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Love Life? Love matters. WWii veteran meets 70-year-lost sweetheart; wedding amidst ruins; unborn defying speed: trooper's story
Norwood Thomas holds up a photo of with Joyce Morris at his home in Virginia Beach, Va. Thomas arrived in Australia to reunite with Morris, his girlfriend during World War II. (Bill Tiernan/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
Norwood Thomas, 93, from the U.S., reunites with his wartime girlfriend Joyce Morris of Australia, in Adelaide, Australia, on Feb. 10, 2016, after more than 70 years apart. (Air New Zealand)
Couple Merhi and Youssef pose for a wedding picture amid heavily damaged buildings in the war-ravaged city of Homs. (Jospeh Eid/AFP/Getty Images)
Alabama State Trooper Michael Kesler with the baby he delivered. (ALEA via WHNT-TV)
Trooper Kesler stopped by to deliver gifts and visit with the proud new parents in Limestone County, Alabama on Feb. 7. (Alabama Law Enforcement Agency)
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After more than 70 years apart, wwii veteran Norwood Thomas, 93, from his hometown in Virginia Beach reunites with his wartime girlfriend Joyce Morris of Australia in Adelaide, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 (hundreds of people made donations to help fund the American’s trip to Australia).
A 93-year-old World War II veteran from the United States embraced his wartime girlfriend in Australia in their reunion Wednesday after more than 70 years apart. Norwood Thomas and 88-year-old Joyce Morris laughed as they wrapped their arms around each other after Thomas flew from Virginia to the southern Australian city of Adelaide to reconnect with his long-lost love.
TOGETHER AGAIN: 93-year-old WWII veteran reunites with wartime girlfriend in Australia
A 93-year-old World War II veteran from the United States embraced his wartime girlfriend in Australia in their reunion Wednesday after more than 70 years apart. Norwood Thomas and 88-year-old Joyce Morris laughed as they wrapped their arms around each other after Thomas flew from Virginia to the southern Australian city of Adelaide to reconnect with his long-lost love. Steve Thomas, his son, told the Australian newspaper The Advertiser that the trip was long and demanding and that Morris was 18 the last time she and his father met.
"This is about the most wonderful thing that could have happened to me," Norwood Thomas said, in a reunion broadcast on Channel 10's "The Project."
"Good," Morris replied with a laugh. "We're going to have a wonderful fortnight."
Morris was a 17-year-old British girl and Thomas was a 21-year-old paratrooper when they first met in London shortly before D-Day. After the war, he returned to the U.S. The pair wrote letters to each other, and Thomas asked Morris to come to the U.S. to marry him. But somehow Morris misunderstood and thought he'd found someone else, so she stopped writing.
Bride to Be Feb 08, 2016 - Stunning Wedding Photos amid the ruins of war-ravaged Ruins of Homs - love is the only thing that really matters.
Love always wins. This is the powerful message that this bride and groom have shown the world with their extraordinary wedding photos amidst the devastated Syrian town of Homs. Hassan, a soldier went to war against rebel forces in November last year. Refusing to post-pone the biggest day of their lives, the young couple decided to continue with their wedding plans. The beautiful bride wore a traditional princess gown whilst Hassan donned his army gear. These photos were taken just days after a drone recorded the extent of the town’s damage, a dramatic reminder that we can’t afford to sweat the small stuff. Your reception flowers may not be the colour you intended and perhaps the bomboniere never arrived in the post, but as Nada and Hassan have so perfectly captured in their wedding snaps, love is the only thing that really matters.
Alabama State Trooper was in for a big surprise when he pulled over a speeding driver and found himself helping to deliver a baby and take stress off the family. "He was awesome," the new father Danny Lowe said of the trooper. Indeed, "Trooper Michael Kesler's actions today exemplify the mission of the Alabama State Troopers - to serve and protect."
Expecting to write up a ticket for speeding, an Alabama State Trooper ended up helping a woman give birth. Danny Lowe, of Huntsville, said he was driving his wife, Shawna, and their unborn baby to an Athens hospital Sunday morning around 6:40 a.m. when he was pulled over by Trooper Michael Kesler for speeding, news outlets reported. While being questioned, Shawna Lowe began going into labor and the two men helped her deliver a baby boy along U.S. 72.
"He was awesome," Danny Lowe said, of the trooper. "He settled me down."
After delivering the baby, Kesler helped clean the baby and keep the mom and baby warm until an ambulance arrived. Secretary of Law Enforcement Spencer Collier said in a news release that Kesler also helped take stress off the family by coordinating with the mother's doctor and ambulance personnel.
Kesler later joined the family at the hospital and gave them flowers, cupcakes and a starter kit for new parents.
"Trooper Kesler's actions today exemplify the mission of the Alabama State Troopers - to serve and protect," Collier said. "I want to personally commend Trooper Kesler for his swift actions and going above and beyond the call of duty." Danny Lowe said his baby boy and his wife are doing well.
When an Alabama state trooper performed a routine traffic stop over the weekend, he couldn't have expected he would help with the delivery of a baby boy.
The trooper, Michael Kesler, pulled over a vehicle for speeding Sunday in Limestone County and quickly realized that the woman sitting in the passenger seat was in labor "and about to deliver the baby," according to a statement from Alabama's secretary of law enforcement Spencer Collier. Without hesitation, Trooper Kesler quickly acted and assisted new dad Danny Lowe in the delivery of the baby. He helped keep the baby warm and made sure that mom, Shawna, dad and baby — 6-pound, 19.5-inch Barrett Lowe — got to the hospital, according to Collier's statement. He even went another step further and stopped at the store to pick up flowers, cupcakes and a newborn starter kit to deliver to the new parents at the hospital.
"Trooper Kesler's actions today exemplify the mission of the Alabama State Troopers — to serve and protect. I want to personally commend Trooper Kesler for his swift actions and going above and beyond the call of duty," Collier said.
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