🇺🇸 Just in case you forgot why you have a three-day weekend…
This is it.
Not the barbecues. Not the beach trips. Not the sales.
This is the reason.
The folded flag. The final salute. The ultimate sacrifice so the rest of us could be free.
This Memorial Day, we honor the fallen.
We remember their names. And we never take this freedom for granted.
On September 11, 2001, 24-year-old Welles Remy Crowther was working on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center’s South Tower when Flight 175 hit the building.
He was trapped 27 floors above the impact zone a place almost nobody survived.
But instead of only trying to save himself, Welles stayed behind to help others escape.
Before heading into the smoke, he left his mom a voicemail:
“Mom, this is Welles. I want you to know I’m OK.”
Welles was also a volunteer firefighter back home in New York, and he always carried a red bandana his father gave him as a kid.
Survivors later remembered seeing a man with a red bandana covering his face, leading people to safety, carrying injured victims down stairs, and going back up again and again to help more people.
He reportedly saved at least 18 lives before the South Tower collapsed.
For months, nobody knew who “the man in the red bandana” was.
Then in 2002, his mother read survivor stories in a newspaper and realized they were talking about her son.
Welles Remy Crowther will always be remembered as a real hero. ❤️
🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: After Delta Airlines canceled ALL special privileges for members of Congress while TSA is unpaid, other airlines nationwide are being pressured to follow suit
This is common sense. Treat them the same as us! ALL airlines should do this!
As contagious as it is to watch Belushi, you just can't take your eyes off of Aykroyd.
The sheer amount of talent on that small stage is staggering.
The Blues Brothers performing 'Soul Man' live on SNL, in 1978.
48 years apart yet it is still incredibly impressive.
This is the most satisfying news you’ll hear today !
Do you remember when a group of boys, strangers to each other, formed a human chain to save a dog from fast flowing water?
Today, local authorities unveiled a “Unity Statue” at the same place to celebrate human unity.
My thoughts on Trumps comments about USA Women's Hockey Team:
1) If you're mad about this but don't believe women should have a category free of men, you're just an unserious person.
2) not going to lie, I face-palmed when I heard it. I knew exactly how it would be spun. I know his humor, but this one missed the mark IMO.
3) Trump is the reason true women's hockey exists. USA women's hockey has just recently voted to ban men from women's hockey (hasn't instituted it yet). Wouldn't have happened without Trump's EO. There are teams with as many as four men on one USA hockey women's team (Minnesota). How can people claim he doesn't care about women's hockey when his EO is the reason true women's hockey will exist at all?
4) it's unfair to disparage the men's team over taking the phone call, going to SOTU, being proud to be an American, etc. They've been incredibly supportive and congratulatory of the women's team. Jack Hughes said Megan Keller's golden goal in the women's game was his inspiration to do the same. Stop trying to pit them against each other.
5) I wish the women would attend Trump's SOTU address. They were invited just as the men were. I think their attendance would've inspired young girls across the country and been significant for the sport of women's hockey. I hope it really was just a scheduling issue they couldn't be there.
6) in general, there's a group of people so anti-America that they genuinely hate patriotism. They don't want unity. They'll use an inspiring sports story to tear down the man in the Oval Office. Y'all are weird. My heart swells with pride for both the men's and women's team.
6) there is still a ton of work needing to be done to protect women's sports and the threats they face (abusive coaches, NIL, adequate funding & resources, etc). I'll continue to use my contacts and platform to advocate for these things and encourage others to do the same.
There is a little coffee shop, where two people arrive and approached the counter.
“Five coffees please. Two for us and three hanging.”
They paid, they took their two coffees and left.
I asked the waiter. "What’s this about hanging coffees?"
“Wait and you'll see."
Some more people came in.
Two girls asked for a coffee each, they paid & left.
The following order was for seven coffees and it was made by three women - ‘three for them and four hanging coffees.’
I was left wondering...what is the meaning of the hanging coffees, they leave.
Then, a man dressed in worn clothes, who looks like he might be homeless, arrives at the counter and asks sincerely...
“Do you have a coffee hanging?"
“Yes we do, sir.”
They serve him a coffee.... I got my answer.
People pay in advance for a coffee that will be served to whoever can't afford a hot drink.
This tradition started in Naples.
Amazingly, it has spread throughout the world’s cities and towns.
It’s also possible to order not only "hanging coffees" but also a sandwich or a full low cost meal.
Wouldn’t it be great if we could all start doing this in the cities and towns where we live?
Small kindnesses like this can impact so many lives, in ways we could never imagine.
Maybe we should all try it.
Credits goes rightful owner
This is Oliver. He arrived at the vet convinced the floor was lava and the doc was a monster. But this legend of a vet sat down, offered treats, and whispered sweet nothings until Oliver decided vets are actually just giant treat dispensers in disguise.