ATLANTA — 2019 was a huge year for news – especially right here in Georgia. And many of you got the breaking, impactful and viral news on Facebook.
Facebook remains a powerful tool since its creation in 2004. There are more than 2 billion users on the social media platform today.
On the Channel 2 Action News Facebook page, we have more than 1.6 million followers. Throughout the year, there have been some stand-out Facebook posts that reached millions of people.
Many of you shared, liked and commented on stories that you felt connected to. Some of the top Facebook posts included a patriotic guitar serenade by an Atlanta man, a woman taking down some bad guys at a local gas station and a National Guard sergeant surprising his Georgia mom.
Here’s a look at the Top Facebook posts on the WSB-TV page for 2019.
UNIMPRESSED: This toddler doesn't appear to be too thrilled to meet her baby brother, hilariously staring plainly into the camera, barely acknowledging the new addition to the family https://2wsb.tv/2M6UY2r
Posted by WSB-TV on Saturday, January 12, 2019
🇺🇸 Beloved teacher and coach shocks his students after returning from deployment in Afghanistan. "He lives to serve others." https://2wsb.tv/2EUbtgc
Posted by WSB-TV on Thursday, March 7, 2019
Tomorrow marks the 22nd anniversary of the passing of The Notorious B.I.G. So, naturally, Fred Blankenship and Mark Arum WSB did what they do best...
Posted by WSB-TV on Friday, March 8, 2019
Don't mess with these guys! Four men on spring break took down a masked man who tried to rob them at gunpoint when they stopped for gas. https://2wsb.tv/2HGiPGW
Posted by WSB-TV on Tuesday, March 26, 2019
LIVE ACTION BAMBI: A woman caught this deer and rabbit sharing a tender moment in her mother's garden, reminding her of a real-life Bambi and Thumper. https://2wsb.tv/2TRg0Fd
Posted by WSB-TV on Sunday, May 19, 2019
MOST ATLANTA THING EVER: A group of kids broke out into a very enthusiastic serenade of Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' when they spotted a pair of Atlanta police horses on patrol yesterday: 2wsb.tv/31uRtdz 🐴🤣❤️
Posted by WSB-TV on Friday, June 14, 2019
Awesome! This Atlanta guitar player used the world's biggest echo chamber to pay tribute to the U.S.A. Check out his (maybe historic) performance of the Star Spangled Banner! https://2wsb.tv/2NxQQwO 🇺🇸
Posted by WSB-TV on Thursday, July 4, 2019
❤️ "My baby's home!" U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Christopher Williams has been deployed in Afghanistan for 7 months....
Posted by WSB-TV on Wednesday, July 24, 2019
When life gave this 3-year-old lemons, she used her grandmother’s lemonade recipe to raise money to buy supplies for...
Posted by WSB-TV on Saturday, August 17, 2019
JUST IN: Police release mugshot of rapper Bow Wow after he was arrested after fight in Atlanta: https://2wsb.tv/2sZw6kv -- We'll have new details on his charges, on Channel 2 Action News at 6 p.m.
Posted by WSB-TV on Saturday, February 2, 2019
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