Lifestyle | uplifting news When Vacuums Rule: 5 Most Uplifting Stories of the Week Including a traffic stop with a twist By Newser Editors Posted Jan 25, 2015 5:20 AM CST Copied An employee of a household appliance company poses with vacuum cleaners. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) Some nice gestures for loved ones highlights this week's uplifting stories: Best Birthday Ever for Autistic Teen: For his 14th birthday, a mom in Chesterfield, Va., arranged to have a vacuum cleaner salesman conduct a demo for her son. Unusual, but also a huge success: The teen is autistic and kind of a vacuum savant. "I imagine it was like a sports fan meeting one of his idols, like Michael Jordan," says the salesman. Cop Stages Phony Traffic Stop to Propose: When Sara Wolff got pulled over by a Galveston cop, he told her she had a broken taillight along with outstanding warrants. Hassle? Nope, not when another cop she happened to know very well showed up with a ring. Patriots Player Rescues Driver Hours After Game: A Good Samaritan in Massachusetts stopped to help a woman in an overturned vehicle, which made more headlines than usual because of one weird twist: The Good Samaritan was New England Patriots star Vince Wilfork, and the driver was a woman who was watching him play at Gillette Stadium hours earlier. Woman Returns Bag of Cash to Burger King: A New Hampshire woman got a surprise at a Burger King drive-thru: a bag full of cash instead of food. It seems an employee accidentally handed her the store's bank deposit instead of her chicken sandwich. A talk with her husband settled the next move. Lost Hikers Survive on Bugs, Spring Water: Hope was fading for three hikers in their 20s lost for about a week in the mountains of Turkey. But bugs, spring water, and a phone that suddenly got some bars proved to be life-savers. Click for more uplifting news. Read These Next Trump "never heard" that "shylocks" is offensive. Doctor left her Alaskan cruise and never returned. At least 13 people are dead in Texas flooding. He was caught working for 4 startups at once. Report an error