Oct. 23, 2023
The world's oldest dog, Bobi, dies at age 31 (Bonus episode)
In this bonus episode it's a sad story and just 4 good ones.
We begin with a touching tribute to the world's oldest dog, Bobi, who recently passed away at the age of 31. Listen as we recount his unique life story and his loving bond with the Costa...
In this bonus episode it's a sad story and just 4 good ones.
We begin with a touching tribute to the world's oldest dog, Bobi, who recently passed away at the age of 31. Listen as we recount his unique life story and his loving bond with the Costa family in Portugal. Although the start is a little melancholic, it serves as a poignant reminder of the love and joy pets bring into our lives.
If you would like to know more about Bobi check out the February 16, 2023 episode of 5 Good News Stories.
From there, we switch gears to the uplifting news about the winners of the 2023 People's World's Cutest Rescue Dog Contest and a one-of-a-kind cat named Nanny McPhee who has, surprisingly, two noses!
We then celebrate the amazing feat of Walter Decker who, at 99 years old, climbed the 1,776 steps of Toronto's CN Tower for a noble cause. Wrapping up this bonus episode, I share an unexpected but romantic story of a couple who got engaged on top of the Eiffel Tower.
Tune in for a heartwarming rollercoaster of stories that celebrate life's unique moments and the incredible bond between humans and their pets.
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The Shark Deck. Hello, I'm
Johnny Mack with a bonus episode of five
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good News Stories. Just want to
warn you in case you didn't read the
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episode title, the first story is
actually sad, So if you're listening with
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kids, you might want to hit
pause. I give you a second here.
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I'll just babble for a second.
I was out for a run and
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then I got an alert on my
phone and I saw the story and I'm
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like, oh, I'm going to
do a bonus episode. It is a
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follow up to a story I told
you about earlier in this year. The
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Sad News. The world's oldest dog, Bobi has passed away age thirty one
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and one hundred and sixty five days. Bobie passed away at his home in
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Portugal on Saturday. His death announced
on social media by a local veterinarian,
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doctor Karen Becker, wrote, despite
outliving every dog in history, his four
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hundred and seventy eight days on earth
would never be enough for those who loved
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him. Bobie became both the world's
oldest living dog and the oldest dog ever
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back in February. The previous oldest
dog was Bluey, who passed away in
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Australia in nineteen thirty nine, at
the age of twenty nine years and five
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months. If you are skeptical,
Bobi's age had been validated by the Portuguese
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government's pet database. Bobi lived his
entire life with the Costa family in a
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village on Portugal's west coast. He
was born with three siblings. His owner,
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Linal was eight at the time.
He said his parents had too many
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animals and had put the other siblings
to sleep, but Bobi escaped. Costa
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and his brothers kept the dog's existence
a secret from their parents until the dog
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was eventually discovered and became part of
the family. Wow. They had a
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scare in twenty eighteen when Bobi was
hospitalized after suddenly collapsing due to breathing difficulty.
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Back in February, cost revealed that
Bobi had enjoyed a relatively trouble free
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life. I thought the secret to
his longevity was the calm, peaceful environment
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he lived in. He had experienced
trouble walking and poor eyesight. Bobi's mother
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had lived to the age of eighteen. Another family dog lived to the age
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of twenty two. If you want
to hear the original story on this It
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is the February sixteenth, twenty twenty
three, episode of five Good News Stories,
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and it is unclear at this time
who is the old dog in the
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world. I will follow up with
that when I hear it. All right,
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let's do some good news. The
cuddly champion of the twenty twenty three
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People's World's Cutest Rescue Dog contest is
Hobi. Hobi is a one eyed terrier.
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Kristin is Hobi's human and says Hobi
looks like a teddy bear and is
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very sweet. They were looking for
another dog to join the family. Looking
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for rescue pets online, they came
across Hoby was available for adoption at the
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Laguna Beach Animal Shelter. Kristin,
the human, said, we fell in
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love with him, and so did
the voters. In the twenty twenty three
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People's World's Cutest Rescue Dog contest,
thousands of voters chose the five year old
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terrier mix to win the annual composition
Hoby spunk in Charm helps him triumph over
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eight thousand other furry contestants. Hoby's
prizes include some dog food from the sponsor
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and a one thousand donation to the
Animal rescue of his choice. They have
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chosen the Laguna Beach Animal Shelter,
Hoby's former home. Kristin the Human says,
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we have this ritual on weekend mornings. I have coffee, He crawls
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up my laugh and I hold him
like a baby. He could do this
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for hours. He's a very sweet, wild mannered little boy. Normally I
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try and keep the podcast varied and
don't do a bunch of pet stories all
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in one episode. But today feels
a little different, So let me tell
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you about a unique cat with two
noses. The cat is named Nanny McPhee
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and was given to Cats Protection Adoption
Center in Warrington, Cheshire after the owner
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got sick and could no longer care
for the cat. Staff at first thought
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Nanny McFee just had a big nose, but a checkup by veterinarians revealed the
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four year old cat actually has two
noses. Vet officer Fiona Brockbank said a
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cat with two noses is a first
for us. This is a real rarity
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and thankfully it isn't causing her any
problems at all. Like all our cats,
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Nanny McFee will be neutered before rehoming, so any concerns about inherited problems
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are resolved as she won't have kittens. We've all fallen in love with our
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one of a kind nanny McFee.
We can't stop looking at her two noses.
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She's proven to be a gentle lady
who adores a fuss and a cuddle,
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and we're hopeful her newfound fame means
there'll be no shortage of potential adopters.
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Congratulations to Walter Decker. He turned
to ninety nine last week. Well
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over the weekend, he climbed oney
seven hundred and seventy six steps to the
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00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:08.520
top of Toronto's Cend Tower. Oh, it's not the first time he did
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this. He did this back in
twenty fifteen at age ninety one. That
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year, he raised sixteen hundred dollars
money that goes toward addressing poverty and housing
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issues in the Greater Toronto area.
At age ninety one, he did it
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in just over forty seven minutes.
He had told CBC Toronto prior to this
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year, it's going to take a
little longer. I've slowed down for sure.
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This year, he did it in
an hour ten and he says I'm
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bad for a ninety nine year old. Next year, when he's one hundred,
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he won't be doing it. Why
his granddaughter's getting married in San Francisco
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on the same weekend as the climb, so that he'll be out of town.
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And what do you do when you're
on the Eiffel Tower and the police
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close it down because somebody's climbing it. This happened to somebody. I'll tell
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you what you do, you get
married. Police arrested a man climbing in
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the Eiffel Tower last week. That
meant some visitors were stuck up at the
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top. I've been to the top
of the Eiffel Tower. Not the worst
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place to be stuck anyway. Amir
Kahn was there, and he had been
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planning to propose to Ca Warren later
in the day in a Paris garden away
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from the crowds. Later, plans
were for romantic dinner on the River's he
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Inn, but because of the climber, the elevators were shut down, stranding
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the couple and some others at the
top, and con said, Eh,
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let me go for it. He
told a reporter. I figured we might
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be here longer than I imagined.
I didn't want to miss dinner, and
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she always wanted to be proposed to
honor under the Eiffel Tower, so I
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figured this is the moment. What
did she say yes? Cat Warren said
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he had a pretty good chance of
be saying yes all along. And that's
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your five good news stories for today. Rest in peace, Boby
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The Shark Deck. Hello, I'm
Johnny Mack with a bonus episode of five
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00:00:09.839 --> 00:00:12.560
good News Stories. Just want to
warn you in case you didn't read the
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00:00:12.560 --> 00:00:15.679
episode title, the first story is
actually sad, So if you're listening with
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00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:17.640
kids, you might want to hit
pause. I give you a second here.
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00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:19.920
I'll just babble for a second.
I was out for a run and
6
00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:22.039
then I got an alert on my
phone and I saw the story and I'm
7
00:00:22.039 --> 00:00:24.160
like, oh, I'm going to
do a bonus episode. It is a
8
00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:27.039
follow up to a story I told
you about earlier in this year. The
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00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:31.960
Sad News. The world's oldest dog, Bobi has passed away age thirty one
10
00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:36.159
and one hundred and sixty five days. Bobie passed away at his home in
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00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:40.799
Portugal on Saturday. His death announced
on social media by a local veterinarian,
12
00:00:41.159 --> 00:00:46.200
doctor Karen Becker, wrote, despite
outliving every dog in history, his four
13
00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:49.119
hundred and seventy eight days on earth
would never be enough for those who loved
14
00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:53.079
him. Bobie became both the world's
oldest living dog and the oldest dog ever
15
00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:56.880
back in February. The previous oldest
dog was Bluey, who passed away in
16
00:00:56.880 --> 00:01:00.719
Australia in nineteen thirty nine, at
the age of twenty nine years and five
17
00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:03.879
months. If you are skeptical,
Bobi's age had been validated by the Portuguese
18
00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:08.760
government's pet database. Bobi lived his
entire life with the Costa family in a
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00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:14.079
village on Portugal's west coast. He
was born with three siblings. His owner,
20
00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:17.239
Linal was eight at the time.
He said his parents had too many
21
00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:22.159
animals and had put the other siblings
to sleep, but Bobi escaped. Costa
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00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:25.799
and his brothers kept the dog's existence
a secret from their parents until the dog
23
00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:29.280
was eventually discovered and became part of
the family. Wow. They had a
24
00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:34.079
scare in twenty eighteen when Bobi was
hospitalized after suddenly collapsing due to breathing difficulty.
25
00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:37.920
Back in February, cost revealed that
Bobi had enjoyed a relatively trouble free
26
00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:41.480
life. I thought the secret to
his longevity was the calm, peaceful environment
27
00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:46.359
he lived in. He had experienced
trouble walking and poor eyesight. Bobi's mother
28
00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:49.640
had lived to the age of eighteen. Another family dog lived to the age
29
00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:53.000
of twenty two. If you want
to hear the original story on this It
30
00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:57.000
is the February sixteenth, twenty twenty
three, episode of five Good News Stories,
31
00:01:57.359 --> 00:02:00.439
and it is unclear at this time
who is the old dog in the
32
00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:02.799
world. I will follow up with
that when I hear it. All right,
33
00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:07.680
let's do some good news. The
cuddly champion of the twenty twenty three
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00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:14.120
People's World's Cutest Rescue Dog contest is
Hobi. Hobi is a one eyed terrier.
35
00:02:14.639 --> 00:02:17.199
Kristin is Hobi's human and says Hobi
looks like a teddy bear and is
36
00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:21.319
very sweet. They were looking for
another dog to join the family. Looking
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00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:23.919
for rescue pets online, they came
across Hoby was available for adoption at the
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00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:28.080
Laguna Beach Animal Shelter. Kristin,
the human, said, we fell in
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00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:30.000
love with him, and so did
the voters. In the twenty twenty three
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00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:35.439
People's World's Cutest Rescue Dog contest,
thousands of voters chose the five year old
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00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:39.080
terrier mix to win the annual composition
Hoby spunk in Charm helps him triumph over
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00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:45.840
eight thousand other furry contestants. Hoby's
prizes include some dog food from the sponsor
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00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:49.159
and a one thousand donation to the
Animal rescue of his choice. They have
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00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:53.680
chosen the Laguna Beach Animal Shelter,
Hoby's former home. Kristin the Human says,
45
00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:55.319
we have this ritual on weekend mornings. I have coffee, He crawls
46
00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:58.560
up my laugh and I hold him
like a baby. He could do this
47
00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:01.000
for hours. He's a very sweet, wild mannered little boy. Normally I
48
00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:05.120
try and keep the podcast varied and
don't do a bunch of pet stories all
49
00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:07.319
in one episode. But today feels
a little different, So let me tell
50
00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:13.560
you about a unique cat with two
noses. The cat is named Nanny McPhee
51
00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:17.840
and was given to Cats Protection Adoption
Center in Warrington, Cheshire after the owner
52
00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:22.319
got sick and could no longer care
for the cat. Staff at first thought
53
00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:25.080
Nanny McFee just had a big nose, but a checkup by veterinarians revealed the
54
00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:30.360
four year old cat actually has two
noses. Vet officer Fiona Brockbank said a
55
00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:34.520
cat with two noses is a first
for us. This is a real rarity
56
00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:37.599
and thankfully it isn't causing her any
problems at all. Like all our cats,
57
00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:40.240
Nanny McFee will be neutered before rehoming, so any concerns about inherited problems
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00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:44.199
are resolved as she won't have kittens. We've all fallen in love with our
59
00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:46.400
one of a kind nanny McFee.
We can't stop looking at her two noses.
60
00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:50.360
She's proven to be a gentle lady
who adores a fuss and a cuddle,
61
00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:53.800
and we're hopeful her newfound fame means
there'll be no shortage of potential adopters.
62
00:03:54.199 --> 00:03:59.520
Congratulations to Walter Decker. He turned
to ninety nine last week. Well
63
00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:03.680
over the weekend, he climbed oney
seven hundred and seventy six steps to the
64
00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:08.520
top of Toronto's Cend Tower. Oh, it's not the first time he did
65
00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:11.400
this. He did this back in
twenty fifteen at age ninety one. That
66
00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:15.759
year, he raised sixteen hundred dollars
money that goes toward addressing poverty and housing
67
00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:17.720
issues in the Greater Toronto area.
At age ninety one, he did it
68
00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:21.759
in just over forty seven minutes.
He had told CBC Toronto prior to this
69
00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:25.839
year, it's going to take a
little longer. I've slowed down for sure.
70
00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:29.079
This year, he did it in
an hour ten and he says I'm
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00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:30.800
bad for a ninety nine year old. Next year, when he's one hundred,
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00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:34.399
he won't be doing it. Why
his granddaughter's getting married in San Francisco
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00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:36.839
on the same weekend as the climb, so that he'll be out of town.
74
00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:42.160
And what do you do when you're
on the Eiffel Tower and the police
75
00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:46.040
close it down because somebody's climbing it. This happened to somebody. I'll tell
76
00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:48.600
you what you do, you get
married. Police arrested a man climbing in
77
00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:53.120
the Eiffel Tower last week. That
meant some visitors were stuck up at the
78
00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:55.800
top. I've been to the top
of the Eiffel Tower. Not the worst
79
00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:58.879
place to be stuck anyway. Amir
Kahn was there, and he had been
80
00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:01.800
planning to propose to Ca Warren later
in the day in a Paris garden away
81
00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:05.120
from the crowds. Later, plans
were for romantic dinner on the River's he
82
00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:10.120
Inn, but because of the climber, the elevators were shut down, stranding
83
00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:12.639
the couple and some others at the
top, and con said, Eh,
84
00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:14.959
let me go for it. He
told a reporter. I figured we might
85
00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:16.240
be here longer than I imagined.
I didn't want to miss dinner, and
86
00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:19.240
she always wanted to be proposed to
honor under the Eiffel Tower, so I
87
00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:24.959
figured this is the moment. What
did she say yes? Cat Warren said
88
00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:28.160
he had a pretty good chance of
be saying yes all along. And that's
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00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:30.759
your five good news stories for today. Rest in peace, Boby