Grandmother and young man who went viral for Thanksgiving text mix-up are getting together for sixth year in a row
CBSN
A wholesome mistake made six years ago has turned into a holiday tradition – and a social media sensation. A grandmother who mistakenly invited a stranger to Thanksgiving dinner in 2016 ended up making a friend, and now the pair have gotten together for the holiday ever year since. This year is no exception.
In 2016, Wanda Dench tried to text her grandson about the family's Thanksgiving dinner plans – only she mistakenly added a stranger to the text message. Jamal Hinton was on the receiving end of the holiday text and jokingly took Dench up on her offer.
"You not my grandma," Hinton wrote back, including a selfie to show he was not the grandson Dench thought she was texting. "Can I still get a plate tho?"
Two climbers were waiting to be rescued near the peak of Denali, a colossal mountain that towers over miles of vast tundra in southern Alaska, officials said Wednesday. Originally part of a three-person team that became stranded near the top of the mountain, the climbers put out a distress call more than 30 hours earlier suggesting they were hypothermic and unable to descend on their own, according to the National Park Service.
There's no making up for what Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus lost on the day she finished .07 seconds behind a Russian opponent who, everyone later learned, was doping. What the American 400-meter hurdles champion will finally receive is a great day under the Eiffel Tower where she'll be presented with the gold medal she was denied 12 years ago at the London Olympics.