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The Village That Hid Thousands
During World War II, the little French village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and the farms around it became a refuge. Led by Pastor André Trocmé, his wife Magda, and his assistant Pastor Edouard Theis, ordinary church people took in an estimated 5,000 refugees, about 3,000 to 3,500 of them Jews fleeing the Vichy government and the Germans.
Two Runners Who Stopped to Pick Each Other Up
In a women's 5,000 meter heat at the 2016 Rio Olympics, New Zealand's Nikki Hamblin tripped and fell, accidentally taking American Abbey D'Agostino down with her.