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Woman Slips on Ice in Freezing Temps Outside Home and Can’t Get Up—Until Kind Mailman Stops to Help

February 3, 2022
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Amidst arctic temperatures descending on the Midwest lately, a retired Iowa woman lost her footing while fetching her mail. She fell on the sidewalk and was unable to get up. It could have ended much worse for 73-year-old Linda Houlton had it not been for a local mailman who stopped and helped her. On that…

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30 Injured After Sidewalk Collapse in Brazil

November 23, 2021
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More than 30 people were injured on Monday when a sidewalk collapsed into an adjacent river in Joinville, Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, sending 21 adults and 12 children to local hospitals. The accident occurred during a Christmas celebration. Several fell into the Cachoeira river, rushing emergency teams to search for victims who fell into the…

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Blue Sedan Drives Onto Sidewalk in Long Beach, Strikes Six People

October 31, 2021
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LONG BEACH, Calif.—Police sought the public’s help today in locating a blue sedan and the motorist who drove the vehicle onto a sidewalk at a Long Beach this morning and struck six people before fleeing the scene, authorities said. Officers were initially dispatched to the 1300 block of Orange Avenue, near Anaheim Street, at 2:43…

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Two Children Nearly Gunned Down on New York City Sidewalk

June 19, 2021
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The New York City Police Department released a video Friday showing a masked gunman opening fire on a man over the heads of two children trying to take cover on a Bronx sidewalk. Video of the Thursday evening incident shows an unidentified shooter running after the victim, who runs into two children and falls. The…

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