A comedian cracks and a groom’s daring rescue: what had Global News audiences chatting this week

There were plenty of emotional moments from Canada and beyond to captivate globalnews.ca readers this week. Here are a few:

Funnyman Mike Myers gets emotional over Invictus Games

Two other made-for-social videos about Invictus’ headline-grabbing couple, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, garnered another 800,000 views on Facebook.

A little girl is hit by a baseball, and pro athletes can’t hold back tears

When a young girl was injured at Yankee Stadium after she was struck in the face by a foul ball, players were visibly shaken. The incident has renewed calls for safety measures. New York Yankees third baseman Todd Frazier — who sent a screaming line-drive foul ball into the stands at 170 km/h, striking the girl who was sitting behind the third base dugout — thinks there should be safety netting along the foul line.

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A groom rescues a child from drowning — during his wedding photoshoot

A wedding shoot turned into a rescue effort in Kitchener, Ont. after the groom jumped into a river — suit and all — to save a young boy who fell in. The child was OK, but in shock. The groom was OK too, just not as photogenic after his dip in the river soaked his suit.

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The Global News audience hailed him a hero in thousands of comments. A  Facebook video recapping the rescue has been watched on Facebook nearly half a million times.

Robbed N.B. couple reunited with belongings, thanks to B.C. cops

Finally, a feel-good story that didn’t start out so well.  A  young couple from Moncton, N.B,  had all their belongings stolen from a U-Haul in Abbotsford , B.C. on Sept. 12. But less than two weeks later, the couple have been reunited with their belongings — thanks in large part to a joint effort by various law enforcement agencies. The happy resolution had more than 17,000 readers sharing and commenting.

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