With snow totals of anywhere from one to two feet falling across nine midwestern states along with brutalizing winds, the February snowstorm of 2011 left a 2000-mile trail of misery (and some deaths) all the way to Maine. But, other acts of nature — tales of kindness and generosity — were just as prolific.
100 National Guard troops mobilized statewide in Wisconsin as 7 foot drifts formed on rural roads and white-out conditions stranded motorists. Rescuers in snowmobiles were even getting stuck.
Emergency personnel — police, firefighters and 911 dispatchers, along with thousands of tow truck drivers and snow plow operators — worked through Tuesday’s rush hour, overnight and into the morning to help towns and cities dig out. Yet, perhaps those who worked without pay, with only the motivation to serve, provide the real inspirational stories. (Photo: Helpful pedestrians in Grand Rapids, Mich. by Victoria Fanning)
A UK teenager has beaten a rare brain condition that nearly robbed her of her sight – after her father found a miracle cure on the internet.
An L.A. attorney who, for years, had experienced a lot of bad luck in his life heard an inner voice telling him to start writing Thank You notes.
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