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Coolest Car Parade Ever and Showing Love To EMT’s

Long week? Here’s your Friday edition of “Good News” – including the coolest car parade ever and showing love to EMT’s. 1.  A couple from Pittsburgh recently flew home from…

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Long week? Here's your Friday edition of "Good News" - including the coolest car parade ever and showing love to EMT's.

1.  A couple from Pittsburgh recently flew home from Las Vegas, with a layover in Minnesota.  After they arrived, they realized a diamond in the woman's ring fell out, and they didn't know where.  It could have happened at any of the three airports, or on one of their flights.  And her 99-year-old grandma gave her the ring.

She didn't think she'd get it back.  But an employee at the Pittsburgh airport went above and beyond searching for it . . . eventually found it on a floor in one of the bathrooms . . . and got it back to her.

2.  A woman in Massachusetts named Debbie Virgilio passed away last year at 85.  And her local fire department's EMTs helped her out multiple times in the last years of her life.  So she repaid the favor by leaving the department $525,000 in her will to buy a new ambulance.  They just had a big party in her honor this week.

3.  A single mom in Tennessee wanted to do something special for her son's eighth birthday this month, but didn't have a ton of money.  So she posted something on Facebook about how he loves cars, and her community came through for her.  People organized a huge car parade, and over 80 souped-up rides showed up for it.  A lot of the owners also brought gifts.

4.  There was a story this week about an IHOP waiter who got a $1,300 tip.  Here's another one:  A group of friends had dinner at a Mexican place in Salt Lake City this month, and left a $10,000 tip.  Their waiter got $2,000.  Everyone else working that night split the rest.

5.  A video of a postal worker in Georgia went viral this week after she went above and beyond to save someone's dog.  She rang their doorbell to tell them their beagle got bit by a copperhead.  But they didn't answer, so she rushed the dog to the vet and saved its life.  (Here's the doorbell cam video.)

6.  The Vincent van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam added a bunch of Pokémon-themed exhibits to get kids excited about art.  They say Van Gogh was very into Japanese art in general.

Of course if you need more good news - we've got this from last Friday!

Jim O'Brien is the Host of "Big Jim's House" Morning Show at 94.7 WCSX in Detroit. Jim spent eight years in the U.S. Naval Submarine Service, has appeared on Shark Tank (Man Medals Season 5 Ep. 2), raised over two million dollars for local charities and is responsible for Glenn Frey Drive and Bob Seger Blvd in the Motor City. Jim's relationship with Classic Rock includes considering Bob Seger, Phil Collen from Def Leppard, Wally Palmer of the Romantics and many others good friends. Jim writes about ‘80s movies, cars, weird food trends and “as seen on TikTok” content.