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There's good news tonight. Often the good news doesn't get as much attention as the bad. So every Saturday, we highlight the many people who spread joy and love. These are just some of those stories this week. When Alex and Sara Shilke got married at a Wisconsin resort this summer-We may now kiss. They had no idea for better or for worse would start that night.

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Do you see it? It's their rotation.

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A tornado alert hit just before their reception. Then, the power went out.

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So they sheltered in the cellar with a group having a family reunion. Those strangers lighting up the room with their iPhone. Playing guitar and everyone singing so the newlyweds could their very first dance. It felt like the whole room was trying to give us all the love that they had.

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It truly felt like everybody in that room was family. At Marvin's Family Restaurant in Tennessee, owner Dan Holt wanted to honor beloved long-time employee Cindy Jackson. Here's the case to your new car. So his family decided to surprise her with a much-needed new car.

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Oh my God.

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Cindy's been with them for 15 years, always helping others through thick and thin. There was cheering, too, at City of Hope, Orange County Cancer Center in California. Dozens of firefighters rallied around Battalion Chief Brandon Wilson on his last day of chemo.

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Brandon, now cancer-free, moved to tears by the team who helped him be brave during this battle.

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I have some exciting news for you.

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I have a match. No, Megan, you're not. Yes.

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And this is a phone call Jessica Haas will never forget.

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I'm excited to be able to do this for you.

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Oh, my God. I love you so much. It's the moment she found out her old college sorority sister, Megan Schultz, was a match to donate her kidney. Jessica, who has chronic kidney disease, met Megan 18 years ago when they were both members of Pi Beta Phi sorority at Ohio State. On that FaceTime call, you both got emotional. What was going through your mind and what was going through your heart?

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I couldn't believe it. I get a second chance at life because of her. I'm 37 I'll get a longer life with Megan's kidney. She's an angel in so many ways.

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It's a gift also that really, in many ways, will transcend time.

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Being able to show her a little bit of love so that she can be healthy and just be herself out there in the world spreading so much joy, it is really an honor to be able to do that.

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