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 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: team behind God Updates and God Too, and we hope 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: these weekly short stories will brighten your day. 6 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 2: When a football coach's heart stopped, an off duty firefighter 7 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 2: stepped in without hesitation. Written by by Kla Bordoni read 8 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 2: Veeley Probos. An off duty firefighter saved a football coach 9 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 2: in Orange County, California after the coach suddenly fell unconscious. 10 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 2: The coach and the firefighter were playing on separate pickaball 11 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 2: courts when the firefighter saw the coach suddenly go down. 12 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,480 Speaker 2: With quick thinking, he began chess compressions that ultimately saved 13 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 2: the coach's life. One minute, you're there and enjoying time 14 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 2: with friends, said San Juan Hill's high school football coach, 15 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 2: Rob Ruth. It hit me so fast I dropped on 16 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 2: the back of my head. Rob had suffered a heart attack, 17 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 2: an undetected medical issue. The firefighter, John Rowans, ran over 18 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 2: and began chess compressions that lasted fifteen minutes before paramedics 19 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 2: got there. Because of the rapid coordinated response. Rob was 20 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 2: awake and talking in the ambulance as he transported from 21 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 2: the scene, said Orange County Sheriff's Department, an out come 22 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 2: that is rare in cardiac arrest cases. When Rob became 23 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 2: conscious again, he was in the ambulance with paramedics. I 24 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 2: think I looked at them and just kind of said, well, 25 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:26,559 Speaker 2: if I'm looking at you two guys right now, something 26 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 2: bad must have happened to me, he said. I think 27 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 2: the response I got was something like, no, you're looking 28 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 2: at us right now, so I think something good happened 29 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 2: to you. That was Johnny saving my life. A month later, 30 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 2: Rob and his family visited John at the fire department 31 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 2: to think him this means everything. Rob's wife Tara told John, 32 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 2: you are our forever hero, along with the other men 33 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 2: who were there with you that day. I cannot thank 34 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 2: you enough. Rob's son said, I was out with my 35 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 2: mom when we got the call. There must have been 36 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 2: somebody there, and these guys took over, gave me one 37 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 2: of their numbers. They communicated with me through the whole 38 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 2: car ride. John said, it felt good. It was really 39 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 2: cool to know that we had the right people there 40 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 2: at the right time to keep a family together. Rob 41 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 2: is expected to make a full recovery and hopes to 42 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 2: play with John on the pickable court when he does. 43 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 2: I certainly hope the two get the chance to play together. 44 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,679 Speaker 2: It's wonderful that someone who's trained in CPR was there 45 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 2: when Rob bell. Rob and his family will be forever grateful. 46 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 2: Young boy with autism finds friendship and support at his 47 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 2: neighborhood grocery store. Heathery Command read by Juley Provost. A 48 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 2: young boy with autism finds friendship and support at his 49 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 2: neighborhood grocery store. This is one of those stories that 50 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 2: deserves to be shared with the whole world. It starts 51 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 2: in the Casanova home in Fairboat, Minnesota, and a tender 52 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 2: choreography of love and motion, a plastic slide tumbling down 53 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 2: a staircase, beanbag's waiting like soft clouds at the bottom, 54 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 2: and a five year old boy named Odin who feels 55 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 2: the world with his whole body. As a MoMA raised 56 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 2: three children on the autism spectrum. My heart recognizes this 57 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 2: scene immediately. The intentional strategies the deep breaths, the holy 58 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 2: patience that grows in quiet rooms where children are simply 59 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 2: allowed to be themselves. We tell him he just has 60 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 2: extra wiggles, Taylor says. The gentle laugh got to see 61 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,079 Speaker 2: the wiggles out and when the wiggles outgrow the walls 62 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 2: of home, Taylor knows exactly what to do. Let's get 63 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 2: in the van, she smiles. We're going to Fairway. The 64 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 2: automatic doors slide open, and Odin moves like joy and sneakers, 65 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 2: eyes shining as he grabs his beloved tiny cart. Taylor 66 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 2: doesn't even bother suggesting other stores. She knows this is 67 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 2: his place. This is his favorite thing to do, probably 68 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 2: in the world, she says, And I understand that down 69 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 2: to my bones, because sometimes the most ordinary places become 70 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:46,119 Speaker 2: sacred when they offer our children safety, rhythm and belonging. 71 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 2: Pools may be fun, but they don't have produce, and 72 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 2: they don't have Odin's people. Inside Fairway, the aisles feel 73 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 2: less like commerce and more like community. Haley. Odin squeals 74 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: as he runs into the open arms of produce manage 75 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 2: Haley Yo, who has loved him well enough to attend 76 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 2: his birthday party two years in a row. At checkout, 77 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 2: he shouts for Wendy and wraps Jay the bagger in 78 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 2: a fearless hug, but his face truly lights up when 79 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 2: he spots Maynard Abraham returning from the parking lot. Odin 80 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 2: sprints straight into his embrace, and Maynard meets him with 81 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 2: steady kindness. Taylor once captured the day Odin made Mannered 82 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 2: a birthday card, a small offering of a child's heart, 83 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 2: and the way Maynard finally let him hug him. God 84 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 2: didn't make nobody perfect, Maynard says, simply, and somehow that 85 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 2: sentence feels like grace wrapped and Denham and name tags. 86 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 2: He and Odin chat about root beer and waffles as 87 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,919 Speaker 2: they bad groceries together, and in that ordinary moment, Heaven 88 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 2: feels near. It's very tough having a kid with autism, 89 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 2: for sure, Taylor admits a truth every autism mama knows 90 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 2: too well. Yet Fairway has become one of her bright spots, 91 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 2: place where she can catch her breath while store employees 92 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,239 Speaker 2: love on her little boy. Odin arrives wiggily and leave's calmer, 93 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 2: held by the gentle rhythm of belonging in a neighborhood 94 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 2: grocery store. God has stiss together strangers into something like family, 95 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 2: a reminder that love often shows up in the most 96 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 2: everyday places. 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