Rescuers Recount 'Incredible Coincidence' That Led to Finding 11-Year-Old Shipwreck Survivor After 3 Days at Sea

Compass-Collective.org A search and rescue team may have missed an 11-year-oldshipwreck survivorhad it not been for what they called an “incredible coincidence.” “It was an incredible coincidence that we heard the child’s voice despite the engine running,” skipper Matthias Wiedenlübbert said in apress releaseon Wednesday, Dec. 11, while discussing the discovery. Wiedenlübbert works with CompassCollective, a German charitable organization that performs sea rescue missions. Their metal boat carrying migrants had set off from Sfax, Tunisia, and sank off the coast of Lampedusa in Italy.

Rescuers Save 3 Mountain Lion Cubs Found Hiding Under a Car After Their Mother's Death

Two of the orphaned mountain lion cubs who are receiving care at the Oakland Zoo.Photo:Oakland Zoo Oakland Zoo Three orphaned mountain lion cubs are in the care of the Oakland Zoo’s veterinary hospital after rescuers found the wild animals alone several weeks after the death of the cubs' mother. One of the orphaned mountain lion cubs.Oakland Zoo The zoo’s press release described Fern, Thistle, and Spruce as “relatively healthy but thin” based on their first zoo exam.

Researchers Believe Mother Orca Known for Grieving 2018 Newborn's Death Has Lost Another Calf

Newborn orca whale J61.Photo:Maya Sears, NMFS/NOAA Permit 27052 Maya Sears, NMFS/NOAA Permit 27052 Tahlequah, the killer whale whocarried her dead calfand swam with him for 17 days in 2018, has likely suffered another loss. PerThe Seattle Times, researchers believe the mother orca’s newborn calf, who the Center for Whale Research discovered the calf on Friday, Dec. 20, and given the alpha-numeric designation J61, has died. The outlet reports that Brad Hanson, a biologist with theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNorthwest Region in Seattle, was “on the water with other researchers for a health survey of the endangered southern resident orcas and confirmed the news.

Restless Road Singer Colton Pack and Wife Lauren Welcome Baby Girl No. 3: 'Newest Member of the Pack'

Colton Pack/Instagram Colton Pack’s family just got a little bigger! “Welcome the newest member of the ‘Pack’ Charley Reneé Pack- 2/3/25. 💞💖,” he wrote in the caption. “You are soooooo loved Charley. Mommy and Daddy can’t wait to see [who] you grow up to be ❤️.” Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Retired Olympian Accused of Running an International Drug Network and Ordering Murders Added to FBI’s Most Wanted List

Ryan James Wedding.Photo:fbi fbi A former Olympic snowboarder has been added to the FBI’sTen Most Wanted Fugitives List. On Thursday, March 6, the FBIannouncedthatRyan James Wedding, 43, who competed for Team Canada during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, had been placed on the list of 10 most wanted fugitives. Wedding is currently wanted for “allegedly running a transnational drug trafficking network that routinely shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, to Canada and other locations in the United States, and for orchestrating multiple murders and an attempted murder in furtherance of these drug crimes,” the FBI said.