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• Julie McSorley of San Luis Obispo, California, and her friend Liz Cottriel were enjoying a sunny day of kayaking and whale-watching at Avila Beach on Nov. 2 when they were overturned by a humpback that got too close while feeding.
"I saw the big pool of fish, the big bait ball come up out of the water. ... All of a sudden, I lifted up and I was in the water," McSorley told KMPH. "I thought it was gonna land on me," Cottriel said.
Other paddleboarders and kayakers came to their rescue, thinking the whale may have bitten the women, but it merely pushed them underwater.
"We got back to the car, I was shaking my shirt and a bunch of fish came out of my shirt," Cottriel said. [KMPH, 11/2/2020]
• Loyola University graduate Brianna Hill went into labor within minutes of sitting down to take the Illinois bar exam on Oct. 5, but "I didn't think about it because I was in the test," she told NBC5 in Chicago.
Hill continued and finished the first part of the test, then gave birth to a healthy son hours later at West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park, Illinois.
She tackled the second part of the exam the next day, from the hospital, breastfeeding during breaks.
The whole experience was "definitely a little crazy," she said. She'll find out if she passed in December. [NBC5, 10/9/2020]