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Fishermen found alive floating on cooler 150 miles off Mexico 5 days after going missing

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Two fishermen who used a cooler to survive at sea for days were found alive and rescued on Wednesday, the Mexican navy said.  The fishermen, 53 and 32, last communicated with their fishing cooperative on Aug.14. At the time, they were aboard a ship called the Camaronera. The staff of the cooperative sent out a distress call when the men were not heard from.  The Mexican navy responded to the distress call by deploying surface and air assets. The wide range of the search allowed rescuers to locate the men floating in the Pacific Ocean about 150 miles off the coast of Chiapas, a southern Mexican state that borders Guatemala.  Photos shared by Mexico’s Secretariat of the Navy show the two men sitting inside a blue cooler. Video shows the container bobbing on the ocean waves as rescuers approach it in a navy ocean patrol vessel. 

Dos pescadores que permanecieron cinco días a la deriva sobre una hielera fueron localizados y rescatados por personal naval a más de 240 km de la costa de Chiapas. Mediante el despliegue de unidades de superficie y aéreas bajo el concepto Trinomio (buque–interceptora–aeronave),… pic.twitter.com/ysMhoOCpz1 — SEMAR México (@SEMAR_mx) August 20, 2026

The navy said that once the fishermen were rescued, they underwent medical evaluations. They were then airlifted to port and received further medical attention. One of the photos shared by the Secretariat of the Navy shows one fisherman on a stretcher. In a second image taken on land, that fisherman is in a wheelchair, while the other is being rolled on a stretcher. More information about the men’s condition was not shared.  The fishermen were reunited with their families after the medical examination, the navy said.  Mexico’s navy said the rescue shows its “commitment to the public to safeguard human life at sea,” and encouraged anyone experiencing a maritime emergency to seek aid from the Secretariat of the Navy. 

Source: Fishermen found alive floating on cooler 150 miles off Mexico 5 days after going missing – CBS News

But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
Luke 11:28

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Milton couple riding third Pan-Mass Challenge to support pediatric leukemia research, celebrate son’s health

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The gift of having two healthy children is never lost on Camila and Rob Obi-Tabot.  In March of 2023, their daughter Louisa Catalina (Cata) was 5 when their son Leandro Sebastian (Seba) was born. A happy baby with a sweet smile and big brown eyes, Seba developed RSV before his 2-month checkup.  Shortly after he recovered, Camila and Rob noticed that he had developed small red bumps, sinus-like issues, and a slight fever.  They assumed it was a relapse of RSV.  At Seba’s two-month checkup, his doctor observed the symptoms and sent the family to Boston Children’s Hospital for tests. 

They weren’t home 20 minutes when the hospital called them back with a sense of urgency. “They were like, we need you to come back right now. We have a room for you in the emergency room, we’re waiting for you,” Camila remembers. They were told that Seba’s white blood count was unusually high.  “We do what you’re definitely not supposed to do,” Rob explains. “We go on the internet. Looking up ‘what does a high white blood cell count mean for a baby?'” Rob says they were startled by the answer. “We started seeing leukemia show up,” he said.   Devastating diagnosis Sure enough, within minutes of their arrival, a doctor at Children’s was preparing the couple for the devastating news that Seba had some form of leukemia. He assured them that the diagnosis was no longer a death sentence. “I want you to have hope.

We’re going to have the doctors down from Dana-Farber immediately,” Rob recalled the doctor saying.  To this day, Camila is certain that the doctors who cared for Seba that night saved his life. With his blood so viscous that it wasn’t circulating properly, Seba was struggling to breathe. Doctors had no choice but to sedate him and start chemotherapy. The toxins in the treatment threatened his tiny liver and kidneys. Rob remembers the first two days in the hospital as frightening and uncertain. “We just had to look at each other and hope and pray that everything was going to be all right,” Rob said.   Seba, their little “Guerrero” (warrior in Spanish) turned a corner on Day 3.

His kidney problems dissipated. After making steady progress, the little 8-week-old was strong enough to move from the intensive care unit to 6 Northeast, the floor at Children’s for patients with cancer. Seba, who doctors determined had acute myelogenous leukemia, spent the next five months in the hospital undergoing five rounds of chemo.  Camila and Rob took turns staying with him.  The staff set up a desk in Seba’s room so that Rob could continue working without leaving his son’s side. Family members flew into Boston from around the country to help. “We could not have done the five months without our friends and family,” Camila says with deep gratitude. Knowing that Louisa was spending time with loved ones gave them peace of mind and much-needed time to make critical decisions in the hospital.  

“There were just so many difficult conversations of like—he’s having morphine. What will that do to him? Will he become addicted? Will that have lasting effects?” Rob said. The doctors and nurses became like family. “It was home. And they made it that way for us,” Rob explains. Leaving the hospital as a family In October 2023, Seba was discharged from Children’s cancer-free.  The memory of that emotional moment still moves Rob to tears almost three years later. “I said, back when we were in the ICU and everything was really dreadful,” Rob recalls, “I told everybody I could, we are leaving this place as a family. And that day, for that to be the reality was, I can’t explain that feeling.”  

In the footage of their departure from the hospital, the family is beaming as they navigate colored streamers in the hallway and soak up the elated applause of hospital employees.  “The triumph that you have walking out of there as a family. We believed it but for that to be a reality was … it’s indescribable,” Rob said.   Thankful, they wanted to do something to support other families.  The day of Seba’s first post-hospital checkup, that “something” revealed itself as they crossed the Pan-Mass Challenge bridge on the way to the Jimmy Fund Clinic. Camila noticed the photos of cyclists and began to read the captions and stories. “It was kind of instinctual,” she recalls. “I said, I’m going to do this.”  Team Guerreros por Seba   Rob was also taken with the display and immediately wondered how they would ever ride the distance that PMC riders complete.

“I don’t like driving 100 miles much less riding a bike for that long,” Rob laughed. One other important factor was that Camila did not know how to ride a bike. But that didn’t seem to matter. “When she said she wanted to do it, I was all in. Let’s do it!” Rob said. Leading “Team Guerreros por Seba,” Rob and Camila began training in February of 2024.  She learned to ride on a heavy 10-speed they bought on Facebook Marketplace. Rob rented the city’s Blue Bikes. They quickly discovered a joy and purpose in riding together. “To have the gratefulness we had and to be able to do something with that,” Camila explains, “we couldn’t have had a better gift.”

It also gave them a chance to reconnect in a fun, positive way after the anxious months they spent with Seba in the hospital. Riding was therapeutic. “It fueled us,” she said. “It helped us heal a lot more because we started going on rides together.” In August of 2024, they rode their first PMC with friends and family members. They were hooked. They now have a new pedal partner: 16-year-old Paul Gauthier of Billerica who will finish his last treatment in August.  They also welcome a new teammate.  Seba’s oncologist Dr. Jessica Pollard is training for her first PMC, an experience that has brought her even closer to the Obi-Tabot family. “This is a very special family who is just so fun, so positive,” Pollard said. Last year, Dr. Pollard cheered on riders on Cape Cod.

This year, as she pedals from Bourne to Provincetown, she says she will be thinking of Seba and her late mother-in-law who died of pancreatic cancer in November.  “I’m excited to be with all these people who are united in an effort to help raise money to support people going through cancer treatment and to aid in cancer discovery,” Pollard said. “I think that’s my greatest love in medicine, it’s the camaraderie and the teamwork. This bike ride is another example of that.” How the PMC supports research Dr. Pollard helps run a clinical research program at Dana-Farber and describes PMC support for researchers’ work as “invaluable.”  She says that, particularly with funding cuts, their work relies on philanthropy to keep clinical trial programs open.

Clinical trials are essential to prove that new treatments are beneficial and safe.  Team Guerreros por Seba directs its PMC funding to Dr. Pollard’s research and the Pediatric Patient Assistance Fund. At their home in Milton, Louisa and Seba play tag on a summer day.  On the Saturday of PMC weekend, they’ll be with their mom in the Pedal Partner tent. Camila looks forward to sharing the experience with them. “The joy they feel seeing our team come through. Each kid makes their own poster. They have so much fun,” Camila said. “Other kids might complain that they’re out there a long time, but it’s become our family tradition. It’s a really fun day for us.” Rob will ride Day 1 from Worcester to Bourne. Camila will ride Day 2 from Bourne to Provincetown. Rob is looking forward to riding from the new Day 1 start at the College of the Holy Cross, being with their teammates, and not getting a flat tire this year. Seba is thriving.

His check-ups are now every six months as opposed to the monthly or weekly check-ups he’s had in years past. Rob and Camila describe him as a typically fearless toddler who loves to push boundaries.  Even when parenting is hard, they say they are thankful.  Every day they are reminded that had Seba not responded to the treatment he received in those first months of his life, they might not have the opportunities they enjoy now. They ride the PMC with gratitude and hope that their efforts will lead to lifesaving breakthroughs for other children. 

“On that ride,” Rob says, “I’m directly contributing to ensuring that a family doesn’t have to be told by a doctor there’s nothing else we can do.” To donate or learn more about the Pan-Mass Challenge, go to pmc.org.100% of every rider-raised dollar goes directly to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Source: Milton couple riding third Pan-Mass Challenge to support pediatric leukemia research, celebrate son’s health – CBS Boston

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:9

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Baby mink rescued from Sonoma County backyard

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A furry case of mistaken identity occurred this week after a Sonoma County resident discovered what they thought was a baby otter in their backyard. Sonoma County Animal Services said its officers responded to the resident’s call and discovered that the otter was actually a tiny baby American mink. Both minks and otters are mustelids, a family of carnivores that also includes badgers, weasels, and wolverines.

Sonoma County Animal Services “This little cutie had wandered away from its riverbank home and was understandably confused to find itself in a yard with the resident dogs,” the agency said in a Facebook post Tuesday. The baby mink was placed in the care of Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue in Petaluma, which will care for the mink until it’s ready to be safely released back into its natural environment.

Source: Baby mink rescued from Sonoma County backyard – CBS San Francisco

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling.
Ephesians 4:4

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A 13-year-old’s kidney was failing, then a stranger stepped in: “I don’t think there was a dry eye in the room”

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When Elias Manolis started experiencing extreme fatigue early last year, his parents were alarmed, but not surprised.  The 13-year-old from Long Island, New York, had been born with ureterovesical junction obstruction, a rare congenital disease, where a blockage between the ureter and bladder causes urine to back up into the kidney. The condition can cause pain, infections and fevers.  Rita Manolis said her son struggled with “a lot of infections, a lot of hospital visits, lots of surgeries” over the years.

His symptoms led to limits on his diet and physical activity. As he grew, he often missed school and couldn’t see his friends often. But still, the level of fatigue he reached in February 2025 was unusual.  “He didn’t have the energy to do things normal kids would do, like getting up to go to school,” Rita Manolis said. “Staying in school all day would be a mission for him. He’d come home just completely drained.” 

Source: A 13-year-old’s kidney was failing, then a stranger stepped in: “I don’t think there was a dry eye in the room” – CBS News

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9

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Police officer saves dog after it fell through ice

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SPARTA, N.J. (WKRC) – A police officer is being recognized for his bravery and professionalism following a daring ice rescue. Michael Poon, who is certified in ice rescue, used department equipment to crawl onto the ice and reach a dog that had fallen through, Sparta police said. Without hesitation, Poon entered the icy water and pushed the dog back onto the ice, allowing it to return safely to dry land. The department thanked Poon for his courage and praised the quick actions of concerned citizens who reported the dog in distress.

Source: Police officer saves dog after it fell through ice

But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
1 Corinthians 2:9

Salvation

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“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. John 3:16-18 ESV

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 ESV

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38 ESV

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV

He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, Titus 3:5 ESV

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 ESV

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 ESV

The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; he is their stronghold in the time of trouble. Psalm 37:39 ESV

Salvation belongs to the Lord; your blessing be on your people! Selah Psalm 3:8 ESV

To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. Psalm 62:1 ESV

Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.” Acts 28:28 ESV