These people had dying wishes fulfilled. In 2015, Daniel Fleetwood, a massive “Star Wars” fan, was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given two months to live. So his wife campaigned so Disney would let him see the movie early.

It started out as a community service project and has ended up being a full-time hobby for Lukas, 5, from Wisconsin: making sure every child in his town gets a birthday card.

After years of living pet-free, Alina Hartounian and her family decided to adopt a captive desert tortoise. Hartounian lives in Arizona, which runs a captive desert tortoise adoption program.

In 2022, a gender reveal announced that it was a girl for one couple. But the father was clearly not happy. In 2021, all one woman wanted for Christmas was a beautiful Christmas tree. But the one her husband picked out was very underwhelming.

A Florida Gulf Coast University professor studied a method for weaning babies off opioids now recommended by the National Institutes of Health and a local foster mom has detoxed more than one addicted baby using the method.

Three U.S. Coast Guard members rescue a man trapped inside a vehicle.

An engineer in Ukraine is using recycled materials at hand to build DIY electric bikes. He uses wires, old bike parts, and even plastic bottles, which serve as battery housing.

These sisters saved their younger siblings from danger. In 2016, a sister saved her baby brother from someone trying to kidnap him from a playground.

Fred Sirieix is a popular television personality in the United Kingdom. His charity, The Right Course, trains incarcerated people to work in the restaurant industry.