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 in God Too, and we hope 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: these weekly short stories will brighten your day. 6 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 2: Family of young boy who almost drowned meets the nine 7 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,239 Speaker 2: one one dispatcher that helps save his life. Written by 8 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 2: Heather Wriggleman, read by Julie Provost. The family of a 9 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 2: young boy who almost drowned gets to meet the nine 10 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 2: one one dispatcher who helps save his life. If you 11 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 2: could hear the sound of this phone call, your heart 12 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 2: would stop, not because of what was said, but because 13 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 2: of what almost wasn't. It was the sound of a 14 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 2: mother being told her five year old boy wasn't breathing. 15 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 2: The sound of brothers screaming for help, the sound of 16 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 2: a dispatcher studying a shaking voice, the sound of compressions 17 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 2: counting out hope when hope feels impossibly. Then, last summer 18 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 2: in Mouth Angel Organ, little Mattie Bishop flipped beneath the 19 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 2: water in his family's pool. His life jacket had slid 20 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 2: off while he played with a new shark floty. His 21 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 2: ten year old brother Toasty, found him at the bottom, 22 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 2: still silent, not breathing, and then the miracle began moving 23 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 2: through hands. Brothers pulled him out. A mother pressed her 24 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,479 Speaker 2: palms to her son's chest. A dispatcher named Brandy stayed 25 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 2: on the line and guided her through every breath, every compression. 26 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 2: Firefighters arrived, a helicopter lifted him into the sky. Doctors 27 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 2: worked and waited and watched. For fifteen days, Mattie lay 28 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 2: surrounded by machines, prayers and whispered hope. Doctors warned of delays, 29 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 2: of damage, of what might never be the same again, 30 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 2: but Grace kept writing. Today Mattie is home, whole, laughing, running, living. 31 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 2: He is one hundred percent who he was before. His mom, 32 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 2: Megan said, seven boys for the house, seven blessings breathing 33 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 2: under one roof, one family forever marked by mercy. And 34 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 2: now Mattie is excited, not about floaties or helicopters, but 35 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 2: about meeting his real life heroes, the despatcher of the firefighters, 36 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 2: the people who became God's hands in the middle of 37 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 2: his worst moment. His mother says their family was touched 38 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 2: by hundreds, but really they were held by heaven. Because 39 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 2: sometimes God doesn't shout his miracles. Sometimes he whispers them 40 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 2: through ordinary people who say yes when everything is on 41 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,519 Speaker 2: the line. And this is one of those stories, one 42 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 2: that doesn't just restore your faith in humanity. It restores 43 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 2: your faith in the way God still moves through it. 44 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 2: The Lord has done great things for us, and we 45 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 2: are filled with joy, Psalm one hundred and twenty sixty three. 46 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 2: Florida man is a true hero after saving two toddlers 47 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 2: he found in the middle of a busy street. Written 48 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 2: by MICHAELA. Gordonai, read by Jully Provost. A Florida man 49 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 2: was driving on a busy road when he suddenly stopped, 50 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 2: saving toddlers from a busy street. The two girls had 51 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 2: wandered out the back gate of an airbnb. When John 52 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 2: Brewingham saw them, he pulled over his car, ran, spread 53 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 2: his arms to stop traffic, and grabbed the girls, carrying 54 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 2: them to safety. I was terrified thinking of what could 55 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 2: have happened to them, John said, the rest of my 56 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 2: life would have been ruined. After he picked up the 57 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 2: first toddler, who had already reached the mill of the road, 58 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 2: the other one reached up her arms for him to 59 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 2: hold her. Saving the girls took maybe six seconds. John said. 60 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 2: With the girls in his arms, he began searching for 61 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 2: their parents. He called out when no one heard them. 62 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 2: No one seemed to hear me yelling. The girls weren't 63 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 2: telling me anything. They're about maybe two years old or younger, 64 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 2: and all they could do was point at things, he explained. 65 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 2: When he noticed an open back gate, he went through 66 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 2: it and found their family, an elderly couple and a 67 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 2: young girl. They immediately went into oh my god, we're 68 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 2: so sorry, John recalled, and then I was like, yeah, 69 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 2: I know. I'm just glad I could get them back 70 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 2: to you. They were out in the road and your 71 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 2: gate was open. The events of the day had initially 72 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 2: had his body on full alert. My adrenaline spiked, he said. 73 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 2: I had a migraine when I finally got home. I 74 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 2: was drained completely for the rest of the day. It's 75 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 2: a blessing that John quickly stopped his car and rescued 76 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 2: the girls. This could have turned out horrifically, but thanks 77 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 2: to him, the toddlers are home safe and sound. 78 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening to Story Behind podcast. 79 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: We're really glad you joined us. 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