1 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:09,080 The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Good news 2 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:12,400 for Diane Gordon. Her car broke down. Well that's not good news, 3 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,560 Johnny Mack. Why are you being such a jerk. No, she had 4 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:19,839 a walk to work and one day on the walk she found fifteen thousand dollars 5 00:00:19,879 --> 00:00:23,160 as well fourteen seven and eighty dollars to be exact. Yeah, about a 6 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:26,920 year ago, Diane Gordon's jeep Liberty broke down and ever since she's been walking 7 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,120 two and a half miles each way to and from work five days a week. 8 00:00:30,239 --> 00:00:33,679 She couldn't afford a new car. One day, she spotted a ziploc 9 00:00:33,759 --> 00:00:36,759 bag with the fifteen grand in it. I happen to look down there was 10 00:00:36,799 --> 00:00:38,679 a bag of money. I picked it up and there was some papers that 11 00:00:38,719 --> 00:00:41,200 went with it, and I turned it over and there was even more money. 12 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,159 She knew that keeping the money would be life changing, but she refrained 13 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,240 from opening the cash field bag. I just looked at it and I knew 14 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,880 it wasn't mine. I knew what I needed to do. She went in 15 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:53,520 to a gas station and called the police, ready for the twist. The 16 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:57,000 police called her back at two hours and said they found whose money it is? 17 00:00:57,079 --> 00:00:59,439 Now, I'm thinking, like, all right, drug dealers or something. 18 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:03,240 No, it was a young couple who had gotten married earlier in the 19 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,359 day. The police chief said there were wedding cards with a name on it. 20 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:07,879 We were able to get the money back to them. Gordon said, 21 00:01:07,879 --> 00:01:11,599 if it doesn't belong to you, you don't keep it. I didn't do 22 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,359 anything special. All I did was return something that didn't belong to me. 23 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:18,000 But wait, there is more. So. Stacy Connell, whose husband was 24 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:22,280 the police officer that responded to the initial call, was touched by Gordon's selflessness 25 00:01:22,519 --> 00:01:25,920 set up a go fund me. Stacy Connell said, as a police officer's 26 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:27,879 wife, I typically hear the bad things, so this was obviously heartwarming. 27 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,879 I was hoping we could get her a car in less than a week. 28 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:36,439 More than sixty thousand dollars was donated from strangers. Gordon used the money. 29 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:40,640 She's got a brand new green Jeep Compass. She says, I absolutely love 30 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:42,680 it. It's got a steering wheel, warmer and a backup camera, all 31 00:01:42,719 --> 00:01:47,040 these things I've never had before. He's also looking forward to driving to work 32 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,439 and I'll only take ten minutes instead of an hour. A jogger at San 33 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:53,400 Francisco's Ocean Beach helped save a dog who was trapped under some large rocks. 34 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,239 The jogger was running along the beach here to bark side to stop, and 35 00:01:57,319 --> 00:02:01,239 he found a dog looking up from the rock. Animal control officers raced to 36 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:05,159 the scene pulled the dog to safety. It's not clear how the dog became 37 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,159 trapped. The dog's named Gwen, and it was reunited with their family. 38 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:12,680 That's awesome. How about this one? A Portland senior tracked down an Okinawan 39 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:16,800 family based on the photos left behind in an album her late husband plucked from 40 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:23,560 the shrapnel strewn beaches of Okinawa in nineteen forty five. Yeah, nineteen forty 41 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,960 five, the Navy and Marines landed on the beaches of Okinawa during the closing 42 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:30,159 stages of the war the Pacific. Duke Wheedon stormed the beaches as part of 43 00:02:30,159 --> 00:02:34,400 the Third Wave. He found himself holding a black photo album filled with pictures 44 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,159 of family, toddlers and the high schoolers. Duke had enough humanity in him 45 00:02:38,159 --> 00:02:39,840 to hope that one day the album might be returned. After the war. 46 00:02:40,439 --> 00:02:44,840 Duke passed away in twenty twelve. His youngest son, Ken, found the 47 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,680 album in his navy trunk in the family home in Portland, Oregon. Duke's 48 00:02:47,759 --> 00:02:51,879 second wife, Carolyn said, most family members thought it was lost cause, 49 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:53,560 reminding me how long ago it had happened and how many people had been killed 50 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:57,199 in the war, in addition to those who died of old age. My 51 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,199 youngest son and his friend, however, started the search within husiasm. They 52 00:03:00,199 --> 00:03:04,879 made a few calls, most of which were never returned. Carolyn mentioned it 53 00:03:04,879 --> 00:03:08,360 to her guitar teacher, who immediately called his Japanese friends. They translated every 54 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:13,360 page of the photo album. Then they randomly ran into former Marine officer Eric 55 00:03:13,439 --> 00:03:16,280 Lundbergh, who used to teach English on Okinawa and he lived there with his 56 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:21,120 family. Lundberg happened to be visiting Portland. He heard about the search and 57 00:03:21,159 --> 00:03:23,280 he said, all right, I'll be the boots on the ground, And 58 00:03:23,319 --> 00:03:25,240 when he got back to Okinawa started talking about it. Carolyn said, I 59 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:29,400 made copies of some of the photos for them and immediately recognized the logo on 60 00:03:29,439 --> 00:03:31,840 the shirts of a youth group. Amazing was that back in Okinawa, our 61 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:36,879 volunteers went to the town hall and ask about members of the society and found 62 00:03:36,919 --> 00:03:38,400 themselves standing in front of a man who was the elder of the group. 63 00:03:38,479 --> 00:03:42,919 He recognized a friend in the photos. He called the friend's sister to come 64 00:03:42,919 --> 00:03:46,000 immediately. She not only recognized her brother, but also saw herself in some 65 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:51,039 of the photos. Everybody met up in Okinawa. They took a new photo 66 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,560 to commemorate this most extraordinary union of family, place and memory. Wow. 67 00:04:00,039 --> 00:04:04,360 I am Patty Callahan, Henry, I am Mary kay Andrews, I'm Kristin 68 00:04:04,439 --> 00:04:10,080 Harmel, and I'm Kristy Woodson Harvey. Friends in Fiction is led by four 69 00:04:10,199 --> 00:04:14,960 longtime friends, the four of us with more than seventy five published books between 70 00:04:15,039 --> 00:04:18,399 us. Through end depth conversations and interviews, we discussed the books we've written, 71 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:23,439 the books we're reading, and the art of storytelling. 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You can listen to friends and fiction on any major streaming platform. 80 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,720 Good news, if you're a wood stork, you're coming off the endangered 81 00:05:12,759 --> 00:05:17,279 species list. The wood stork faced extinction in nineteen eighty four. The population 82 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:21,560 a decreased from twenty thousand nesting pairs to less than five thousand. A recovery 83 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:26,480 program was started. Today, the wood stork breeding population is doubled to ten 84 00:05:26,519 --> 00:05:30,240 thousand or more nesting pairs. Wood Storks will remain a protected species. And 85 00:05:30,319 --> 00:05:33,279 yep, I've got another McDonald's story for you. I know, I can't 86 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:35,639 believe how many of these are. All right, here is the trick of 87 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:42,800 getting fresh fries without asking for no salt. This from TikTok user Joda. 88 00:05:42,879 --> 00:05:45,360 See, all right, how do you get fresh fries at McDonald's. What 89 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:47,480 out having to ask for no salt? And why would I ask for no 90 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,759 salt? Because that way you get a new batch and then you add your 91 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:57,040 own salt. Right, However, Jodice on TikTok says that's completely unnecessary slows 92 00:05:57,079 --> 00:06:00,600 down the entire operation for yourself and other customers. Here's that hack. Just 93 00:06:00,639 --> 00:06:02,560 say you want the fries drop fresh. Nine times out of ten, the 94 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,160 fries are already drop fresh. She also explained why you can never get a 95 00:06:06,199 --> 00:06:09,560 milkshake. You know how. It's like a joke, but it's true. 96 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:13,839 The ice cream machine is always broken at McDonald's. 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