Caitlin McCormack

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A California surfer came face to face with a 10-foot shark when the beast knocked him off his board during a terrifying encounter that the dad feared he wouldn’t walk away from, he said. Jens Heller, 42, was trying to catch some waves at the Montara State Beach Saturday afternoon when he felt something nudge his board, as if he’d struck something solid, he told local outlets. Heller, whose wife and 6-month-old daughter were on the beach, figured it was a rock or something similar.

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Man overboard!A passenger aboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship was knocked over by strong winds and plummeted into the water after the vessel pulled away from the pier. The person was disembarking while the Norwegian Epic ship docked in Catania, Sicily, last Friday, according to a cruise line spokesperson. “On duty crew members were able to immediately assist the guest from the water and see that they were evaluated by the medical team.

4 days ago | aol.com | Caitlin McCormack

A fast-thinking Florida teen miraculously saved herself from human traffickers by secretly sending a voice memo to her sister — alerting her that she was being held captive in a motel room. The victim’s sister immediately reported the news to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and told them about the frantic voice message. In it, her missing 13-year-old sister said she was in danger and trapped in a room at the A-1 Motel in Tampa.

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A Jewish man who recently moved across the street from the suspected antisemitic firebomber who attacked advocates hosting a solidarity walk in Colorado for Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas believes he is “lucky” that he and his family weren’t also targeted. David Costello, a Messianic Jew who moved to Colorado Springs just last week, said he had little interaction with alleged terrorist Mohamed Sabry Soliman.

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Madonna, director Judd Apatow and late actor Chadwick Boseman are just the latest celebrities to get name-dropped at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ bombshell Manhattan trial. The A-listers came up in rapid succession Monday during the testimony of Combs’ ex-assistant Mia — who took the stand under a pseudonym and has accused the disgraced music mogul of sexual assault — as her test messages mentioning the stars were shown to jurors.