Snarkless: Sleepovers, Babies, and a Heroic Firefighter Rescue

Snarkless – Because even we need a break from the madness. Once a day, we swallow our sarcasm (it burns, honestly) and deliver three legitimately good news stories—no cynicism, no side-eye, just pure, unfiltered positivity. It’s weird for us too, but hey, even the apocalypse deserves a little sunshine.

Here are a few more Snarkless stories making the rounds…

1.  A firefighter in Illinois got trapped under rubble last Thursday when a home’s porch roof collapsed on him.  But first responders and bystanders rushed in to lift it up, and he’s okay.

There’s chest-cam footage, and you see a huge fireball from an upstairs window right when it happens.  The home was a total loss, but no one was seriously hurt.  Here’s the video.

2.  A woman near Philly went into labor 10 days early . . . on April Fools’ Day . . . and had to give birth at home.  She lives two minutes from a hospital, so her husband wanted to go.  But she told him there wasn’t time, and she was right.

Their interview is great.  He said he eventually decided to shut up and just help however he could, but he didn’t have to do much.  Quote, “The baby slid right [out] like a water park.”

3.  A fundraiser called Shelter Slumber PAW-ty raised over a million dollars for animal shelters across the country this weekend.  People slept overnight at different shelters and got other people to sponsor them.