Most of us are able to recite the alphabet because it's one of the first lessons we learn in kindergarten. It's the ABC song, and because of it and one kid's quick thinking, his father is alive today.

Nathaniel Dancy Jr., a 5-year-old Newark, N.J. kindergartner, was picked up from school by his dad and as they made their way home, his father became violently ill. Thankfully, his father was able to pull the car over before getting into an accident. Nathaniel said his father, "got out of the car and started throwing up." He then had a seizure and became paralyzed.

Here's where Nathaniel's bravery turned into action. He used his father's cell phone to call his grandmother, Susan Hardy-Blackman, and ask for help. Because Nathaniel cannot read yet, he did the best he could to describe where he and his dad were. He spelled out, "F-U-R-N-I-T-U-R-E." Hardy-Blackman was still confused and not sure where they were located. Nathaniel then told her, "Grandma, use your active listening skills."

Free-diving in the open ocean would be up there with bold adventures to try, yet I have only snorkeled. One of my greatest fears is that I would encounter a predator much larger than me that would eat me.

Fortunately for people like me who share a fear of the deep blue water, people like free diver and spear fisher Kimi Werner exist. Werner lives in Hawaii; she hunts for and eats only what she is able to catch; and most important, she is not afraid of what she may find in the open water because she respects the ecosystem and everything that is a part of it. She finds it to be beautiful.

In Werner's new short film, "Variables," we witness Werner encountering a great white shark while she is out in the ocean. Werner says in the beginning of the film, "I definitely don't think that I'm at the top of the food chain." She and her team said that the film was shot last fall, and their intention is not to glorify the event that happened by chance. They wanted to raise concern for the ecosystem

Anytime someone is the first to do something spectacular, it's not just bragging rights that the person earns. If it's a first of epic proportions, it could very well earn someone a place in history.

International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield, a Canadian astronaut currently en route back to Earth, recorded what is believed to be the first music video from space. The commander does his very own acoustic version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity." Fitting, right? Hadfield can carry a tune even as he floats around the space station at zero gravity.

The video was uploaded to YouTube on Sunday, and it already has more than a million views. People are impressed with the astronaut's performance, with one person writing, "David Bowie must be very proud." Another person wrote, "BRAVO Commander! Welcome home :-)."

It appears that David Bowie is indeed impressed. When Hadfield tweeted the video, Bowie tweeted back, "Hallo Spaceboy..."

Hadfield may be the star of the video, but he had help