After the wildfire outbreak in Southern California last week, NBC shared the story of one family who escaped with their lives. Everything they owned was destroyed, but their community rewrote the script.
Melvyn was diagnosed with Alzheimer's three years ago. For his wife, Doris, it's been hard to watch. But she says something happened recently to remind her that the man she fell in love with is still here, reports Steve Hartman.
Tech. Sgt. Jamie Meadows-Valley traveled to a Ukrainian orphanage, even dodging street protests, to adopt a 2-year-old girl with special needs. Since then, she has been thriving.
Caught in an Afghanistan firefight, 12 year-old Obaid lost both his legs, but refused to give up. He was being measured for prosthetics by the Red Cross when NBC News first featured his story in a televised report. A Boston-area grandmother was touched by what she saw and decided to help from 7000 miles away.
A 99-year-old woman was finally awarded her college diploma at a special graduation ceremony after a $5 diploma fee prevented her from receiving it 75 years ago.
Sebastian, who is a very determined 19 year-old living with Cerebral Palsy, tried to enter a race as a contestant in 2009 but the organizers wouldn't allow it. He then decided with his therapist and 30 other special needs children to organize their own all-inclusive race. The hardworking young man trained with his walker for three years until he finally achieved his goal of walking 1.5 miles.
For the past four decades, a Saskatchewan high school English teacher has kept his commitment to thousands of former students by mailing them all a handwritten letter they had written to themselves as high school freshmen, to be read by their eyes only when they reached adulthood.
Azella Taylor never married but she has 25 children: Students of hers still stay in touch decades later, inspired by the teacher's independent spirit and unique teaching approach.
With the help of a group in Victoria calling themselves the Power of 10, a homeless man name George has learned to cook, drive and has passed Grade 10. Now, George is moving into his own apartment and it is all thanks to the inspiration from a stage play called Home is a Beautiful Word.
A dying father has given his young daughter a memory to last a lifetime, offering to walk her, with white dress and flowers, down the aisle, because he won't be able to do it at a future wedding. Decked out in gray suit and boutonniere, Jim Zetz, 62, who was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer last year, gave photographer Lindsey Villatoro some beautiful images to capture for his family to forever remember the day.
Alison Miller's 24-year marriage was so passionate and fulfilling that after her husband's sudden death, last spring from cancer, she felt so much grief that it spurred her to do things she never could have imagined.
On April 12 Honey and John Myers celebrated their 70th anniversary with family members who gave them a big surprise: 600 cards were sent thanks to Facebook and a plea for strangers to send well wishes.