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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: He helped deliver her, then became a lifelong friend. Twenty

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Speaker 2: two years later, he watched her graduate Written by MICHAELA.

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Speaker 2: Gordoni read by Julie Provost, this year's Grand Canyon University

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Speaker 2: commitment ceremony had a very special guest, A lifelong friend

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Speaker 2: of one of the graduates, a firefighter who delivered her

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Speaker 2: as a baby, attended and made her day. He flew

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Speaker 2: eight hundred miles from Colorado Springs to be there for her.

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Speaker 2: It was twenty two years ago that firefighter Alan Kent

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Speaker 2: attended a call for a woman in distress and helped

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Speaker 2: her deliver her baby, Chloe Huddle. Since then, he's made

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Speaker 2: sure to be there for every birthday, an important moment

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Speaker 2: of her life. Alan was the first to hold me,

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Speaker 2: and we've had a special bond ever since, Chloe said,

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Speaker 2: a Few weeks after she was born, Chloe's mom brought

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Speaker 2: her to the station to show the firefighters. That was

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Speaker 2: when Kent and Chloe got their first photo taken together.

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Speaker 2: The retired firefighter said, even if he wasn't retired, he

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Speaker 2: would have made it every effort to be there for

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Speaker 2: Chloe on her big day. Kent's goodness and love for Chloe,

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Speaker 2: who got a degree in education studies, gives her hope

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Speaker 2: about the world. Ken said, in our line of work,

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Speaker 2: you know, we don't usually have all the good things happen,

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Speaker 2: and sometimes very bad things happen in our careers, especially

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Speaker 2: in the fire service. To have something as great as

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Speaker 2: this was and meant to continue out throughout the years

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Speaker 2: to watch her grow, that's been the connection that bond

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Speaker 2: throughout the years. This doesn't mark the end of Kent's

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Speaker 2: involvement in her milestones. The next big thing for Chloe

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Speaker 2: is her wedding the summer, and you better believe Kent

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Speaker 2: will be there. It's just incredible that the firefighter would

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Speaker 2: make an effort for Chloe and being her life as

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Speaker 2: much as he can. What a wonderful gift. After thirty

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Speaker 2: years apart, these siblings found each other again in a

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Speaker 2: retirement home written by MICHAELA. Gordoni, read by Julie Provost siblings,

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Speaker 2: Becky Gibson and Ralph's laughter had not seen each other

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Speaker 2: for three decades. Then one day they found that they

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Speaker 2: were both in the very same Ohio retirement home. It's

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Speaker 2: a family miracle that the siblings are reunited. While Becky

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Speaker 2: stayed in Ohio, Ralph lived all over the US. Years back,

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Speaker 2: Becky and her family tried to locate Ralph, a Vietnam

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Speaker 2: War combat medic, but could not get in touch. They

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Speaker 2: both grew up in Manchester, Ohio, and spoke through letters

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Speaker 2: when he was in the service. Afterwards, they lost touch.

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Speaker 2: When they finally met again, it was thanks to their daughters.

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Speaker 2: I posted it on Facebook saying we got dad all

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Speaker 2: tucked away in Rose Lane nursing Home. Ralph's daughter Josie

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Speaker 2: Haggey said, my cousin saw it and said, Hey, are

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Speaker 2: you in Masillon, Ohio? Now? Is he in Masillon, Oho?

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Speaker 1: No?

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Speaker 2: And I said yes, and she said, well mom is

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Speaker 2: there too. Becky was in shock when she learned they

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Speaker 2: would both be living in the same facility.

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Speaker 1: It had been.

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Speaker 2: Years and years since they last lived together. When Ralph

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Speaker 2: saw her, he said, it felt pretty good. Yeah, it

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Speaker 2: did inspiring, and we've been together every day since I

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Speaker 2: didn't know I'd ever see her again, and here we are,

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Speaker 2: ended up together. Ralph recalls Becky as the one who

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Speaker 2: took care of him and changed his diapers while a

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Speaker 2: news station interviewed them. They held hands the whole time.

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Speaker 2: It's clear that even though they missed so many years,

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Speaker 2: they still have greatfulness for one another. They regret messing

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Speaker 2: out on each other's lives for so long. The lesson

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Speaker 2: they learned is not to wait so long to see

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Speaker 2: your relatives. Thank God that they were reunited again.

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