Two plane passengers saved a woman's life by constructing a makeshift respiratory machine and pumping oxygen into her lungs for 45 minutes while the aircraft made an emergency landing.
Anesthesiologists John Flanagan and Matthew Stevenson were 20 minutes into their flight when a fellow passenger began struggling to breathe.

When the elderly woman went into complete respiratory arrest and collapsed in the aisle, the doctors incredibly managed to make breathing apparatus using only what was available to them on board.
"The woman had a lung disease and when we got to the high altitude she just couldn't breathe," Mr Flanagan told Mirror.co.uk.

"We were asking the crew if they had anything we would usually use to help a person in respiratory arrest but they didn't have a lot on the plane.
"They had masks (in the ceiling) but they were not the sort of masks you could use to help her."

Using the 'airbags and oxygen tanks' provided by the cabin crew, the pair kept the passenger alive for 45 minutes (Image: Collect Unknown)

While Mr Flanagan tried to help the unconscious woman breathe on her own, Mr Stevenson went about making a respiratory machine.
The flight crew found a self-inflating bag and the doctors, from Jacksonville, Florida, managed to cut the tubing that holds the oxygen masks to the ceiling of the aircraft and attach it to one of the oxygen tanks on board.
"I was at her head while Matthew was cutting tubes and fitting things together," said the dad-of-four.
"There was a moment when we thought she might not make it but we managed to get her hooked up somehow and she started to come round a bit."

The Jamaica-bound flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Fort Lauderdale Airport.
Photos, taken by Mr Flanagan's wife Xenia, show the other passengers clinging onto the doctors as the aircraft descended in a bid stop them and their patient sliding down the aisle.
"As we got down to the slower altitude she started to look a lot better," said Mr Flanagan. "I think if we hadn't got down she would have died."
Mr Flanagan's 'proud' wife was with her husband on the January 6 JetBlue flight and described the event as 'amazing and terrifying'.

"You couldn’t really tell by the pics but there were people holding my husband and Matthew up so they wouldn’t slide down the aisle when we were landing.
"Everyone, including the crew were strapped in expect for them. John and Matthew feel humbled by everyone’s kind words. John saves lives every day, its his job. But it was terrifying and amazing for me.

"They were working on this lady for about 45 minutes, breathing for her. John and Matthew were so calm and didn't panic.
"When we finally landed the woman was awake again. I hear the occasional story about what John does at work but my husband never takes credit for anything.
"It was beautiful to witness him working and saving a life. I'm so proud."

After the plane landed, paramedics were called and the woman who collapsed taken to hospital.
The pilot was then cleared to continue the journey on to Jamaica.
When asked if the doctors got any special treatment on the second leg of their journey, Mrs Flanagan said: "They got a big round of applause and the crew offered us a free drink, which was great."
Mirror.co.uk has contacted JetBlue for comment

So retro: Vintage typewriters reborn to be more human

In a garage turned art studio in Richmond, California, the past and future are being melded into one. Typewriters, some dating back more than 80 years, are being reborn into futuristic sculptures. In a twist on man versus machine, machines are taking on human form, and it's all at the hands of artist Jeremy Mayer.

"I disassemble mechanical typewriters, not the more processor type but the very mechanical heavy old ones," Mayer explains. "I disassemble them down to their very smallest components and then I reassemble them into human figures and animals."
Mayer has created hundreds of these types of sculptures over the past two decades, starting when thrift shops were looking to quickly get rid of the heavy, metal, and presumed-to-soon-be-obsolete typewriters

Mayer estimates that he has about 100 typewriters intact and the components and carcasses of about 150 machines, some stored in antique typewriter cases. As we walked through his studio, between rows of vintage Underwoods, Royals, Remingtons, Olympias, Smith Coronas and IBMs, we felt a touch of melancholy as we looked at these once mighty, noisy machines sitting idle, dusty and broken. But in his own way, Mayer is giving them purpose again. He starts by meticulously breaking down the gadgets and sorting their parts.

"I pretty much use all the parts from the typewriter. I think 99 percent. I tend not to use a lot of plastic, because they just don't look as interesting," Mayer says. "I disassemble the entire thing very carefully. I don't use power tools. I just use regular screwdrivers, some pliers, and very carefully take it apart. I don't break anything. I don't break it apart. I back all the screws out, and I try not to wreck the screws. I want everything to look good in my sculpture, so I don't destroy anything."
He doesn't solder or glue or weld. He just uses the parts from the typewriters to bring it all together. On a big human sculpture, there can be more than 2,000 typewriter components.

"There are parts I commonly use for common body parts. I'll use bells for eyelids," Mayer said. "I use the IBM type-ball. I would use those for eyeballs, testicles, ovaries, all kinds of stuff. I usually use the ribbon cover -- the cover that covers the ribbon spool on a typewriter. That usually is part of the upper chest. I don't know why. It's just the shape lends itself to that."

Mayer has high-tech customers like Oculus VR co-founder Brendan Iribe, but in the low-tech world of typewriter enthusiasts, dubbed the typosphere, some see him as a destroyer instead of a creator. He makes it clear the machines he uses are too far gone to be repaired. In fact he gets many of his materials from local typewriter repair shops.

"I have friends who actually run a typewriter repair shop in Berkeley. My friends will just give me machines that they can't possibly repair or use as parts machines. And the benefit for them is that I have parts. They come anytime they like, and if they need a part I'm happy to give it to them."

Mayer is far from the only one reconnecting with these old machines.  He joined celebrities such as actor Tom Hanks and singer John Mayer in the recent documentary "California Typewriter," which examines the past, present and future of typewriters.
The artist explains his role in the film. "Representing the future is me taking them apart and talking about this transition in technology that we're experiencing, that we've been experiencing for a long time, going from analog to digital."

In this age of digital distraction, the typewriter is finding new audiences. College students are buying typewriters, embracing a nostalgia for something they never experienced. Guests are tapping out well wishes on typewriters at weddings. Typewriter owners are holding type-ins at cafes to spread the word about their so-called typewriter revolution. A recent exhibit at San Francisco International Airport displayed dozens of antique typewriters, including those used by John Lennon, Ernest Hemingway and Orson Welles. On eBay, bidding wars are pushing prices of these vintage machines, even some that are broken, to over $200 dollars with some typewriters priced as high as $5,000.

Mayer isn't surprised by the resurgence of the typewriter.
"There's no machine that's more more transparent about what it's doing than a typewriter. It's operated by you. You push a button and you see all of the machinery in motion. And I think that's pretty novel for a lot of kids who grew up with just electrons darting around inside of a little box in your hand."
There's one thing Mayer doesn't like about typewriters: actually typing on them. He describes it as torture. So if you get a typewritten note from him, it means he really cares.
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South Carolina Amtrak crash: Two killed after trains collide

An Amtrak train carrying 147 people has collided with a goods train in the US state of South Carolina, killing two people and injuring 116 others.

The two fatalities were both members of Amtrak staff, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has confirmed.
He said the incident - the latest in a series in recent years - should trigger a national debate about rail safety.
Just four days ago, a lorry driver was killed when his vehicle hit a train carrying lawmakers in Virginia.
The South Carolina crash happened at 02:35 local time (07:35 GMT) in the town of Cayce, just outside the state capital Columbia. The train was travelling from New York and heading for Miami, when it hit the goods train, causing its lead engine and several carriages to derail.
Governor McMaster said it appeared the Amtrak train had been on the wrong track at the time of the crash

The American Red Cross sent rescue workers to the scene of the collision, and emergency services say all passengers have been evacuated from the train.
Mr McMaster said 116 people were taken to hospital for treatment. An emergency official earlier told reporters the injuries ranged in severity from small scratches to broken bones.
A shelter has been set up at a nearby school for passengers to get assistance.

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According to Amtrak, 139 passengers and eight staff members were aboard the train. According to Governor McMaster, no-one was aboard the goods train, run by freight operator CSX. He said it was stationary on track at the time of the crash.
An estimated 5,000 gallons (22,000 litres) of fuel was spilled from the CSX train but emergency officials said there was no threat to the public.
"The incident is very near the state farmers' market and other residential areas but right now, everyone is safe," Derrec Becker, a spokesman at for the state emergency department, said.

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One passenger, Derek Pettaway, told CNN he had been travelling from Philadelphia to Orlando in a sleeper cabin when he had been awoken by the impact of the crash.
The train's staff evacuated passengers in a "really calm fashion", he said.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it was investigating the incident.
President Donald Trump was briefed on the incident and tweeted that his thoughts and prayers were with the victims.
South Carolina senator Tim Scott wrote on Twitter: "My prayers are with the families of those killed in the train crash in Lexington County this morning, and hoping for the best for all those injured. South Carolina is with you all!"
Concerns about safety standards on the US rail network have been raised after a number of fatal train crashes in recent years:

• February 2018: Crozet, Virginia. A lorry driver died after his vehicle hit a chartered Amtrak train carrying Republican lawmakers, including House Speaker Paul Ryan
• December 2017: Seattle, Washington. Three people killed when a passenger train plunged off a bridge after hitting a 30mph (50km/h) curve at 80mph
• March 2017 - Biloxi, Mississippi. Four people died when the bus they were travelling in got stuck on train tracks and was hit by a freight train
• May 2015 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A passenger train derailed, killing eight people
• January 2015 - Austin, Texas. A prison bus carrying 12 inmates and three officers skidded off a bridge and hit a freight train, killing 10 people on the bus
• December 2013 - The Bronx, New York City. Four people died when the driver of a passenger train fell asleep and the train took a 30mph curve at 82mph, then derailed

Pilates With Puppies Is A Win-Win For Everyone

Cisco Pilates in Asheville, NC, has teamed up with Asheville's Humane Society to create a workout class filled with puppies — all for a good cause.

Asheville Humane Society

Pilates with Puppies

For just $10 a session, participants spend an hour sculpting their bodies while adorable puppies wander around, looking for cuddles and a lap to nap on.

Asheville Humane Society
All the proceeds go directly to the Humane Society. The organization also waves the adoption fees for the puppies who come to the class, so clients could go to a workout and leave with a free puppy.

Asheville Humane Society
Every Pilates with Puppies class held at the studio so far has sold out

Illinois Community Raises $500 In Hours To Send Homeless Veteran To Stay With A Friend In New York

Residents in Troy, Illinois, raised more than $500 on Facebook to get a homeless veteran on a bus to New York — all within hours.

Michelle Noyes saw what she thought was a large bag of trash as she and her family were driving, but then realized it may have been a sleeping bag. She told her husband to turn the car around.
Sure enough it was a person, Marine veteran William Bozman, huddled in a sleeping bag to avoid the record-breaking cold

Community Raises $30,000 In 2 Days For Beekeepers After Their Hives Were Destroyed By Vandals

An act of vandalism killed half a million bees and nearly wiped out an Iowa couple's honey business - until their community rallied behind them and raised more than $30,000 in two days.

Tori and Justin Engelhardt's of Sioux City woke up Thursday morning and discovered vandals had broken into their bee farm and destroyed all 50 of their beehives.
Justin conceded the outlook "looked really hopeless" and doubted the business could survive such a large financial hit.

But then, support came pouring in overnight. News of the vandalism spread and many people in the surrounding communities opened their hearts and wallets in support of the Engelhardts

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