Kayla Wheeler, Teen Swimmer With No Legs And Only One Arm, Is A World Champion (VIDEO)

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Breaking a world record is a huge accomplishment for any athlete, but 16-year-old Kayla Wheeler has managed to do it with no legs and only one arm.

The high school student from Washington was born with three congenital amputations, according to KCPQ. She took to swimming at a young age as a form of physical therapy. Today, she’s a Paralympic swimming champion — and currently holds the world record in the 50 meter butterfly.

“It’s kind of indescribable,” her mother, Joyce Wheeler, told KCPQ. “When they announce her name and she’s representing the United States I get goose bumps all over. I’m so amazed that’s my child.”

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Buck, Horrifically Injured ‘Dog Who Wouldn’t Die,’ Recovers Thanks To Facebook Campaign (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

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Thanks to the residents of a Texas city and a Facebook campaign that has gone viral, an abused dog who was was left for dead in a garbage bag has been given a new chance at life.

The pooch, who has since been named “Buck,” was reportedly found on Jan. 5, after a local resident of Conroe, Tex., noticed that a garbage bag left on the side of the road and “tied to a t-post of a fence” was moving. He tore the bag open and was shocked to find the 3-year-old mixed breed, covered in blood and weakened by the cold, inside.

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Benjamin Pessah, California Man, Wakes From Coma To Celebrate Thanksgiving (VIDEO)

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The Pessah family has something particularly special to be thankful for this year. Their son, 21-year-old Benjamin Pessah from Burlingame, Calif., awoke from a month-long coma just in time to eat a Thanksgiving meal with his family after being shot in the head last month.

According to the New York Daily News, Pessah was walking home with his girlfriend and two other friends from a Halloween party in San Francisco on October 28 when a man — Hun Saelee — allegedly approached the group and touched Pessah’s girlfriend inappropriately.

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Pit Bull Saves Nayeli Garzon-Jimenez’s Baby From Kidnappers During Indiana Burglary (VIDEO)

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An Indianapolis family says their pet dog fended off would-be kidnappers who tried to steal their baby.

On Tuesday morning, a man and a woman tried to enter Nayeli Garzon-Jimenez’s home while she was talking to her husband on the phone, according to WISH TV.

When she told him what was happening, Adolfo Angeles-Morales told his wife to check the door and identify the intruders.

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Good Samaritan Gives Stranger Free Tires, Leaves Anonymous Note Stating Where To Pick Them Up

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The Internet’s so-called “front page,” otherwise known as Reddit, has been getting some bad press of late due to the recent unmasking of its notorious troll, Violentacrez.

In the hubbub, the fact that the site is also a clearinghouse for small acts of random kindness has been overshadowed. In the midst of a dark news cycle, the story of a simple act– replacing a man’s worn tires–is a simple reminder of the power of unsolicited generosity.

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Bessie Sedor, 91, To Meet Long-Lost Daughter Carole Lynn Knight After 67 Years (PHOTO)

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 You could say Bessie Sedor’s reunion with her daughter after 67 years is the icing on the cake. Every year, Sedor would bake a cake on Aug. 3 to secretly honor the birthday of the child she placed for adoption in 1945. Her family asked why the fuss, and Sedor wouldn’t say, the Calgary Herald reported.

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Vanessa Peebles Donates Her Car, Saving Needy College Student A 15-Mile Walk

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A Georgia woman’s heartwarming act is making headlines this week, poignantly proving the power of kindness, even between two strangers.

Branden Whitehead, a 20-year-old college student, was walking home from school last month when he was struck and critically injured in a hit and run accident, MyFoxAtlanta.com reported. The West Georgia Technical College student walks 15 miles to and from school, carrying a heavy bag of books–the trek takes four and a half hours.

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Motorists Rescue Woman, Sister From Burning Car

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HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. — Passing motorists who saw smoke billowing Thursday from a stand of pine trees along southern Mississippi’s Interstate 10 rescued a woman and her disabled sister trapped inside a wrecked, burning sport utility vehicle.

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Jason Smith, Kansas City Boy Who Saved Brother During Double Homicide, Honored By Police (VIDEO)

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The police department in Kansas City, Missouri held an awards ceremony Thursday to honor Jason Smith, a 10-year-old boy who saved his brother’s life during a horrible home break-in that left his mother and grandmother dead, Fox 4 News Kansas City reports.

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Steven Thorpe, British Teen Who Was Declared Brain Dead By Doctors, Makes Miracle Recovery

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Despite being declared brain dead by four doctors, a car crash victim has made a miracle recovery after his parents begged for a second opinion before his life support was due to be switched off, BBC News reports.

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