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* The reunion between James P. "Jim" Meade Jr and Lt. Karen Stephens. Jim, an eighteen-year-old army helicopter pilot, was shot down and suffered severe injuries that left him with shattered legs, a fractured skull and an inability to walk or talk. Lt. Karen "Betty" Stephens was an army physical therapist and had to teach him how to eat, walk talk and do other physical tasks, starting with teaching Jim to crawl across mats. During one of these sessions some watching basic trainees laughed at Jim after he fell flat on his face several times. Lt. Stephens, infuriated, went right over to them, yelled at them and ordered them out of the room. One year after they met, Lt. Stephens left the army but her encouragement and dedication meant that Jim eventually regained all his motor skills and abilities. Lt. Stephens saw the broadcast, recognized Jim, found out that he was looking for her and they were reunited.
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* The reunion between James P. "Jim" Meade Jr and Lt. Karen Stephens. Jim, an eighteen-year-old army helicopter pilot, was shot down and suffered severe injuries that left him with shattered legs, a fractured skull and an inability to walk or talk. Lt. Karen "Betty" Stephens was an army physical therapist and had to teach him how to eat, walk talk walk, talk, and do other physical tasks, starting with teaching Jim to crawl across mats. During one of these sessions some watching basic trainees laughed at Jim after he fell flat on his face several times. Lt. Stephens, infuriated, went right over to them, yelled at them and ordered them out of the room. One year after they met, Lt. Stephens left the army but her encouragement and dedication meant that Jim eventually regained all his motor skills and abilities. Lt. Stephens saw the broadcast, recognized Jim, found out that he was looking for her and they were reunited.
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** "We have also opted for a hostless format, because the late, legendary Robert Stack was a singular and irreplaceable presence," Unsolved Mysteries producer Shawn Levy said in a press release. "In Robert's absence, we are letting the spirit and the strength of the stories carry the narrative. Above all, our aspiration was to make a new chapter worthy of his memory and of iconic contribution to this iconic series." Aww.
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** "We have also opted for a hostless format, because the late, legendary Robert Stack was a singular and irreplaceable presence," Unsolved Mysteries producer Shawn Levy said in a press release. "In Robert's absence, we are letting the spirit and the strength of the stories carry the narrative. Above all, our aspiration was to make a new chapter worthy of his memory and of iconic contribution to this iconic series." Aww.Aww.
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** After the show ended, he went on to become the director for Respect Ability, a non-profit group fighting stigma and advancing job opportunities for disabled people.
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** After the show ended, he went on to become the director for Respect Ability, RespectAbility, a non-profit group in Washington DC fighting stigma and advancing job opportunities for disabled people.
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** After the show ended, he went on to become the director for [[https://www.respectability.org/2017/12/20/philip-kahn-pauli-policy-and-practices-director/ a non-profit group]] fighting stigma and advancing job opportunities for disabled people.
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** After the show ended, he went on to become the director for [[https://www.respectability.org/2017/12/20/philip-kahn-pauli-policy-and-practices-director/ Respect Ability, a non-profit group]] group fighting stigma and advancing job opportunities for disabled people.
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** A young man who, before being seriously injured while surfing, was a basketball star on a scholarship in college and was looking for the woman who pulled him out of the water and saved his life. (Philip Macri and Linda Potts; Solved)
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** A young man who, before being seriously injured while surfing, was a basketball star on a scholarship in college and was looking for the woman who pulled him out of the water and saved his life. The two remain close to this day. (Philip Macri and Linda Potts; Solved)Solved)
** Jeff Fisher was a young man living in Indiana whose father left the family at a time when they were very close. Jeff's mother signed him up for the Big Brothers of America program. Jeff was paired with a salesman and father named John Novltny. They spent every day together and Jeff was exposed to the world outside his home. Eventually their time in the program came to an end and they said goodbye. Twenty years later, Jeff contacted Unsolved Mysteries to locate John and the night of the broadcast, John was finally found. The two of them reuniting at the airport is one of the most memorable reunions in the shows history, second only to the Mitchell-Shigemoto story.
*** Jeff stayed in touch with John. Sadly, John passed away from cancer in 2014. [[BittersweetEnding Jeff Fisher was one of the ones who paid his respects on John's memorial page.]]
***''John, I write this as you are still in this world with us. Literally. .you are my oldest friend. I met you in 1972 in a Big Brothers of America office in Elkhart, Indiana. You saved me. A fatherless boy..you gave me guidance. ..direction. We even became a 90's cultural icon for "lost loves"...WHO DOES THAT? We do. I raised my children so that you would be proud of the man I had become.God has gained so much in you. John, I love you. You did a very good thing oh so long ago mentoring me. It worked. Goodbye, Big Brother.''
** Jeff Fisher was a young man living in Indiana whose father left the family at a time when they were very close. Jeff's mother signed him up for the Big Brothers of America program. Jeff was paired with a salesman and father named John Novltny. They spent every day together and Jeff was exposed to the world outside his home. Eventually their time in the program came to an end and they said goodbye. Twenty years later, Jeff contacted Unsolved Mysteries to locate John and the night of the broadcast, John was finally found. The two of them reuniting at the airport is one of the most memorable reunions in the shows history, second only to the Mitchell-Shigemoto story.
*** Jeff stayed in touch with John. Sadly, John passed away from cancer in 2014. [[BittersweetEnding Jeff Fisher was one of the ones who paid his respects on John's memorial page.]]
***''John, I write this as you are still in this world with us. Literally. .you are my oldest friend. I met you in 1972 in a Big Brothers of America office in Elkhart, Indiana. You saved me. A fatherless boy..you gave me guidance. ..direction. We even became a 90's cultural icon for "lost loves"...WHO DOES THAT? We do. I raised my children so that you would be proud of the man I had become.God has gained so much in you. John, I love you. You did a very good thing oh so long ago mentoring me. It worked. Goodbye, Big Brother.''
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** A young transfer student named Judi, on crutches due to polio, was befriended on her first day of junior high by Becky, the most popular girl in school. Despite Judi's disability, Becky treated her as though they were no different, and the two girls were inseparable until Becky's dad was transferred and her family had to move. (Judi Davis Dymond and Becky Terry; Solved. Their reunion also reunited them with David Majors, a classmate who had dated both girls (not at the same time) in seventh grade.)
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** ''Fritz and the Soldiers'' featured a story about a young boy whose mother sheltered a few German and American soldiers under her roof, convincing them to leave their weapons aside and have the soup she was cooking. They entertained her son and one of the Germans even looked at a wound on a American's soldier and offered his recommendations and later all looked up at the stars before retiring to bed. 50 some years later, Fritz reunites with one of them on the GI's own Golden Anniversary where they had the soup they shared long ago.
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** ''Fritz and the Soldiers'' featured a the often-told story about a young boy whose mother sheltered a few German and American soldiers under her roof, convincing them to leave their weapons aside and have the soup potatoes and meat she was cooking.cooking. Neither the mother nor son could speak English, but fortunately the mother was fluent in French, as was one of the Americans. They entertained her son and one of the Germans even looked at a wound on a American's soldier and offered his recommendations and later all looked up at the stars before retiring to bed. It's a famous story, but the ''Unsolved Mysteries'' broadcast led to an extra touch of heartwarming: 50 some years later, Fritz reunites Fritz, now an American citizen, reunited with one of them on the GI's own Golden Anniversary where they had of that Christmas dinner.
*** It's all thesoup they shared long ago.more heartwarming considering Fritz's mother knowingly risked her life by inviting the American soldiers in, as harboring the enemy carried a death sentence.
*** It's all the
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* While not crime-related or a tale of missing love, the story of Philip Pauli -- an eight-year-old child prodigy -- received a heartwarming update years later. At age 11, Pauli completed an internship (which he had just started at the time the episode aired) at the Denver Museum of Natural History; at the age of nineteen, he became the youngest person to ever attend the Federal Law Enforcement Training Academy; the update ended by noting that he had begun studying theology and philosophy at Oxford University (especially touching given that as a boy, Philip was deeply concerned about the state of humanity).
** After the show ended, he went on to become the director for [[https://www.respectability.org/2017/12/20/philip-kahn-pauli-policy-and-practices-director/ a non-profit group]] fighting stigma and advancing job opportunities for disabled people.
** After the show ended, he went on to become the director for [[https://www.respectability.org/2017/12/20/philip-kahn-pauli-policy-and-practices-director/ a non-profit group]] fighting stigma and advancing job opportunities for disabled people.
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* While many of the Amnesia stories did not end on a happy note, at least one did: the story of a French-Canadian man who in 1992 found himself in southern California suffering from total amnesia. Due to a viewer tip, he was identified as Pierre April of Lachine, Québec (now part of Montréal). The post-story update as revealed on [=YouTube=] mentioned that April eventually did recover all of his lost memories, although the cause of his amnesia remains a mystery.
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* Speaking of miraculous and mysterious cures, one episode dealt with the small French town of Lourdes, where a [[Film/TheSongOfBernadette teenaged girl named Bernadette Soubirous]] claimed to have seen the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1858. The spring waters in the baths at Lourdes are believed by many to possess miraculous powers. Two women who believed they were cured from terminal illnesses due to their pilgrimages to Lourdes were interviewed for the episode. A French student nurse, Jeanne Fretel, suffered from tubercular peritonitis and was so ill that doctors believed she would not survive a trip to Lourdes and advised her friends to take along a coffin. After taking Holy Communion[[note]]Many cures deemed "inexplicable" (eligible to be declared miracles) by the Lourdes Bureau -- a council of doctors 50% of whom must be atheists -- occur while/after taking Communion, or during the Blessing of the Eucharist, not while/after bathing in or drinking the water[[/note]] and being moved to the grotto where Bernadette's vision occurred, Jeanne was cured, and the local Archdiocese declared her case a miracle. An American teenager, Lorraine Echevarria, was stricken with an illness that made her so weak she couldn't lift her head and was causing her kidneys to shut down. At Lourdes, after having some of the water from the baths poured over her head, Lorraine awoke in the middle of the night and realized she felt hungry and was now able to walk. Lorraine also said she had a dream in which she was told she was being cured so she could tell others that "He [presumably Jesus] still exists."
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* Speaking of miraculous and mysterious cures, one episode dealt with the small French town of Lourdes, where a [[Film/TheSongOfBernadette teenaged girl named Bernadette Soubirous]] claimed to have seen the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1858. The spring waters in the baths at Lourdes are believed by many to possess miraculous powers. Two women who believed they were cured from terminal illnesses due to their pilgrimages to Lourdes were interviewed for the episode. A French student nurse, Jeanne Fretel, suffered from tubercular peritonitis and was so ill that doctors believed she would not survive a trip to Lourdes and advised her friends to take along a coffin. After taking Holy Communion[[note]]Many cures deemed "inexplicable" (eligible to be declared miracles) by the Lourdes Bureau -- a council of doctors 50% of whom must be atheists -- occur while/after taking Communion, or during the Blessing of the Eucharist, not while/after bathing in or drinking the water[[/note]] and being moved to the grotto where Bernadette's vision occurred, Jeanne was cured, and the local Archdiocese declared her case a miracle. An Some years later, an American teenager, Lorraine Echevarria, was stricken with an illness that made her so weak she couldn't lift her head and was causing her kidneys to shut down. At Lourdes, after having some of the water from the baths poured over her head, Lorraine awoke in the middle of the night and realized she felt hungry and was now able to walk. Lorraine also said she had a dream in which she was told she was being cured so she could tell others that "He [presumably Jesus] still exists."
