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14 Years After His Death, His Family Received A Note He Wrote To His Future Self

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This Kid Brought A Camera To School…And It Just So Happened To Be On 9/11

Where were you on 9/11? For these high schoolers in Fairfax, Virginia, it was just an ordinary day…until it wasn’t. Between the time the first bell rang and the candlelit memorial service that evening, the world had changed forever. Incredibly, the self-proclaimed “resident filmmaker” of the school caught it all on tape. The day started out like any other in calculus class at Robinson Secondary School. As the kid behind the camera explains, he was shooting footage of friends “for himself.” YouTube / wukemon Read More: This […]

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This Sweet Dog Was Abandoned At A Shelter, And You’ll Be Stunned When You See Why

Those of us who have visited shelters know that they’re filled to the brim with animals that are in desperate need of finding forever homes. Many people who take on pets forget that these animals need to be treated like family. Thousands of them are abandoned each year because people think they’re too needy, too rough with kids, or too aggressive. But not many are left behind because they’re too affectionate. Meet Jubilee. She’s the adorable one-year-old pup that was abandoned because she always wanted to be […]

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They Walked Past These Homeless People, But They Didn’t Realize Who They Really Were

The sad reality that people facing homelessness have to deal with is the fact that they’re almost invisible to passersby. Even when they reach out for help, many of us just go about our business without giving them a second thought. And that’s why this experiment conducted by Upworthy is so heartbreaking. The people in the following footage thought that they were doing the same thing they did every other day as they walked by people in need. When the homeless people revealed their identities to them, […]

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Dog’s Routine Nail Trim Appointment Ends With Broken Ribs And Death

Nail trims are a quick and routine grooming necessity for any dog. When Terrie Peacock and Stefan Zier took their one-year-old dachshund, Henry, to PetSmart to get his nails trimmed, they never imagined it would end in his death. The dog suffered two broken ribs, a punctured lung, and he was struggling to breathe with blood foaming from his mouth after just a few minutes with groomer Juan Zarate, who has been arrested and charged with animal cruelty. Henry died after spending just a few minutes in […]

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