Monday, March 16, 2026

Good Afternoon! Sometimes the smallest creatures have the biggest adventures. As we cover below, a runaway parakeet that survived weeks in New York's Central Park has finally found a safe home and may even find a lifelong mate.

Join us for this week's Feel Good Flyover Podcast, where host Amy Hess shares the remarkable story of a young dog who survived nine days stranded on a snowy mountain peak in Greece before rescuers found him. Plus, two more podcast-exclusive feel-good stories you won't want to miss. Tune in here.

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From El Salvador to Paralympics

El Salvador marked its first-ever appearance at the 2026 Winter Paralympics with two unlikely trailblazers. David Chávez, 27, and Jonathan Arias, 28, competed in para cross-country skiing in Milan-Cortina, a remarkable achievement for athletes from a tropical country where most people have never seen snow.

Both men were paralyzed in separate gang shootings at age 14, injuries that once left them unsure what their futures might hold. They eventually found a new path through adaptive sports, first meeting through wheelchair basketball before discovering elite competition.

With help from American coaches and supporters, the pair turned to cross-country skiing. They trained in creative ways back home, including pushing their ski equipment through thick beach sand to build strength before competing overseas.

They hope their journey shows other Salvadorans with disabilities that even after devastating setbacks, new possibilities are still within reach. Watch them train here.

Wife's iPhone Hunch Saves Husband

A Washington skier survived more than four hours buried under an avalanche at Stevens Pass last month after his wife tracked him using Apple's Find My iPhone and directed ski patrol to his precise location.

Michael Harris was making his final run of the day through Big Chief Bowl when a slab gave way, sweeping him into a snow hole where debris pinned him beneath what he described as snow that felt like cement.

His wife, Penny, had a gut feeling something was wrong, checked the app, and noticed his location hadn't moved in hours, so she contacted Stevens Pass ski patrol and handed them a live GPS snapshot from her phone before driving to the mountain herself.

Avalanche experts say survival odds drop sharply after just 15 minutes of burial, and nearly no one survives past two hours, making Harris's four-hour ordeal a statistical near-impossibility.

Rescuers dug him out, conscious but severely hypothermic, with a body temperature in the 70s; hospital staff nicknamed him Miracle Avalanche Man, and Harris put it simply: "She's my lifesaver."

Runaway Parakeet Gets Happy Ending

A tiny parakeet named Mei Mei turned up in Central Park last year and spent 10 weeks living wild alongside a flock of sparrows before a devoted birder saved her life, and now she's found a forever home.

The urgency was real: budgies native to Australia carry no body fat and can't survive temperatures below 50 degrees, giving rescuers a razor-thin window before a New York winter closed it for good.

Birder JP Borum, who logged roughly 300 hours stalking the bird over 10 weeks, finally outsmarted her by pretending to be an ordinary pedestrian and dropping a net around her in what she called a move like a ring toss.

After months of quarantining in Borum's Manhattan apartment, Mei Mei officially moved into Foster Parrots sanctuary in Rhode Island this month, joining 130 feathered friends, including doves, finches, and fellow budgies.

She might even find love, since budgies mate for life.

The following stories are featured exclusively on The Feel Good Flyover Podcast. Clicking the link will take you directly there:

➤ A dog survived nine days stranded on a snowy peak in Greece before being rescued. (Listen Now)

➤ The driest place in North America is blooming with a sea of wildflowers. (Hear Story)

➤ This dog's barking sparked a chain of events that saved her owner's life. (Hear Details)

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➤ When an "unclaimed" Navy veteran arrived at the Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery with no known family, the community refused to let him be buried alone. Hundreds attended in full military honors, and the ceremony ended with the release of doves. (See Details)

➤ Instead of birthday presents, a 6-year-old in Virginia asked family, friends, and strangers to donate animal shelter supplies. She plans to deliver 500 pounds of food, blankets, and toys to local shelters over spring break. (See Photos)

➤ At 80, a Canadian basketball referee is pursuing a Guinness World Record as the oldest active official. Decades after growing up playing in the Bronx, he now mentors the next generation of officials. (Watch Video)

➤ After a busy holiday season, a Toledo, Ohio, restaurant surprised its entire 60-person staff with a three-day cruise to the Bahamas, closing up shop so no one was left behind. (More)

➤ Gentoo penguins at Edinburgh Zoo kicked off breeding season by selecting colorful pebbles to gift their mates, a courtship ritual where males present the perfect stone to win a partner. This year's pebbles were hand-painted by children at a nearby hospital who watch the colony via livestream. (See Photos)

➤ When a caregiver collapsed and became unresponsive at a Tennessee group home, a resident with severe autism stayed calm, called for help, and triggered the 911 response that staff says saved her life. (See Photos)

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"I would not have believed this story if I hadn't lived through it myself. I've been blessed. I have a second chance. I thought I was leading a good life, but I want to lead an even better one."

— Michael Harris, skier who survived being buried in an avalanche for more than four hours.