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CNN 5 Things

5 Good Things: This Grandma Went From Beginner Swimmer to Record Breaker

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Meet the blind athletes calling balls and strikes — and pushing to make baseball a Paralympic sport. In Texas, one man’s costume giveaway is helping families in need dress up for Halloween. A US Air Force sergeant reunites with her beloved K-9 partner. In Minnesota, a young girl makes a miraculous recovery just in time for her 13th birthday. Plus, an 80-year-old triathlete made history. Sign up for the CNN 5 Good Things newsletter here.    Host/Producer: Krista Bo Polanco  Producer: Eryn Mathewson  Showrunner: Faiz Jamil  Senior Producer: Felicia Patinkin  Editorial Support: Randi Kaye, Nicole Bozorgmir, Deborah Brunswick, Madeline Stix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey there, welcome. I'm Krista Bo Polanco, and this is CNN Five Good Things. The serial thrifter in Austin, Texas,

0:08.2

keeps the Halloween spirit alive all year round. Seeing the kids laughing and having a great time,

0:15.4

every parent wants their kids to feel just as special as anybody else. Then a seventh grader's

0:20.4

homecoming that doctors once said would take a miracle.

0:23.7

A four-legged veteran hangs up her vest and finds a very familiar forever home.

0:28.5

Plus...

0:29.4

A lot of my friends were entering triathlons and they looked like a lot of fun, but I was a little embarrassed

0:35.9

that I had never learned to swim. A grandmother from New Jersey shows it's never too late to dive into something new, literally,

0:42.3

and break a world record while you're at it.

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