A beautiful bride is making headlines after her touching tribute to the stranger who saved her life. Thanks to one selfless act of kindness, Kaedi and Mikey Cecala are living out their love story. The couple recently married in a gorgeous ceremony, surrounded by their closest friends and family. And it was possible because a once complete stranger named Karol Zwierzyński donated his stem cells through an anonymous registry. In 2020, Kaedi was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome—or MDS, which is a rare blood cancer that attacks the bone marrow. Around one in three patients with the disease will develop acute myeloid leukemia, which is life-threatening. She needed stem cells to fight, so doctors began their search for a perfect match. A Pole became a stem cell donor for an American woman — and years later attended her wedding This touching story took place in the United States and became widely known in February 2026. Young American Kaedi Cecala, who was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome in 2020,… pic.twitter.com/MlVQUBLbtT— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 17, 2026 “I remember leaving and going to get a bite to eat at a pizza place right around the corner,” Mikey told GMA. “And it just hit me that, like we were in it, you know?” The Bride Found Her “Angel” Mikey was by his future bride’s side every step of the way as they hoped and prayed for her health. And like a miracle, a match came through. But due to strict confidentiality rules, Kaedi wasn’t allowed to know who was donating his stem cells. “I remember looking, and it’s just like, who is this person and my angel, honestly,” she shared.  The transplant saved her life and led to her remission. Kaedi and Mikey continued their romance and went on to get engaged. While Kaedi was planning her big day, she knew she needed her “angel” to watch her walk down the aisle. Because the confidentiality rules only last one to two years, she was able to track down Karol, who was living in Poland. He gladly booked a flight. After the couple sealed their vows with a kiss, they turned around and shocked their loved ones with the big reveal. “So this is living proof that angels do exist,” Mikey said through tears before announcing that their “guest of honor” was present. “I’m not a hero here,” Zwierzyński humbly said with a smile. “So please raise your glasses for Kaedi.” Kaedi Cecala remains cancer-free today, thanks to the donations. And before stepping away from the microphone, Zwierzyński reminded how one act can have a ripple effect, and he urged the guests to consider becoming donors, too, noting that “Somewhere out there, your Kaedi might be waiting for you.” You can find this story’s featured image here.

Some celebrities spend their riches on sports cars and mansions. But Big Bang Theory star Kunal Nayyar spends his on random strangers’ medical bills. The actor recently admitted that he and his wife, Neha Kapur, enjoy browsing GoFundMe pages and anonymously making donations to people who are struggling with medical debts. “Money has given me greater freedom, and the greatest gift is the ability to give back, to change people’s lives,” he told The i Paper in December. “We also support animal charities because we love dogs. But what I really love to do is go on GoFundMe at night and just pay random families’ medical bills. That’s my masked vigilante thing! So, no, money doesn’t feel like a burden. It feels like a grace from the universe.” Kunal Nayyar Urges Fans to Give What They Can After starring on Big Bang Theory as Raj Koothrappali for 12 years, Nayyar is rumored to be worth about $45 million, which makes him one of the highest-paid TV actors in history. According to Forbes, he was the third-highest paid TV actor in 2015 and 2018, tied with co-star Simon Helberg. During those years alone, he earned $20m and $23.5m. The couple also makes donations to college scholarships for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. And while they understand that not everyone is in a position to give money, he hopes others will give whatever resources they can spare to others in need. “Right now, people are not happy because we are all expecting someone else to be kind. We are expecting a president or a politician, some leader, to come and bring us world peace,” he added. “But there is no world peace if your neighbor comes to your door wanting some sugar for their tea, and you lock it against them and say, ‘Get away.’… No one is going to come and change the world for you. You have to do it for yourself.” This story’s featured image is by Laura Rose/Dave Benett/WireImage via Getty.

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The media hall monitors keep telling us that the Bari Weiss-run CBS Evening News is “MAGA-coded”. It isn’t, but this is the way they signal vice amongst themselves. The reality contains much more than meets the eye. Case in point, the Evening News’ blatant omission of new details in the Pawtucket mass shooting. The new details, specifically, are that the shooter was transgender, which casts Pawtucket as the latest in a string of trans-fueled mass shootings. CBS omitted the story in its entirety. Instead, they ran the start of the trial of the Georgia school shooter’s father. The best reporting out of Pawtucket came via NBC Nightly News, which reported the most salient details of that shooting and of the shooter’s identity. Here is that report in its entirety, as aired on February 17th, 2026: WATCH: @NBCNightlyNews are the only ones to report the salient, relevant details of the Pawtucket shooter, mentioning the “gender reassignment surgery, narcissistic and personality disorder traits” in the divorce that was later swapped out for "irreconcilable differences". pic.twitter.com/zllrXlvKuL — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) February 18, 2026 TOM LLAMAS: We have new details tonight about how that deadly shooting at a high school hockey game in Rhode Island came to an end. Authorities praising those heroes who took the shooter down. Emilie Ikeda reports tonight from Rhode Island. EMILIE IKEDA: Tonight video of the deadly shooting at a high school hockey game in Rhode Island showing players rushing off the ice (VIDEO SWIPE) and this critical angle capturing the moments as it unfolded. You can see a person putting someone who appears to be the suspected shooter in a chokehold. DONALD GREBIEN: Their courage undoubtedly prevented further loss and injury and we thank them for that. IKEDA: Police say 56-year-old Robert Dorgan, who also went by Roberta, shot and killed ex-wife Ronda Dorgan and son Aidan in the stands before pulling out a second gun and dying by suicide. One the suspect's daughters speaking to NBC affiliate WJAR. AMANDA: His whole adulthood he struggled with mental health issues. But when somebody doesn't want to get help, they won't. IKEDA: Court documents show Ronda Dorgan filed for divorce from Robert in 2020, citing “gender reassignment surgery, narcissistic and personality disorder traits”, which was crossed out and replaced with “irreconcilable differences”. Hours after witnessing her loved ones get shot, Amanda writing on GoFundMe, “our family has been forever changed”. Adding her younger siblings, including one playing in yesterday's game “are now facing the future without their parents and older brother.” Teams seen returning to the arena to collect equipment a day after the shooting. PLAYER: I was on the ice and I thought it was balloons at first. IKEDA: While people in the community showed their support placing hockey sticks on doorsteps and outside the arena.  Police do not think there was a confrontation right before the shooting that critically injured three people identified as the ex-wife's parents and a family friend. Tom. LLAMAS: All right, Emilie, we thank you. NBC didn’t shy away from mentioning that the shooter was transgender, had gone through an unspecified surgical process, and had presented with behavioral concerns. They didn’t bury that lede, as did ABC’s World News Tonight, which very softly waited until the end to deal with the fullness of the shooter’s identity. Below is that report as aired on Tuesday, February 17th, 2026 (click "expand" to view transcript): DAVID MUIR: We turn now to the horror at that ice rink in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Chilling new video tonight showing the moment those first shots were fired. Players on the ice and fans racing for cover. Authorities tonight now say it was a man who killed his ex-wife and adult son and critically wounded two members of his family. Here’s Stephanie Ramos. STEPHANIE RAMOS: Tonight, authorities in Pawtucket, Rhode Island say this video is evidence of a targeted attack. And the suspect who opened fire at this youth hockey game, 56-year-old Robert Dorgan, killed members of his own family. TINA GONCALVES: One of the victims is his ex-wife, Rhonda Dorgan, and also his son. Adult son Aidan Dorgan. RAMOS: They say Dorgan also shot and wounded two other relatives who were in the stands. Police looking at this video that appears to show a man in a white hat pulling a gun, moving through the crowd, then a struggle and another man appears to grab the suspect. Authorities crediting those brave bystanders who grabbed Dorgan, preventing more bloodshed. One of them, Michael Black, telling Boston’s station WCVB when he realized what was happening, he told his wife to run. MICHAEL BLACK: I stood on the bleachers and I saw the gun, and just you know, just grabbed -- went for the gun. And I got my hand caught. He was trying to pull the trigger and couldn't fire it. GONCALVES: At that time, the suspect did reach for a second firearm and he did inflict a self-inflicted gunshot wound which what he succumbed to on scene. RAMOS: After the shooting, a woman seen leaving the Pawtucket police station, telling our Boston affiliate WCVB she's the suspect's daughter. REPORTER: Any idea why he would have done this? DAUGHTER: He's sick. He’s very sick. RAMOS: Authorities say Dorgan also goes by Roberta Esposito, and had attended games in the past without any incidents. They're still searching for a motive. David, those two other relatives who were shot are still in critical condition. David. MUIR: Just a horrific story. Stephanie, thank you. To their credit, NBC and ABC both reported the shooter as being a man that also went by a woman’s name. In the recent past, there would’ve been some ambiguity as to how to proceed. Not this time, though. This was a little too much to handle for the new CBS, which seems to be reacting to the media hall monitors’ false and misleading “MAGA-coded” moniker. While there have been many substantive and welcome changes, it is clear that CBS isn’t even remotely right-wing. Any assertion to the contrary is nothing more than disinformation in service of narrative.  

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