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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, Welcome to Story Behind podcast. This is the

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Speaker 1: show for people who love hearing a good story and

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Speaker 1: who believe the world could use more positivity. We're the

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Speaker 1: team behind God Updates and God Too, and we hope

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Speaker 1: these weekly short stories will brighten your day.

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Speaker 2: Assistant manager at a grocery store stops a scam saves

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Speaker 2: a couple from losing a lot of money. Written by

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Speaker 2: Heather Rigamann read Budgy Provost. This is incredible. An assistant

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Speaker 2: manager at a grocery store became an unexpected hero when

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Speaker 2: the employee stopped the financial scam projecting a couple from

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Speaker 2: losing a lot of money. Sometimes heroes don't wear badges

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Speaker 2: or stand behind podiums. Sometimes they're simply paying attention. While

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Speaker 2: working a shift at the grocery store at a Food

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Speaker 2: Lion in Richland County, South Carolina, assistant manager Amanda Greenlaw

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Speaker 2: noticed something that didn't feel right. Couples standing near a

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Speaker 2: coin machine didn't have any change, yet they looked nervous

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Speaker 2: and distracted. Amanda approached them to offer to help, and

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Speaker 2: when she discovered next set off alarm bells. The woman

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Speaker 2: was on the phone while her husband explained they needed

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Speaker 2: to buy a bitcoint According to the Richland County Sheriff's Department,

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Speaker 2: the couple had been told their son had been in

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Speaker 2: a traffic accident and they needed to send five thousand

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Speaker 2: dollars for bond money immediately. Sadly, Amanda had seen this

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Speaker 2: kind of scan before. I've done this more time than

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Speaker 2: I care to admit, she said, without hesitation. She told

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Speaker 2: the couple to hang up the phone. Thankfully, they listened.

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Speaker 2: After speaking with them for about ten minutes, Amanda helped

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Speaker 2: them realize something wasn't adding up. The husband later returned

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Speaker 2: to tell her that they had contacted their son and

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Speaker 2: discovered he was perfectly fine and exactly where he was

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Speaker 2: supposed to be. The quick moment of awareness and taking

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Speaker 2: action saved the couple from losing five thousand dollars. Cybersecurity

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Speaker 2: experts say scammers often rely on fear and urgency to

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Speaker 2: pressure victims into sending money through gift cards. Cryptocurrency machines

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Speaker 2: are ATMs where the transactions are difficult to trace. Alex Galloway,

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Speaker 2: Interim Director of Compliance at the University of South Carolina,

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Speaker 2: explaining that noticing someone making a large purchase while appearing

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Speaker 2: sign that a scam was happening in real time, but

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Speaker 2: Amanda said, at best and the key is simply being

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Speaker 2: aware of what's happening around you. Her actions doesn't go unnoticed.

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Speaker 2: Sheriff Leon Locke presented her with a certificate of appreciation

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Speaker 2: for stepping in and protecting the couple before the scam

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Speaker 2: could unfold. Stories like this remind us that everyday kindness

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Speaker 2: and a tenderness can make a powerful difference in a

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Speaker 2: world where scams are becoming more sophisticated. Sometimes all it

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Speaker 2: takes is one person asking the right question at the

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Speaker 2: more people like Amanda watching out for more vulnerable members

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Speaker 2: in our community. What a blessing. Brave teenager saves her

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Speaker 2: forty two year old mother after a sudden heart attack

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Speaker 2: crittin By had the Riggleman read by Julie pro Boast.

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Speaker 2: A brave teenager saves her forty two year old mother

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Speaker 2: after a sudden heart attack. It started like any other

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Speaker 2: ordinary evening in Ohio. A mom came home from work,

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Speaker 2: tired from the day, but expecting nothing unusual. But within moments,

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Speaker 2: and the person who stepped in to save her was

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Speaker 2: her own daughter. Forty two year old Bilon Milton suddenly

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Speaker 2: collapsed after telling her daughter she wasn't feeling well. What

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Speaker 2: happened next could have ended in tragedy. Instead, it became

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Speaker 2: a powerful reminder of how courage, preparation, and quick thinking

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Speaker 2: can save a life. Her fifteen year old daughter, Mahogany Milton,

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Speaker 2: immediately called nine on one when she realized something was

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Speaker 2: terribly wrong. I called nine on one. They asked me

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Speaker 2: if she was breathing. Mahogany later shared, she took one

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Speaker 2: big breath, and then she stopped breathing. She started turning blue,

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Speaker 2: and she started getting cold. And that terrifying moment, many

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Speaker 2: people might have frozen in fear, but Mahogany remembered something

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Speaker 2: incredibly important, the sea bearer training she had learned through

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Speaker 2: the American Heart Association's STEM Goes Red program. So the

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Speaker 2: teenager did the only thing she could to do. She

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Speaker 2: began CPR. While waiting for paramedics to arrive, Mahogany pressed

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Speaker 2: on her mother's chest again and again, praying through tears.

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Speaker 2: Dear God, please let my mama live, she said. Those

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Speaker 2: brave moments make all the difference. When paramedics arrived, they

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Speaker 2: rushed Belond to the hospital, where doctors discovered she had

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Speaker 2: suffered a cardiac arrest caused by a serious blockage in

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Speaker 2: her heart. Doctors later found a ninety nine percent blockage

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Speaker 2: most critical arteries. Assurgeons placed the scent to restore blood

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Speaker 2: blow and save her life. Doctor say the reason of

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Speaker 2: Alan survived was simple but extraordinary. Her daughter acted immediately.

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Speaker 2: Medical experts often say survival from cardiac arrest depends on

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Speaker 2: how quickly CPR begins. In this case, the teenager's courage

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Speaker 2: Doctor Michael Zachararis, part of the care team, said it

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Speaker 2: best what you explained, just how remarkable the outcome was.

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Speaker 2: After a week in the hospital, Alan was able to

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Speaker 2: go home. Looking back on the moment, she believes there

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Speaker 2: was something bigger at work in the timing of it all.

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Speaker 2: I could have been driving home that night by myself,

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Speaker 2: she said, but God saw a system to let me

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Speaker 2: make it home, even if it was just for her.

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Speaker 2: He knew she was strong enough to enjoy that, and

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Speaker 2: in the end, that saved a life. Stories like this

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Speaker 2: remind us that sometimes heroes come in unexpected forms, even

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Speaker 2: a teaser standing in her living room refusing to give

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Speaker 2: up on her mom. Be strong and courageous. Do not

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Speaker 2: be afraid, do not be discouraged. For the Lord, your

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Speaker 2: God will be with you wherever you go.

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