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Here’s a news story I’m betting you haven’t seen. I refuse to speculate (at least in print!) as to why not. But a good friend and colleague reminded me I could remedy that. So here’s the story:<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s a story of heroic rescue, of risk and rescue on the quasi-high sea. It’s the story of Hege Dalen and Toril Hansen, a married lesbian couple (you can do that in Norway :)) who rescued 40 teenagers from the massacre in Norway. A big thank-you to the blogger who brought it my attention. And to the generous editor who reminded me that I’m still a journalist :).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a news story I’m betting you haven’t seen. I refuse to speculate (at least in print!) as to why not. But a good friend and colleague reminded me I could remedy that. So here’s the story: It’s a story of heroic rescue, of risk and rescue on the quasi-high sea. It’s the story of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":398,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11,1181,128,127],"class_list":["post-1109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-beginners-heart","tag-britton-gildersleeve","tag-lesbian-couple-rescue","tag-norwegian-massacre"],"yoast_head":"\nheroines, news and if a tree falls... - Beginner's Heart<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here's a news story I'm betting you haven't seen. I refuse to speculate (at least in print!) as to why not. 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