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4-leaf clovers for luck
Jim Neidhoefer is a prolific collector and says he considers himself lucky. Not just because of the number of four-leaf clovers that he’s found, but because he survived open heart surgery to fix a heart valve. Luck is something he hopes is contagious. Inside Edition Digital’s Mara Montalbano has more.
Two thumbs making art
Noah Deledda makes a living with just two thumbs. Captivated by transformation, the Florida artist subverts expectations by creasing and denting ordinary cans, turning them into sought-after art. His sculptures encourages others to not overlook underlying beauty.
Living underwater
Dr. Joseph Dituri is living under the sea on a mission called Project Neptune 100. The Marine Resources Development Foundation says Project Neptune 100 combines medical and ocean research along with educational outreach. The medical researcher is conducting experiments to see how the human body responds to long term exposure to the highly pressurized marine environment. Plans are for Dr. Dituri to continue living underwater for 100 days, 27 days longer than the previous 73-day record.
7 decades in an iron lung
Paul Alexander, the man who survived seven decades in an iron lung, has died. A 1952 polio outbreak in Dallas, Texas, struck Alexander, who was only 6 years old at the time. The disease left him paralyzed from the neck down, and unable to breathe on his own. The solution to keep him alive was the iron lung. Alexander went on to become a lawyer and an author. In March, the Guinness World Records declared Alexander to be the longest-living iron lung patient in history.
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