Fisherman lands an artificial leg, and more

Fisherman lands an artificial leg

Beth Krohn landed the catch of the day while fishing on Lake Ida in Alexandria, Minn. Her line hooked something heavy, and when she was finally able to reel it in, she pulled out an artificial leg. “It kept coming up and I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh! I hope it’s not a dead body,’” Krohn said. With a few phone calls, Krohn tracked down the owner of the leg, Pam Riley, who had lost it while swimming in the lake three years ago. Krohn met Riley in a local Wal-Mart parking lot to return the prosthetic limb.

A birthday bash with Mike Cronic

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Besse Cooper, believed to be the world’s oldest person, celebrated her 115th birthday last week with family and friends in a nursing home in Monroe, Ga.—and Nashville guitarist Mike Cronic stopped by to do the entertaining. “When I read a story about Ms. Cooper, I just wanted to play some songs for the oldest person in the world,” Cronic said. Cooper’s daughter-in-law, Edith Cooper, was touched: “That was just the neatest, sweetest thing for him to just call out of the blue and say, ‘May I play at her birthday party?’”

12-year-old son delivers baby sibling

When Danielle Edwards went into labor at her home on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, she was in too much pain to get out of bed or reach a phone. So she yelled for her 12-year-old son, Gaelan. Fortunately, Gaelan had been reading medical books and was prepared for the challenge of childbirth. Seeing that the baby’s head was already showing, Gaelan coolly delivered the baby before cutting and clamping the umbilical cord. “I grabbed the shoulders....I kept it balanced and pulled it out,” Gaelan said. “It started crying, so you know that’s a healthy baby.”