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Virginia factory worker Oliver Anthony becomes overnight sensation with blue-collar anthem 'Rich Men North of Richmond' Virginia factory worker Oliver Anthony has become an overnight sensation A video of him singing 'Rich Men North of Richmond' has gone viral In just three days, it's amassed more than 1.3 million views online A Virginia factory worker has become an overnight sensation after a video of him performing a soulful rendition of his blue-collar anthem went viral. Oliver Anthony, a singer who lives in Farmville, is proving to be a hit with fans after his song 'Rich Men North of Richmond' was shared online. The clip shows Anthony emotionally belting out each out word of his 'bone-chilling' song while strumming his guitar. Lyrics include: 'Lord, it's a damn shame / What the world's gotten to / For people like me and people like you / Wish I could just wake up and it not be true / But it is, oh, it is.' With his dog by his side, he continues: 'Living in the new world / With an old soul / These rich men north of Richmond / Lord knows they all just want to have total control'. The video has been watched more than 1.5 million times in just three days on radiowv's YouTube channel. Thousands of viewers took to the comments section to heap praise on the musician and his ability to convey emotion through his lyrics. 'I’m a 39-year-old Iraq vet and construction worker, struggling like a dog to take care of two kids and keep a farm going when I’m not working 11 hour days,' one new fan shared. 'This hit so hard today I had to stop my old Peterbilt and tear up. Preach brother.' 'This song touched me deep to my soul and I can’t wait to hear more,' another applauded. 'Absolutely outstanding,' someone else said. ' I haven't heard a bone-chilling original song in what seems like decades. You speak for millions of us,' one admired. 'So Awesome! You're singing it with truth and soul, telling it like it is! Man, this is what America needs. It makes me feel like we have our voice back. Keep bringing it,' another said. Among the reactions, one man, Jason Howerton, claimed to have spoken with Anthony about his passion for music. He shared that Oliver had previously been struggling with his mental health and drinking to cope with his pain. 'In depths of despair, just about a month ago, Oliver got to his knees and broke down in tears.' He decided to get sober and around 30 days later his luck turned around when he was asked to record 'Rich Men North of Richmond' for a YouTube. With the video now viral, Howerton says there are plans in the work for Oliver to record his first album. His music has now touched many, including that of TV host Laura Ingraham. 'Haunting sound and commentary on what's happened to America's working class,' she posted to Twitter. Following thousands of tags and mentions, Oliver took to his Facebook page to thank everyone for their support. 'I'm so thankful for the support my music has gotten so far,' he wrote. 'I'm working on getting gigs scheduled and will post a calendar when it's available.' People continued to voice their support, encouraging him to keep going and share his 'incredible' talent with the world. People continued to voice their support, encouraging him to keep going and share his 'incredible' talewith the world. 'The passion in your eyes! Totally blown away by this song and the artist. Can’t wait to see you on the big stage one day.' The off-the-grid farmer has been regularly sharing music on his YouTube channel for past five months. He lives with his three dogs on a plot of land which he hopes to turn into a farm to raise livestock. Anthony credits one of his biggest influences as Hank Williams Jr. Fans can listen to his music on Apple Music, Spotify and Pandora. Continue

Hilarious moment giraffe KICKS ostrich to the ground after it tries to attack him - and the dazed bird walks into a wall at St Louis zoo Footage obtained by DailyMail.com shows the moment a giraffe kicked an ostrich that was trying to attack him at the St. Louis Zoo The ostrich struggled to get back up in the aftermath But a short time later, it tried to approach the giraffe again A hilarious video has shown the moment a giraffe kicked an ostrich that was trying to attack him. The footage begins with the ostrich following the giraffe closely at the St. Louis Zoo before it walks directly into the tall animal as it violently flapped its wings. In response, the giraffe calmly kicked the ostrich with its back leg, sending the flightless bird soaring, and eventually crashing into the ground. It could then be seen struggling to get back up in the aftermath. But a short time later, the ostrich tried to approach the giraffe again — only to run away and walk directly into a rock wall, according to Devika Seth, who filmed the encounter at the end of March. The Texas judge told DailyMail.com she and her family were in Missouri for her daughter's volleyball tournament when they decided to check out the local zoo. 'We noticed there were two giraffes and an ostrich,' she said, noting that she thought it was odd that the zoo would put the two animals together. 'I wanted to see kind of what happens,' Seth said, already expecting there to be 'drama' between the animals. And sure enough, there was. Seth said she watched as the two giraffes 'were kind of together' for a moment, before they separated. That is when, she said, the ostrich decided to attack. 'It was unbelievable,' she said, adding that she had to stop recording for a little while 'because my husband, my daughter and I were laughing.' Following the video, she said, the two giraffes got back together and started nuzzling their necks together as the ostrich once again approached them.

An 'egotistic' mountaineer has been pictured celebrating reaching the summit of K2 just moments after climbers 'walked over a dying porter'. Critics accused Norwegian climber Kristin Harila and her team of being 'more interested in setting records' than helping the dying Sherpa. They also revealed how Harila and her team threw a party after reaching the top of the mountain. As Mohammad Hassan lay seriously injured, 1,300ft from the summit of K2, dozens of fellow climbers carefully edged towards him, risking their lives as they clung to the side of the narrow ledge. They then clambered around the stricken 27-year-old as they left him to die while continuing their own personal bid for glory. After footage of the incident emerged, Norway's Kristin Harila and her team who passed by Hassan faced claims they were more interested in securing a new world record than helping the stricken climber. Below her Instagram post celebrating her summitting of K2, social media users slammed her, saying 'shame on you', 'where is your humanity' and calling her 'reckless'. Yet Harila defended herself online and urged people to 'be kind'. She added: 'I hope we can learn something from this tragedy. Hassan was not properly equipped to take on an 8,000m summit. 'What happened is in no way his fault but it shows the importance of taking all of the possible precautions so that we can help ourselves and others. She added: 'It is truly tragic what happened and I feel very strongly for the family.' The climber clinched the record that saw her summit 14 of the world's highest peaks in just over three months despite Hassan's death. Fellow mountaineers, reigniting fury about how Sherpas are treated as 'second-class human beings', said a Western climber would not have been left to die in the same instance. As Hassan, a high-altitude porter and father-of-three from Pakistan, who worked for Lela Peak Expedition, lay dead after an avalanche on July 27 pushed him over a ledge, Harila, 37, and her team scaled the 28,300ft K2 mountain. Harila, who last month scaled her 14th highest peak in just over three months, became the world's fastest climber to reach the peaks of all the world's mountains above 8,000 metres. A mountaineer's code of ethics: What should Hassan's fellow climbers have done to help him? The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) warns that all climbers practice their sport at their own risk and are responsible and accountable for their own safety. Providing advice for mountaineers, the group - considered the international governing body of climbing and mountaineering - warns that 'all participants in mountain sports should clearly understand the risks and hazards'. While the organisation does not explicitly state how or if the fellow climbers should have helped Hassan - especially considering they may have put themselves at risk - they are advised to be 'ready to help others in the event of an emergency or accident and also be ready to face the consequences of a tragedy'. Kristin Harila, a Norweigian mountaineer who passed by Hassan, said she and her team had done everything they could to help him but the conditions on K2 were too dangerous. She has since said that she and her team did everything they could to help Hassan but the conditions on K2 were too dangerous to move him. But mountaineer Philip Flämig, an Austrian who was climbing with Wilhelm Steindl, said footage the two recorded using a drone shows a trail of climbers walking over the stricken body instead of helping Hassan. 'He is being treated by one person while everyone else is pushing towards the summit,' he told Austria's Standard newspaper, referencing the drone footage. 'The fact is that there was no organised rescue operation although there were Sherpas and mountain guides on site who could have taken action.' Harila and her team members were among those climbers, The Telegraph reported. He called the death a 'disgrace' and said 'such a thing would be unthinkable in the Alps' - referencing the ongoing debate about how Sherpas are used in the Himalayas. 'If he had been a Westerner, he would have been rescued immediately. No one felt responsible for him,' he told the Austrian publication. 'A living human was left lying so that records could be set.' Harila defended her actions and choices on K2 last month to The Telegraph, saying 'we did all we could for him'. She told the publication: 'It is simply not true to say that we did nothing to help him. We tried to lift him back up for an hour and a half and my cameraman stayed on for another hour to look after him. At no point was he left alone.' She said that given the conditions it was not likely that he could be saved as he had fallen on to what she said was 'probably the most dangerous part of the mountain where the chances of carrying someone off were limited by the narrow trail and poor snow conditions'. The footage of the fatality last month shows people physically climbing over Hassan as he lies helpless in the deep snow. The video then pans over to show clouds several thousand feet below them, revealing just how high they were when the footage was taken. The air is so thin at this elevation that all people seen in the video were wearing oxygen masks. It appears that just one person ended up helping him, an unknown rescuer who managed to keep him conscious for a while before he died of his injuries. There was no rescue operation to help the young man.

A plane has miraculously avoided injuring anyone or damaging any vehicles after it made an emergency landing on a busy dual carriageway. The light aircraft landed on the central crash barrier of the A40 Golden Valley Bypass between Gloucester and Cheltenham near Gloucestershire Airport shortly before 6pm today. Gloucestershire Police, who attended the incident, said that no one was injured and no other vehicles were involved amid the rush hour traffic with commuters and holidaymakers driving back from their summer breaks. Lee Trunks who witnessed the plane as it landed told MailOnline: 'I was driving down the A40 from Gloucester to Cheltenham just before 6pm. 'As I was approaching half way I suddenly noticed something had just appeared in the distance and put my hazards on. 'I slowed down and as I approached in the outside lane it was clear to see the plane on the central reservation. 'It was quite early on as everyone was stopping. The wings of the plane completely spanned the lane I was in, so I indicated to the inside lane. 'As I drove past some people were trying to help the pilot out of the stricken plane. I continued my journey and as I got to Arle Court roundabout the police were starting to close the carriage way. 'It looked like the pilot managed to down the plane in the perfect place to not cause any harm considering it was towards the end of rush hour.' Vesper Gray Smith, 17, said he was on a bus from Gloucester to Cheltenham when he saw the plane in the road and took photos of it. He said: 'I saw some fire engines going across a bridge near the site to go to the scene of the accident. 'There was police talking to witnesses and the pilot. 'Right as I went past the scene the road was shut off behind me. 'I didn't see the plane land, but the photos were probably taken a few minutes after it did. I felt pretty surprised, as it's really not something that happens often. 'I think everyone else on the bus was quite surprised as well. 'One of the first things I thought about the incident is if everyone is alright, and luckily they were.' One user on Twitter added: 'Well done to the pilot in their handling of an emergency landing. Minor damage to crash barriers and no lives lost. Top Man!' One person who saw the positive side to the incident Tweeted: 'I mean it is unusual but better than landing in someone's back garden.' Another person praised the actions of the pilot, saying: 'How brave was that pilot? Amazing.' Lib Dem councillor for Cheltenham Alisha Lewis made light of the incident, saying: 'My new best doorstep answer to 'Any local issues we can help you out with?': 'Well there's a plane on the A40.' She added: 'I've got a pretty impressive Cheltenham and Gloucestershire problem-solving phonebook but planes on the A40 are slightly beyond my Rolodex.' National Highways confirmed that the area of the A40 has now reopened and traffic is flowing freely in both directions between the A417 and M5 after it was closed following the incident. A spokesperson for the Gloucestershire Constabulary said: 'We were called shortly before 6pm today with a report a light aircraft had landed on the A40 Golden Valley. 'No-one was injured and it is understood that no other vehicles were involved. 'We remain at the scene while work takes place to reopen the road.'