Ravens' Torrey Smith's Brother Dies

Early Sunday morning, Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith discovered that his brother, Tevin, had been killed in a motorcycle crash just hours before. Smith then drove to his home state, Virginia, to be with his family in this time of need. After returning home for a short while, Torrey made the decision to reunite with his team and participate in that night's game, which they won 31-30. Smith played the game for his late brother by scoring two touchdowns and completing 127 yards. Before the game started, a moment of silence was dedicated to Trevin, to which Torrey said, "That touched me right there, the fact that the organization took the time out to honor my brother, one of my family members, who had absolutely nothing to do with this program besides me." We can all learn a lesson or two from Torrey's story: to cherish the time you have with family and friends.



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21-year-old Cruise Ship Passenger Goes Overboard

On Sunday night, a 21 year old passenger aboard the Allure of the Seas went overboard. The Bartlett, Tennessee woman plunged into the water 47 miles east of Fort Lauderdale, Florida as another passenger saw. When the woman went overboard, the captain of the ship turned around to look for her. Cameras on the cruise caught the woman falling on tape and the ship's GPS system marked the location of her fall. Before the Coast Guard took over the search, two other cruise ships that were nearby stopped by to help with the search. The search area is currently around 320 square miles and four Coast Guard crews are involved.

Two Tornadoes Strike Two Different New York Boroughs

Over the weekend, severe weather hit New York City as a cold front brought heavy rains, strong winds, and even a couple of tornadoes. What started out as a waterspout with 70 mile per hour winds turned into a land tornado in a Queens neighborhood. The tornado quickly dissipated, but not before traveling approximately 600 yards knocking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings in its path. Nine miles north, in Brooklyn, another tornado touched down. It passed through at 11:30 a.m., was about 50 yards wide, and covered half a mile. This twister reached winds of 110 miles per hour and was considered an EF1 on a scale of EF0 to EF5. The severe weather caused the U.S. Open men's and women's tennis matches to be postponed.

Life is a Beach: 21 beached whales in Florida

On the morning of Saturday, September first, twenty one pilot whales, two of which being calves, were found stranded on an Atlantic coast beach in Fort Pierce, Florida. Two of the whales died of natural causes and the remaining whales were examined to see if they could be assisted back into the ocean, where they belong. Pilot whales are supposedly very intelligent and they often beach themselves in areas around the world, however the cause of this occurrence is unknown since they typically live in deeper parts of the ocean. There is speculation that the cause of this beaching could once again be the work of parasites that affect the brains of pilot whales and make them go off course.

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