By Frankie Sanchez
Correspondent
Good News Lions is the Nation & World section’s bi-weekly news segment, highlighting positive news in the country and around the world. The theme of this article is acts of kindness.
Good samaritan rescues baby from Lake Michigan
Lio Cundiff was on the phone with his aunt to wish her a happy birthday when he noticed the wind pick up and push a nearby stroller with a 8 month old baby girl inside straight into Belmont Harbor.
Cundiff quickly jumped into the water after the stroller, “I made sure to keep the stroller up because the baby was stuck in the stroller, so I needed to keep the stroller and her head up the whole time,” Cundiff told WGN9.
Cundiff was able to bring the stroller over to a nearby ladder, where another pedestrian and the mother of the baby helped raise both of them up. Emergency assistance had already been called and Cundiff and the baby were out of the water upon their arrival.
WGN9 also reported that both Cundiff and the baby were in stable condition following the incident.
Two dogs rescued from Long Island Highway by “animal lover”
Two dogs were rescued from a run along Sunrise Highway in Babylon, New York, during near white-out conditions in the middle of last week’s blizzard. The rescuer in question was Kenny McGowan, who was driving his plow truck and spotted two dogs running together in the middle of the highway.
“I immediately put my sirens on, and stayed right behind them,” McGowan said to CBS.
When it was safe, McGowan parked his truck and, with the help of other bystanders, was able to catch the two dogs and safely take them to the local animal shelter.
The two dogs were both lab mixes and clearly very bonded to each other according to McGowan. One was found with a microchip and the pair were able to be reunited with their family who picked them up the following day.
Ancient Egyptian artifacts stolen, quickly recovered after heist in Australia
Multiple ancient Egyptian artifacts including a 2,600 year old wooden feline, a 3,300 thousand year old necklace, a mummy mask and a collar from a mummy were stolen from an Australian museum in Queensland on Feb. 13.
A window was smashed early on Feb. 13 at the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology in Caboolture and a suspect fled with the artifacts in hand. “Police located the vehicle in a parking lot at a ferry terminal at around 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 14, roughly 50 miles from the museum, following a two-day search,” according to CBS.
The 52-year-old suspect himself was found later, in possession of the last missing item on Russel Island off the coast of Queensland. He was set to be charged with breaking and entering as well as three counts of willful damage at the Cleveland Magistrates Court the following Monday, Feb. 16.
