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Donor pays off student loans for NC State graduating class

  • May 9

Family gets surprise Disney trip after making pediatric hospital gowns

  • Nov 12, 2024
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'Monsters' in toddler's bedroom turn out to be massive beehive

  • Apr 30, 2024

Make-a-Wish surprises 5-year-old with Disney trip

  • Apr 29, 2024

ABC13 and Texans team up to surprise students with SkyEye merch drop

  • Apr 23, 2024

ABC13 surprises second graders with hundreds of free Disney books

  • Apr 18, 2024

Newest famous Houstonian loved him some H-Town hoops this weekend

  • Mar 18, 2024

Stranger crochets hat for baby on child's first flight

  • Jan 13, 2024

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CLASS ACT: High school seniors choose kindness over pranks

  • May 22, 2024
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Drake surprises UH basketball stars during NCAA watch party

  • Mar 18, 2024
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Driver goes the extra mile to disguise Christmas packages. Thankful mom pays it forward.

  • Dec 21, 2022
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Young woman surprised with trip aboard Disney Wish, the newest ship from Disney Cruise Line

  • Dec 23, 2022
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Little cowboy at Texas Children's gets special 8th birthday surprise

  • Apr 1, 2022
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Air Force mom surprises daughters after 6-month deployment

  • Jan 13, 2022
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Disney surprises Louisiana principal with Walt Disney World Resort vacation

  • Nov 22, 2021
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HPD officers surprise small business owner after vandalism

  • Nov 15, 2021

Latest Stories

24-year-old US Army specialist surprises mom year after being stationed in Germany

The U.S. Army specialist had been stationed in Germany and said she hadn't seen her mom in over a year. She thought there was no better place to catch her off guard than while on the clock at Memorial Hermann.

  • Jun 22, 2023

Video shows Dusty Baker's surprise drop-in on Pasadena ISD students touring Minute Maid Park

It's not everyday that a World Series-winning manager shows up unannounced, but this is an encounter this group won't forget.

  • Nov 10, 2022

Virginia man tried to cash in a $600 lottery ticket - but he won a much larger prize

A Virginia man went to claim a $600 winning lottery ticket but instead got a big surprise. It turns out he actually won $1 million.

  • Sep 14, 2022

High school students surprise LA teacher with car, gas, insurance

The math teacher takes the bus to get to work, sometimes commuting more than two hours one way. His students decided to change that.

  • Aug 26, 2022

California woman finds $36K in cash hidden inside couch acquired through Craigslist

The woman says she wasn't tempted to keep the stashed cash. "God has been kind to me and my children," she said. "What can I ever ask from God?"

  • Jun 2, 2022