Friday, December 5, 2025

Good Afternoon! In this week's Feel Good Flyover, we’re highlighting a Delta captain who kept a childhood promise by piloting his grandfather’s flight as a thank you for believing in him long before the dream seemed possible. It got us thinking: Has anyone ever done something so extraordinary for you that it changed your life?

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Dance Night Brings Dads, Daughters Together

At Louisiana's largest maximum-security prison, nearly 30 inmates got a rare chance to reconnect with their daughters during the facility's first-ever father-daughter dance.

Held at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, the event gave long-incarcerated men, many serving decades-long sentences, a moment to simply be dads again.

The dance, organized by God Behind Bars, featured tuxes, roses, and tearful embraces as fathers slow danced with daughters many hadn't seen in years. Watch a video here.

Coma Patients Reunite, Get Engaged

Seven years after suffering separate brain injuries, Zach Zarembinski and Isabelle Richard got engaged in the same St. Paul hospital where they first crossed paths as coma patients.

Zach was injured playing high school football; Isabelle was in a car crash days later. They met when Zach, newly awake, offered hope to Isabelle's family as she lay unconscious nearby.

Their moms kept in touch, and years later, a reunion sparked a romance. This month, Zach proposed in the Regions Hospital lobby, where it all began.

Both had parts of their skulls removed—on opposite sides. "So it's kind of like we complement each other," Isabelle said. Watch a video report.

Couple Weds Where Love Began—In the Pool

Edward LaRue, 82, and Marlene Parsons, 78, tied the knot last month in the same YMCA pool in Maryville, Ill., where they first met during a water aerobics class.

Wearing water-friendly wedding gear—trunks and a top hat for him, a white suit and veil for her—they exchanged vows with friends, family, and a lifeguard looking on. The Y's aquatics director, newly licensed to officiate, led the ceremony.

Both had lost spouses six years earlier and weren't sure they'd marry again. But after Edward proposed last year, Marlene eventually said yes. "We splashed each other in the pool," she said of their early flirtations. "It was great," she said of their big day. Watch a video report.

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➤ A Delta Air Lines captain fulfilled a childhood promise by surprising his grandfather as the pilot of his flight. The moment proved that the flight simulator his grandfather couldn't really afford to buy had finally paid off. (See Photos)

➤ Readers of Woman's Weekly magazine knitted more than 46,000 woolen mice for rescue cats in shelters, setting a Guinness World Record. The handmade toys, distributed to over 300 U.K. rescue centers, provide comfort and stimulation for thousands of kitties awaiting families. (See Photos)

➤ Moments after her wedding, an off-duty nurse stopped to help a man critically injured in a car crash in New Orleans. Still in her wedding dress, she assessed his injuries and stabilized him until paramedics arrived. (See Details)

➤ A veteran's backyard had been overgrown with weeds for four years until a property cleaning company cleared it for free and then surprised him with $14,000 and a fully insured car. (See Photos)

➤ When a Swedish kayaker found orphaned baby otter Leya, he nursed her back to health and released her into the wild. She now jumps into his yellow kayak whenever she sees him on the lake for visits. (See Photos)

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"I feel like a five-year-old kid on Christmas morning. I wasn't expecting any of it. And it's better than the lottery because it's all done by nice people who give a hoot."

— Nick Joyce, a British Army veteran, after receiving $14,500 and a car from a local business owner who cleaned up his overgrown yard.