A kayaker in Chile became a modern-day Jonah on Saturday when a humpback whale decided to approach him. The incident happened off Chilean Patagonia when 24-year-old Adrián Simancas was kayaking with his father, Dell, in the Strait of Magellan, CBS News reported Friday. His father was recording from not far away when the whale came out of nowhere and swallowed his son and his yellow kayak. Video footage shows the moment the whale surfaced and Simancas disappeared inside the creature’s mouth. Seconds later, the whale released Simancas, who tried to get his bearings after such an intense few moments. He later said, “I thought I was dead. I thought it had eaten me, that it had swallowed me.” During the incident, his father is heard telling him to stay calm. When Simancas emerged from inside the whale’s mouth, his kayak was also seen popping up out of the water. After the frightening brush with the humpback whale, Simancas and his father returned to shore safe and sound, although a little shaken. The story is reminiscent of the Book of Jonah in the Bible when the prophet was swallowed by a whale and later spit back on land. [Just wanted to clarify: the Bible does not say a whale swallowed Jonah; it was a great fish.] A Delta plane crash landed on a snowy runway at Toronto Pearson Airport in Canada on Monday afternoon. Update: According to ABC News, at least 15 people are injured, including one child. ABC News reported: Fifteen people, including one child, have been taken to hospitals, but none of the injuries are considered to be life-threatening, according to Peel Regional Paramedic Services. Ornge, which provides medical transport, said three people suffered critical injuries: one child, a man in his 60s and a woman in her 40s. The flight arrived from Minneapolis when it crash landed and flipped upside down. All passengers and crew are accounted for,” the airport said in a statement. Emergency crews rushed to the scene. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/breaking-delta-plane-crashes-toronto-flips-upside-down/ 70 Christians In Congo Church Found Beheaded In Devastating Massacre By Islamic Terrorists: Seventy Christians have been found beheaded in a church in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in what’s the latest devastating attack on believers in the northeast of the country. According to field sources, at around 4 am last Thursday (13 February), suspected militants from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) – a group with ties to so-called Islamic State (IS) – approached homes in Mayba in the territory of Lubero, saying: “Get out, get out and don’t make any noise.” Twenty Christian men and women came out and were captured. Shaken by this incident, people from the local community in Mayba later gathered to work out how to release those held captive. However, ADF militants surrounded the village and captured a further 50 believers. All 70 of those kidnapped were taken to a Protestant church in Kasanga where they were tragically killed. In the last month alone, the group have killed more than 200 people in Baswagha chiefdom, according to a local news website. This explains why DRC rose six places to number 35 in the latest World Watch List. Last year, 355 were killed for their faith, compared with 261 the previous year, whilst an estimated 10,000 were internally displaced, which is ten times more than in 2023. Houses have been looted and burnt, schools relocated, churches and health facilities closed, and several Christian villages have been abandoned altogether. The recent activities of the M23 rebel group, reportedly supported by Rwanda, has added to the vulnerability of Christians. In posts to X, Musk said, "It is time to begin preparations for deorbiting the (space station). It has served its purpose. There is very little incremental utility. Let's go to Mars." When pressed about whether or not he meant to up the current schedule that calls for it to be safely brought down after 2030, Musk said, "The decision is up to the President, but my recommendation is as soon as possible. I recommend two years from now." https://phys.org/news/2025-02-elon-musk-deorbit-international-space.html The New York Post reports Biden’s $475B student debt cancellation plan blocked as federal appeals court issues final decision A federal appeals court delivered a crushing blow Tuesday to a more than $475 billion student debt cancellation program begun by former President Joe Biden, ordering the underlying regulation be blocked in its entirety. Judge L. Steven Grasz in a 25-page opinion ruled that Biden’s Education Secretary, Miguel Cardona, had “gone well beyond” his constitutional authority in creating the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan. In 2023, the Penn Wharton Budget Model estimated the so-called “repayment plan,”which Grasz said allowed for student debt to be “largely forgiven rather than repaid, would cost taxpayers $475 billion over the next decade. “He isn’t ‘forgiving’ debt. He is taking the debt from those who willingly took it out to go to college and transferring it onto taxpayers who decided not to go to college or already paid off their loans,” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) charged in a statement last year. Student Loan Borrowers Are Losing 100+ Credit Points The College Investor reports Student Loan Borrowers Are Losing 100+ Credit Points For thousands of federal student loan borrowers, the past few weeks have been a wake-up call. As credit monitoring services send out alerts, many are realizing that their credit scores have dropped by over 100 points—some by as much as 200—due to missed student loan payments.
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