You will definitely enjoy today’s daily update, because it is mostly all good news. Let’s dive in!
Firstly, the Canadian wildfire smoke is finally lightening up! The skies were a hazy gray this morning in New York City, with just a tint of orange. The wildfires persist, however, with the US now sending firefighters to Canada’s eastern provinces to help fight the flames.
On another note, after over 40 days of living in the Amazon Rainforest, four children have been rescued and taken to shelters in Colombia, officials say. The children went missing after a plane crash in southern Colombia killed every adult onboard, but search-and-rescue teams found traces that the children had escaped. Now, 40 days later, the children have been found alive and well; just some minor scrapes and cuts. Wow! It’s amazing how they survived for so long in such harsh conditions! However, TWN also stands by you as we feel for your loss in the crash.
Lastly, six children have been wounded in a stabbing attack in France, but a ‘backpack hero’ saved the day. A man in Annecy, France pulled a knife on a few kids playing in the park, but he has now been arrested and identified as a Syrian refugee. Anyway, another young man (a Catholic pilgrim) spotted the incident taking place and used one of his two backpacks to block the knife attack from hitting another child, and then threw his second backpack at the assailant to knock him down. Then, the ‘backpack hero’ held the man off until authorities arrived. Bravo! Thankfully, the four children that were in critical condition have now been stabilized, and they will all live. The savior later told news sources in an interview that it was his religion that drove him to save the kids, and he used his Catholic faith to fight off the stabber.
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