Roaring 20’s, Helping Refugees, And An Unlikely TikTok Star
1. A 99-year-old named Jake Larson has become an unlikely TikTok star. He joined the National Guard at 15, and was at Normandy on D-Day in 1944. He just went back for the 78th anniversary recently.
His granddaughter started a TikTok channel where he tells stories from the war. You can follow it at @StoryTimeWithPapaJake.
2. A woman whose family fled to Britain to escape a war has closed her seaside hotel to tourists—so she can give Ukrainian refugees a place to stay. Nitsa Michael is no longer taking guests at the Seaward Hotel in Weston-super-Mare, England. Instead, she has rolled out the welcome mat to 22 Ukrainians, so far, providing a “home away from home”. Her family fled Cyprus following a Turkish invasion in 1974, and she wanted to do something to help people in the same ‘horror situation’, fleeing from Russian aggression in Ukraine. The 84-year-old says she “felt for them” and decided to help in a “big way”. Her daughter Michelle, who runs the hotel, says the 22 arrivals share meals and time together, “and basically they heal together.” The hotel has room for 48 more.
3. A retirement home in Kansas threw a “Roaring ’20s” party for a woman BORN in 1920. Her name is Elouise Lyons, and she’s 102. Her son says one of the secrets to her longevity is a shot of SCOTCH every day. And how cool is this: Elouise also has a twin sister who’s still kickin’. The sister had her own party in San Francisco, but they were able to see each other on Zoom.
