathleen Milns, from whom she was separated at birth, only to find her living three miles away.

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(WIDK by Colleen Bjornholm)Man’s best friend comes through again.

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A 12-year-old pit bull named Kilo took a bullet to save his owner, Justin Becker, from an intruder posing as a delivery man, in Staten Island, New York Saturday and survives.

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(WIDK By AnnaMarie Houlis) - Confidence is everything…especially in the world of modeling.

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23-year-old model Lauren Scruggs, who lost her left hand and eye in an accident with a plane propeller on December 3, proudly revealed her disabled arm for the first time while shopping with her parents near her home in Texas, Sunday.

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(WIDK By Max McKeon) - The baby, which suffered a sever case of anemia, was given only two hours by doctors to live.

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Olivia Norton was born completely white, that is, ‘without blood’, and premature on September 10th.

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(WIDK By Olivia Roat) - A kindergarten teacher gives the father of one of her students a second chance at life by donating a kidney.

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Marie Bell, a teacher from Lewisville, Texas, donated her kidney to 50-year-old Marshall Smith, the father of her 5-year-old student Sean.

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(WIDK By Mike Finiello) - A Panama fisherman survives after almost a month adrift in the pacific.

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Adrian Vasquez, 18, had endured 26 days lost at sea on a ten foot fishing boat but was forced to watch as two of his friends died of dehydration.

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(WIDK By Max McKeon)Acting quickly, the expecting parents safely delivered their newborn child.

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Dean Martin, 39, delivered a baby girl in the parking lot of St. James hospital in Leeds after being turned away from a prior hospital.

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(WIDK By Hannah Tool)- A Florida dog has proven herself a hero after saving a teen from a sex offender.

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Mabeline, a Rhodesian Ridgeback mix, came to the rescue of the 17-year-old girl who, while volunteering at the Friends of Strays animal shelter and taking the dog for a walk, was assailed by Michael Paul Bacon, a registered sex offender.  Click to read more…

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(WIDK By Bob Bachelder) - A touching moment captured on video reconnects a boy and his father, who just returned home from Afghanistan.

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Capt. Kevin Camarata was granted leave to return home for his son Cole’s birthday. Home videos captured Camarta dressed as Captain America and surprising Cole on his birthday, where his wish was for a super-hero to show up.

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(WIDK By Lukasz Bielawski) - An Ex-Fireman saves himself after coming seconds close to death.

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Stuart Frain, 50, sawed off his arm while cutting up wood and dashed half a mile to get help from medics to sew it back on. Click to read more…

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(WIDK By AnnaMarie Houlis)It is the universal duty of any big brother to protect his little sister, and one little boy is hailed as a hero for doing so.

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Antoine Burks, 10, ran inside his burning home in Louisville, Kentucky to rescue his six-year-old sister, Trinity, who was left terrified in the fire.

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(WIDK By Bob Bachelder) - A young girl is turning heads with her extraordinary weight lifting ability.

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Naomi Kutin, 10, from Texas, squatted 215 lbs and broke the female weight lifting world record.

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(WIDK By Olivia Roat) - Soon-to-be Olympic competitor has an unusual strategy behind his archery skills.

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Jeff Fabry, a top U.S. archer and Paralympic medalist, fires arrows by using teeth, and he’s so good that he’s headed to the London 2012 Olympics.

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 (WIDK by Max McKeon) -The woman hopes her story will provide inspiration to others.

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Harriet Smith, 26, struggled with an eating disorder since the age of 14.

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