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CNN 5 Things

5 Good Things: Hundreds of Couples Are Eloping During the Eclipse

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

We'll tell you how some of the millions of people planning to watch the total eclipse in the US next week are preparing. One Oklahoma man is on a mission to keep paying off student lunch debt in honor of his late wife. The first man to live with a pig kidney transplant is at home recovering. People experiencing homelessness in Phoenix are able take showers and do laundry for free. Plus, what if you could fly to another country and be home in time for dinner? For some more goodness on Saturdays, sign up for CNN's The Good Stuff newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Each Saturday we focus on stories that remind us of the good stuff happening.

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You know, the kind of stuff that brings a smile to your face,

0:18.0

or gives you a sense of hope.

0:19.5

We'll hear how one man in Oklahoma is honoring his late wife's memory by making sure

0:24.3

students are well fed at school. I think this is the best therapy I could have

0:28.0

ever done. You had to do something really sweet for hundreds and hundreds of kids.

0:31.5

Plus what if you could fly from New York

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to London in only three and a half hours?

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From CNN, I'm Krista Boe, and this is five good things. There's something so special about millions of people gathering to make a lasting memory

0:51.1

over a rare celestial spectacle.

0:53.2

On Monday a total solar eclipse will darken skies in the middle of the day in the US, Mexico, and Canada

0:59.4

when the moon will completely block the sun for a few minutes.

1:03.0

105-year-old Levern Beiser told KTVT, he's been chasing eclipses since 1963.

1:10.0

I see 12 eclipses. We've traveled all over the world to see them.

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You see one you want to see them all. They're so pretty.

1:17.4

He said he's glad he doesn't have to travel any farther than his own backyard in Fort Worth, Texas to see this one.

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Some teachers have used the lead up to the eclipse

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