1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: Hello friends, Welcome to Story Behind podcast. This is the 2 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: show for people who love hearing a good story and 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: who believe the world could use more positivity. We're the 4 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,959 Speaker 1: team behind God Updates and God Too, and we hope 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: these weekly short stories will brighten your day. 6 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 2: Former janitor becomes a doctor at the same hospital where 7 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:33,639 Speaker 2: she once cleaned. Written by Mikhaila. Bordoni, read by Julie Provost. 8 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 2: Doctor Shae Taylor Allen is celebrating a near miracle this year. 9 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 2: In Cinderella style, she transformed from a janitor to a 10 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 2: doctor at the very same hospital, the Yale School of Medicine. 11 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 2: It's a dream that she never imagined would come true. 12 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 2: She started working at the hospital as a janitor when 13 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 2: she was just eighteen. She was also born there. It 14 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 2: was her first residency pick out of ten hospitals. When 15 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 2: I started my job as a janitor, this was kind 16 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 2: of like a job just to support me in my family, 17 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 2: she explained. I not think that that would be my 18 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 2: destiny or my journey. I could not imagine this in 19 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 2: a million years. In a video of the moment she 20 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 2: found out what hospital she's matched to, she screamed and 21 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 2: jumped up and down for joy. I'm still just feeling 22 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 2: like I'm in a dream because I could not ever 23 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 2: have imagined that I would go back to the same 24 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 2: hospital I was not only born at, but a janitor 25 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 2: at be a doctor for my community, she said. Shay 26 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 2: is one of three kids born to a single mom. 27 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 2: When her mom got sick, she decided she wanted to 28 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 2: be a doctor. Shaye was still working as a janitor 29 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 2: when her mom was sick and mentioned her story to 30 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 2: the former hospital ceo whose office she had cleaned. The 31 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 2: ceo helped her and her family, which helped Shae see 32 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 2: how she could advocate for and help others too. I 33 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,479 Speaker 2: saw firsthand how advocacy worked, and I knew I wanted 34 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 2: to do that. One day, I was like, WHOA. Just 35 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 2: reaching out to the former hospital ceo completely changed everything 36 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 2: for my mother, she recorded. Being a single mom, she 37 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 2: could never imagine that this would be my story. Shay 38 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 2: said that her daughter would be a doctor and that 39 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 2: my story would be this big. She's just so excited 40 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 2: and so amazed. Doc Ifter Lisa Laffert, chair of the 41 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 2: Department of Anistyology at Yale School of Medicine and physician 42 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:09,399 Speaker 2: in chief of anastegeology at Yale New Haven Hospital said, 43 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 2: we are thrilled to welcome doctor Shay Taylor Allen, who 44 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 2: matched to our Yale Department of Antestysiology residency. She will 45 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 2: join a community of talented colleagues who are desdicated to 46 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: patient care, education, investigation, and service to our community. Shaye 47 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 2: wants others to know that they can accomplish big things 48 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 2: no matter their circumstance. We can do anything that we 49 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 2: put our minds to, and people of color specifically were 50 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 2: needed in the medical field, she said. People that look 51 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 2: like us are needed, and our patients are waiting for 52 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 2: us to do it. So wonderful that Shay is able 53 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 2: to become a resident at the very hospital where she 54 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,239 Speaker 2: was born and had one of her first jobs. She's 55 00:02:43,280 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 2: already a treasured member of the community. Hero principle named 56 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 2: prom King after stopping a school shooter written by Julie 57 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 2: Provost read by July Provost. Kirk Moore, a principal at 58 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 2: Paul's Valley High School in Oklahoma, was named prom King 59 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 2: for a special reason on April seventh, twenty twenty six. 60 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 2: A few weeks before the prom, Kirk tackled a former 61 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 2: student he came to the school armed with a gun. 62 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 2: Although he was shot in the leg, he saved the 63 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 2: lives of all the kids at his school with his actions. 64 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 2: The principal charged at the man and wrestled him to 65 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 2: the ground. Then another teacher was able to take the 66 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 2: gun away from the potential school shooter. Was truly such 67 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 2: an honorable thing for him to do. He put his 68 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:33,519 Speaker 2: life on the line, knowing he had to stop the 69 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 2: person who could potentially. 70 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: Hurt his students. 71 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 2: As a thank you, he was named prom king At 72 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 2: the student's prom. As a song Hero by Nickelback played, 73 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 2: kirk walked past the students who gave him high fives, cheered, 74 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 2: and danced to the music. In an interview on Fox News, 75 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 2: high school student Rachel Hamilton shares about what that evening 76 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 2: it problem was like. It was honestly, I would almost say, 77 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 2: I would say kind of light changing. I felt like 78 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 2: we were making a difference being there and honoring him. 79 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 2: It was just a feeling, honestly, like no other. She says. 80 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 2: Kirkmore is quite the hero for his actions that day. 81 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 2: Without him being there, Rachel shares, who knows what would 82 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 2: have happened, And it was a terrible, terrible thing that happened, 83 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 2: but I honestly believed that God's hand was over the 84 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 2: entire thing. No students were injured that day thanks to 85 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 2: the principal's brave actions. Accorded Rachel, the school community is 86 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 2: trying to recover with some paranoia, but feels a school 87 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 2: is very well protected right now. The students returned to 88 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,359 Speaker 2: the school after a few days, accompanied by therapists, therapy dogs, 89 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 2: and police officers. Principal Kirkmore also released a statement. Words 90 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 2: alone couldnt begin to express my gratitude for the outpouring 91 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 2: of love and support I've received from the Paul's Valley community. 92 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 2: I am forever grateful for the support I am receiving 93 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 2: from those close to me, as well as those new 94 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 2: friends who have wished me well in their prayers. This 95 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 2: support is the reason I'm healthy in recovering today. Although 96 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 2: no one really knows who came up with the idea 97 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 2: to crown the principal prom king, one thing is for sure, 98 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 2: it is one hundred percent deserved in a great way 99 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 2: to honor him, Prayers and happy thoughts the students and 100 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 2: faculty at Paul's Valley High as they recover from their 101 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 2: near tragedy and continue to honor their principle. 102 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening to Story Behind podcast. 103 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: We're really glad you joined us for this week's story. 104 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: To see photos and videos that may have been referenced 105 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: in this episode, check out the links in the show notes, 106 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: and if you enjoyed what you heard today, subscribe to 107 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: our podcast and please tell a friend about us. 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