Individuals with special needs shared the stage with professional dancers in a first-of-its-kind performance. A high school basketball player with an upper limb difference shoots for the stars. Seniors respond to reaction to viral Rihanna dance TikTok.

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Coming up on a positive note, I just feel happy, excited and kids of all abilities get to strut their stuff in a first of its kind dance recital. And we're taking a look at a medical miracle gel, how it's being used to save the lives of our furry friends over in New Jersey after suffering a heart attack, one man's life was saved. My first thought is it comes back to me when I learned that compression, turn him over to start doing it. Thanks to his three sons, he's gotten a second chance at life. Plus one teenager is taking center stage and living out her dream. How her new role in a classic Broadway musical is helping her be brave today. Good news does exist and you've come to the right place to find it. It's time for on a positive note. Hello, everybody. I'm Jordan Hussein and thank you for tuning in. You're watching on a positive note where good news does exist here on a positive note, we bring you all at home some of the most heartwarming stories from all around our area. There's stories that move us and inspire us and touch us in some way, there's stories that will feel like a hug and who couldn't use a little more of that. Well, on that note, let's Sashay over to Long Island for our first story where kids with all abilities are getting their moment under the spotlight. Both trained dancers and dancers with disabilities hit the stage and now they're taking home more than just new moves. They're taking home lasting memories to take a look. Students from the family residences and essential enterprises or free expressing themselves through dance at the Bay Way Arts Center in East Iceland. Dance is my life. Dance is like my passion as my inspiration, Jason Greenberg designed the T shirt for the event and performed a solo on stage. I just feel happy, excited and proud of myself. Organizers say this is the first event of its kind in which dancers with developmental disabilities worked alongside other trained dancers from the dance workshop of Deer Park. It's been one of the most inspiring opportunities that have ever been a part of. It's given these professional dancers a chance to learn more than just a dance routine. It's taught me to just be accepting of everyone and to never doubt anyone's ability because they're teaching me things and I'm teaching them things. It's really inspiring watching them because they really love it. And it's a really good experience for all of us to see. Excellent, absolutely fantastic. I love that. Taylor loves to dance and sing. So this is right up his alley. They did a great job, great to see my grandson up there on stage. It's wonderful. Those students rehearsed for six months for that performance and they've got a few more scheduled for this year. Well, from one story of students inspiring others to another. Let's head on over to Connecticut now where one high school basketball player is doing just that not through moves on the stage this time, but all through her moves on the court. It wasn't about winning or losing the game. It was about having a moment for a kid. And I think that's really what kind of gets you choked up. New Milford's Brianna Usher is missing three fingers like one of the best nights of my life. But that doesn't stop her from shooting for the stars after I like, threw the ball up in the air. I had a feeling it would go in the 16 year old has an upper limb difference and had open heart surgery when she was just three days old when you're a teacher or an educator or a coach. And you're always rooting for your kids to succeed no matter who they are. And when they do so, something like that, it's really, it's really special and it makes you feel good in her first year playing high school basketball. Usher was at every workout, every practice and recently checked into a game. Yeah, it matters how you accept people and treat people, you make a difference in people's lives. If you do that don't give up. And, um, there's a sport out there that you've been wanting to try, then you should sign up and try it. Wow. Just incredible. Well, the stories of young ones doing amazing things are in no short supply here on a positive note. This episode, one New Jersey dad is alive today. Thanks to the quick thinking actions of his three sons and two police officers, James Hart suddenly suffered a heart attack outside of his home after coaching his son's basketball game. Get this his sons, Daniel Gabriel and Sam immediately started CPR on him. Luckily, they called 911 and after two police officers arrived, they were able to get dad's pulse back up. My first thought is it comes back to me when I learned chest compressions to turn them over and start doing it. Thankfully, the boys were smart enough to perform CPR and did it in such a swift fashion and called 911 that allowed me to stay alive. Talk about a miracle. James suffered a widow makers heart attack. Doctors say it's the deadliest of its kind. Well, against all odds. And thanks to his sons, James made a full recovery coming over to Brooklyn with me now for another story of a miracle rescue, but this one's a little bit different. A Brooklyn based company is helping pets recover from surgeries with a miracle medical gel that actually stops bleeding in just seconds. Check it out. This is eight year old Benji. Two weeks before that video was taken, Benji was brought into emergency vet hospital in pretty bad shape for a stabbing wound that occurred between the 12th and 13th rib. It was something where we had a massively come from the intercostal artery that we needed to control. But we're also, we're dealing with an open chest wound to control the bleeding. Veterinary surgeon, Matthew Morgan's used a medical gel made in Brooklyn by a Brooklynite. Better gel is a blend of two polymers that come out of algae to effectively long chains of sugar that allow you when applied to a bleeding wound to nearly instantly stop that bleeding. Joe Mandolin co founded Crystalline Inc when he was just a freshman at N Y U and started working on the gel over the first decade and we spent a lot of time making the product ready for market, making sure that the rental of the testing that was necessary in order to support the safety and the efficacy of the product and building our manufacturing, the gel was approved for animal use. And in 2020 he says they started distributing it to vets like Dr Morgan's. It just gives us a little bit more comfort when we're dealing with areas that we could see a massive blade and being able to control that if we do see that Mandolin is now working on getting FDA approval for a human version of the jail, which he hopes will one day help troops in the battlefield is something that can drastically not only save patient lives but allow the clinician to be able to do their jobs better for now though. It's helping warriors like Benji get back to what they do best. And that leads us right into today's. Did you know, did you know that soon enough, your pet cat will be able to vacate at a five star resort? Well, sort of say hello to Happy Cat Hotel and Spa Westchester located on central AV. Yeah, you heard that right? It's a 25 room place for your cat. Yeah, cat to stay while you're out of town. And no, it's not made up of cages but rather fun themed rooms with climbing equipment and toys for your furry friend, co owner of the kitty hotel says she hopes the hotel will attract not just cats but other local business owners in the area too. I've seen all of the empty storefronts for, for so long and it's great seeing the life come back into the, into the street. You and your feline friend can start making reservations at the hotel and spa this summer. And that ladies and gents was today's. Did you know we are continuing to talk for ever friends over in Yonkers? Police recently responded to a call of an abandoned dog that left them with an important message for our community. Officers found this pit bull tied to a tree in oval park. Unfortunately, but fret not. They then brought the pub to the Yonkers animal shelter where he got plenty of treats and a new name, Sandy, the cops say he is healthy and very friendly. And now they've got this important message for our viewers when you have a pet. It is a lot of responsibilities, not just a toy that you can dispose of. It's part of your family. It's very important that you take good care. There are consequences. Obviously, if you are mistreating a dog, we know there's lots of good happening in our area, but there's also lots of good happening around the world to just like our next story goes to show residents at Arcadia Senior living in Bowling Green, Kentucky went viral for their reenactment video of Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime show. Check this out by the beginning, We'll get this. That video has racked up more than 30 million views. Whoever said you have to be young to be Tiktok famous. You're wrong. These grandma's are killing it and we aren't the only ones to take notice. So did Jay ZRC Nation and even Rihanna herself. Well, here's my favorite part, Rock Nation. And Rihanna actually sent the senior living facility a bouquet of white roses for their epic dance. Jay Z even sent the women a beautiful display of red roses. Look at all those beautiful arrangements. Wow. And yeah, you guessed it. The group of grandmothers are keeping their tiktok Entertainment going not long after their viral Super bowl performance, they posted this. You can't even get in leg out. Look at them now they are tiktok stars. You go, girls.