Beachgoers rushed to save a young boy from drowning off the coast of Napier, New Zealand on Sunday, forming a human chain that helped pull him back to shore.
March 12, 2013

Beachgoers rushed to save a young boy from drowning off the coast of Napier, New Zealand on Sunday, forming a human chain that helped pull him back to shore.

Good morning, today is Tuesday, March 12, 2013. On this day in 2002, Homeland security chief Tom Ridge introduced that lovely color-coded terror warning system, bless his heart.

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