Speaker 1: Caalaroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny Mack with five
good news stories. Just in time for the holidays. Is
the story of a stranger, a GoFundMe, and a lot
of generosity. Eighty eight year old army veteran ed full
time at a grocery store in Detroit, eight hour shifts,
five days a week because he never received the pension
he should have earned. His wife passed away a few
years ago. He's been supporting himself ever since. TikToker Samuel
met Ed at the store and decided to try something bold.
He launched to go fund me to give the veteran
the retirement he deserved. Donations poured in. Not only did
they hit the million dollar mark, they blew past it.
In a few days. More than one point five million
dollars was raised. TikToker sam told supporters every dollar will
go directly toward Ed's living expenses, medical care, in the
everyday comforts he's long gone without. He explains, Ed fought
for this country. He worked his old life in outsur
turn to fight for him. In Jonesboro, Tennessee, a deer
decide to get a jump on holiday shopping by breaking
into a Christmas theme store and tearing through the place
like it owned it. Police were called to Gabriel's Christmas
and More they found the deer in the shop. According
to police, the deer sniffed ornaments, inspected gorland, gave some
side eyes to the nutcrackers, and galloped around like he
was trying to remember where he parked the sleigh. The
chaos only stopped when the deer attempted to squeeze through
the bottom of a chair and got stuck. That gave
the officers a chance to grab it and bring it outside.
Officer Adams said they initially hoped the deer would just
leave on its own, but it didn't, so when it
got wedged in the chair, I was like, gotcha. Once free,
the deer bolted away. No harm done. Lisa owns the store,
she said. Nobody thought it was real. I mean she
probably wanted to come and do some shopping and get
last minute gifts. She knew where to come. In Switzerland,
a charity event tried for a Guinness World Record by
building a massive mural out of three hundred thousand lego bricks.
The finished piece stretches nearly seventy nine feet long and
is more than six feet tall. Was created for the
Swiss telep which raises money for people living with rear
genetic diseases. The artwork is awaiting official review from Guinness
to determine whether it can claim the record for world's
largest lego mural. In Detroit, the eleven foot tall bronze
RoboCop statue has finally arrived after nearly fifteen years of planning, fundraising,
and delays. The sculpture is two and a half tons.
It's outside the Free Age Production studio in the city's
Eastern Market. Jim owns the studio and said the statue
is already drawing curious visitors. He says, I love it.
It looks great, it's super impressive, and it's already brought
a lot of nice people around. The idea for the
statue goes back to twenty eleven, when a Twitter user
suggested Detroit erect a monument two RoboCop. The guy that
was mayor back then said there were no plans to
do anything like that, but that inspired fans and launch
a Kickstarter that raised more than sixty seven thousand dollars.
The statue was finished in twenty seventeen, but they had
to figure out where to put it and get legal
clearance from MGM, which controls the RoboCop rights. All that
has worked out and now you can go RoboCop statue.
Nice job by Santa Claus and Missus Claus. They're pretty
busy this week, but they still had time to stop
off at the Rock River Valley Blood Center's blood drive.
The Clauses say donating blood is a great way to
give back to the community. Santa himself said, what a
proud thing to give the gift of life. It's so easy,
doesn't hurt, Santa doesn't for the cookies. Those are your
five good news stories for Today, Back tomorrow.