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Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Tori. Today is Thursday, May 2nd, 2026. And we begin with a nine-year-old

here's Thursday May 2nd 2024 and we begin with a nine-year-old hero

Branson Baker was in a pickup with his parents when one of the recent

Oklahoma tornadoes picked up their truck and tossed it like a matchbook.

Both his mom and dad were critically injured and trapped.

According to CBS News, Branson managed to get out and run over a mile in the dark,

threw down power lines and debris to get help.

His uncle told the network that the only way he found his way back

was with lightning strikes that lit the road. He ran as fast as he could as he could as hard as he could.

Thanks to Branson his parents are expected to make a full recovery but because

they won't be able to work for quite some time

Branson's baseball team held a fundraiser and game Monday night with the whole team

wearing stickers in support of the family Branson hit a Homer. As the go-fund me page reads, Branson is small but so mighty, he is a hero.

A retired Air Force captain is finally getting a chance to go to space 60 years after the opportunity was taken away from him.

If all goes as planned, 90-year-old Edward Dwight will be on board the next flight of Blue Origin, the

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