1 00:00:04,190 --> 00:00:04,930 Speaker 1: Hello, friends. 2 00:00:05,670 --> 00:00:09,470 Speaker 2: Welcome to Story Behind Podcast. This is the show for 3 00:00:09,510 --> 00:00:12,789 Speaker 2: people who love hearing a good story and who believe 4 00:00:12,830 --> 00:00:16,350 Speaker 2: the world could use more positivity. We're the team behind 5 00:00:16,410 --> 00:00:19,510 Speaker 2: God Updates and God Too, and we hope these weekly 6 00:00:19,570 --> 00:00:21,470 Speaker 2: short stories will brighten your day. 7 00:00:26,890 --> 00:00:31,350 Speaker 3: Welcome back, friends and loyal listeners and newcomers to the 8 00:00:31,470 --> 00:00:40,310 Speaker 3: Story Behind Podcast, productionoflifeaudio.com. 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And I 13 00:00:53,380 --> 00:00:57,220 Speaker 3: tell you this because Our team spends hours scouring the 14 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,700 Speaker 3: web each week for the positive and encouraging stories, the 15 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:04,340 Speaker 3: stories behind the other ones sometimes that we see in 16 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:04,740 Speaker 3: our news. 17 00:01:05,660 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: Are any of you old enough to remember like. 18 00:01:07,220 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 3: Me in your local news where the last story of 19 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,759 Speaker 3: the half hour would be something that just. lets you 20 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,020 Speaker 3: go into the night, maybe going to bed, feeling good 21 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 3: about your community or something fun that was happening in 22 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 3: your area. That's the kind of thing we try to 23 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:23,380 Speaker 3: do here. And today, for those. 24 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,589 Speaker 1: Of you who maybe have, I don't have teens anymore. 25 00:01:26,610 --> 00:01:30,050 Speaker 3: They've grown up. They no longer know everything. But for 26 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:33,030 Speaker 3: those of you who are tired of hearing how teens 27 00:01:33,090 --> 00:01:36,850 Speaker 3: are no good, how they don't pay attention, how everything 28 00:01:36,910 --> 00:01:38,030 Speaker 3: is just going downhill. 29 00:01:38,060 --> 00:01:39,179 Speaker 1: They only look at screens. 30 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,060 Speaker 3: I've got two great stories about teens for you today. 31 00:01:42,690 --> 00:01:44,890 Speaker 3: both by Heather Riggleman that I will bring to you 32 00:01:44,910 --> 00:01:47,229 Speaker 3: in just a second after these messages. 33 00:01:47,350 --> 00:01:47,650 Speaker 1: Thanks. 34 00:01:54,060 --> 00:01:56,580 Speaker 3: All right, let's get to our first story today. As 35 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 3: I mentioned earlier, these stories come to us from Heather 36 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:05,050 Speaker 3: Riggleman today. This one is titled After 16 Hours Alone 37 00:02:05,270 --> 00:02:10,329 Speaker 3: in Her Yard, Elderly Woman Gets Help from Two Caring Teens. 38 00:02:11,250 --> 00:02:15,410 Speaker 3: After 16 hours alone in her yard, an elderly woman 39 00:02:15,450 --> 00:02:19,829 Speaker 3: got help from two caring teens. What began with a Pop-Tart, 40 00:02:20,490 --> 00:02:23,970 Speaker 3: a FaceTime call, and plans for an ordinary summer morning 41 00:02:24,030 --> 00:02:28,710 Speaker 3: became a life-saving act of kindness neither boy will ever forget. 42 00:02:29,750 --> 00:02:33,370 Speaker 3: Summer has a way of slowing life down. Kids sleep in, 43 00:02:34,090 --> 00:02:36,590 Speaker 3: ride bikes with their best friends, and spend their days 44 00:02:36,710 --> 00:02:38,930 Speaker 3: chasing adventure instead of a schedule. 45 00:02:39,450 --> 00:02:40,170 Speaker 1: But sometimes. 46 00:02:40,900 --> 00:02:45,790 Speaker 3: The ordinary moments become the ones God uses in extraordinary ways. 47 00:02:46,530 --> 00:02:50,389 Speaker 3: That's how best friends Gunnar Skidmore and Cohen Chitt in Fruitland, 48 00:02:50,510 --> 00:02:55,510 Speaker 3: Iowa became angels in disguise. The two were headed toward 49 00:02:55,550 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 3: Muscatine along 57th Street South, laughing and enjoying another carefree 50 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:04,820 Speaker 3: summer morning when something caught Cohen's eye. I went to 51 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 3: the trail and Cohen was like, you see that lady 52 00:03:07,100 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 3: back there? I was like, no, Gunnar said. Then we 53 00:03:11,380 --> 00:03:13,660 Speaker 3: went back and looked, and it took a little while 54 00:03:13,700 --> 00:03:17,820 Speaker 3: to find her. Hidden from view was an elderly woman 55 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 3: lying on the ground. I said, hey, ma'am, are you okay? 56 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,230 Speaker 3: She was like, yeah, I need help. Call 911. 57 00:03:25,230 --> 00:03:27,930 Speaker 1: Gunner recalled. They knew she needed help. 58 00:03:28,050 --> 00:03:30,430 Speaker 3: But they were unsure what to do, so the boys 59 00:03:30,490 --> 00:03:34,490 Speaker 3: called Gunner's mom, who hurried to the scene and immediately 60 00:03:34,530 --> 00:03:38,910 Speaker 3: called 911. The woman had been trapped outside for more 61 00:03:38,950 --> 00:03:42,060 Speaker 3: than 16 hours. The woman told the boys she had 62 00:03:42,070 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 3: been lying. 63 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,260 Speaker 1: There since 5 p.m. the evening before. 64 00:03:46,020 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 3: She had apparently fallen while feeding her horse and, in 65 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:53,060 Speaker 3: a desperate attempt to be seen, had rolled from the 66 00:03:53,100 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 3: backyard toward the front of her property. 67 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:56,980 Speaker 1: She was scared. 68 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 3: You could just tell because, like, her face was covered 69 00:04:00,860 --> 00:04:03,860 Speaker 3: in all these bugs and stuff, Cohen said. The boys 70 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 3: believe they found her just in time. A few more 71 00:04:07,060 --> 00:04:10,390 Speaker 3: hours and she definitely, like, wouldn't have made it. 72 00:04:10,830 --> 00:04:11,370 Speaker 1: Gunner said. 73 00:04:12,190 --> 00:04:14,740 Speaker 3: The woman was taken by ambulance to a hospital in 74 00:04:14,780 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 3: Muscatine where she is receiving medical care. But the story 75 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 3: didn't end when the ambulance pulled away. While the woman recovers, 76 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 3: Gunner's mom has stayed in touch with her family, making 77 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:30,460 Speaker 3: sure her horse has food and water. She's even planning 78 00:04:30,500 --> 00:04:34,490 Speaker 3: to make a homemade lasagna to welcome her neighbor home. Sometimes, 79 00:04:35,150 --> 00:04:38,610 Speaker 3: loving your neighbor looks like stopping your bike to ask 80 00:04:38,690 --> 00:04:43,549 Speaker 3: simple questions. Sometimes it looks like calling 911. And sometimes 81 00:04:43,610 --> 00:04:46,729 Speaker 3: it looks like feeding someone's horse and showing up with 82 00:04:46,770 --> 00:04:51,630 Speaker 3: dinner after the crisis has passed. Because compassion isn't just 83 00:04:51,670 --> 00:04:54,620 Speaker 3: found in the heroic moments. It's found in the quiet 84 00:04:54,740 --> 00:04:59,219 Speaker 3: ones that follow. As it says in 1 John 3.18, 85 00:04:59,220 --> 00:05:02,180 Speaker 3: Let us not love with words or speech, but with 86 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 3: actions and in truth. We'll be back with our second 87 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:21,190 Speaker 3: story in just a moment. All right, and we are 88 00:05:21,270 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 3: back with our second Hero Teen story of this episode. Again, 89 00:05:25,940 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 3: by Heather Riggleman. This one is titled, Young Teen Saves 90 00:05:29,339 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 3: His Older Brother With CPR Skills He Learned In School. 91 00:05:33,980 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 3: A young teen saved his older brother with CPR skills 92 00:05:38,060 --> 00:05:39,220 Speaker 3: he learned in school. 93 00:05:39,980 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 1: You have siblings, you know the rules. 94 00:05:42,420 --> 00:05:45,750 Speaker 3: You borrow each other's hoodies without asking. You argue over 95 00:05:45,810 --> 00:05:49,310 Speaker 3: whose turn it is to do the dishes. You compete 96 00:05:49,490 --> 00:05:52,510 Speaker 3: over just about everything, and if you're the younger sibling, 97 00:05:53,250 --> 00:05:55,870 Speaker 3: you spend years trying to prove you can keep up 98 00:05:55,970 --> 00:05:59,310 Speaker 3: with your big brother. But every older brother knows there's 99 00:05:59,490 --> 00:06:02,380 Speaker 3: one thing you can never win an argument about after 100 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 3: your little brother saves your life. For 14-year-old Cody Aliff 101 00:06:07,860 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 3: of Wilson, North Carolina, what started as a duck hunting 102 00:06:11,220 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 3: trip with his 20-year-old brother Hunter and their father quickly 103 00:06:15,100 --> 00:06:18,750 Speaker 3: became a fight for Hunter's life. We were hunting... And 104 00:06:18,770 --> 00:06:21,850 Speaker 3: I heard a splash, Cody said. I called for. 105 00:06:21,770 --> 00:06:23,910 Speaker 1: Hunter's name and he didn't answer, so I ran all 106 00:06:23,930 --> 00:06:26,660 Speaker 1: the way over there. And he was face down in 107 00:06:26,700 --> 00:06:27,060 Speaker 1: the water. 108 00:06:27,660 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 3: Cody knew he had to do something and he sprang 109 00:06:30,220 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 3: into action. Just months earlier, he had learned hands-on CPR 110 00:06:34,900 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 3: in his health class at school. At the time, it 111 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:40,820 Speaker 3: was simply another lesson to pass. He never imagined it 112 00:06:40,860 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 3: would become the reason his brother would make it home. 113 00:06:45,050 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 3: Cody then pulled Hunter from the water and immediately began CPR, 114 00:06:49,740 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 3: keeping him alive until emergency responders arrived. Hunter was later 115 00:06:54,180 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 3: taken to the hospital, where he recovered, surrounded by his family. 116 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:00,789 Speaker 3: Just feels great because I didn't know I was going 117 00:07:00,810 --> 00:07:02,169 Speaker 3: to use all that stuff so. 118 00:07:02,050 --> 00:07:03,130 Speaker 1: Soon, Cody said. 119 00:07:03,930 --> 00:07:07,990 Speaker 3: His quick thinking earned him the American Heart Association's Heart 120 00:07:08,010 --> 00:07:12,730 Speaker 3: Saver Hero Award, which recognizes ordinary people who step in 121 00:07:12,790 --> 00:07:17,580 Speaker 3: during life-threatening emergencies. His mom, Barbie, wasn't surprised that her 122 00:07:17,620 --> 00:07:20,580 Speaker 3: son stayed calm and knew how hard it was for 123 00:07:20,620 --> 00:07:22,900 Speaker 3: him to pull his brother out of the water and 124 00:07:22,940 --> 00:07:27,170 Speaker 3: then start CPR. It's a rigorous task while staying calm. 125 00:07:27,910 --> 00:07:30,130 Speaker 1: He is a very good student, Barbie said. 126 00:07:30,490 --> 00:07:34,150 Speaker 3: He really does pay attention, for the most part, in school, 127 00:07:34,330 --> 00:07:37,070 Speaker 3: and so this paid off because he was paying attention. 128 00:07:37,790 --> 00:07:38,989 Speaker 1: As a nurse who has. 129 00:07:38,870 --> 00:07:42,500 Speaker 3: Performed CPR herself, she knows exactly how remarkable her son's 130 00:07:42,580 --> 00:07:46,620 Speaker 3: actions were. I have performed CPR several times, and it's 131 00:07:46,660 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 3: not easy, Barbie said. So for a 14-year-old to pull 132 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 3: his brother out of the water and perform, that was 133 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,420 Speaker 3: such a blessing. I have a feeling Hunter will never 134 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 3: hear the end of this. Every family gathering, every holiday, 135 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:04,190 Speaker 3: every friendly argument will probably end with one simple reminder. Yeah, 136 00:08:04,350 --> 00:08:07,970 Speaker 3: but remember that time I saved your life? Sibling rivalry 137 00:08:08,010 --> 00:08:10,450 Speaker 3: has a funny way of fading when love shows up 138 00:08:10,490 --> 00:08:14,020 Speaker 3: in the middle of a crisis. Sometimes the little brother 139 00:08:14,090 --> 00:08:17,670 Speaker 3: becomes the biggest hero of all. As it says in 140 00:08:17,710 --> 00:08:21,910 Speaker 3: Proverbs 17, 17, a friend loves at all time, and 141 00:08:21,930 --> 00:08:25,890 Speaker 3: a brother is born for adversity. Thanks for being with 142 00:08:25,950 --> 00:08:28,970 Speaker 3: us here this week. As a little added bonus, I 143 00:08:29,030 --> 00:08:33,910 Speaker 3: came across a few quotes about teens and growing in adolescence. 144 00:08:34,710 --> 00:08:36,410 Speaker 3: Such an awkward time for all of us, and I 145 00:08:36,730 --> 00:08:37,550 Speaker 3: can remember. 146 00:08:37,270 --> 00:08:39,710 Speaker 1: The craziness of my own days. 147 00:08:39,370 --> 00:08:41,870 Speaker 3: And So if you've got teens in your life, send 148 00:08:41,910 --> 00:08:42,770 Speaker 3: this episode to them. 149 00:08:42,870 --> 00:08:44,370 Speaker 1: Let them know what you think of them. 150 00:08:44,929 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 3: And maybe consider some of these quotes like this one 151 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,660 Speaker 3: from Sophia Bush, who said, Being a teenager is an 152 00:08:50,700 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 3: amazing time and. 153 00:08:52,100 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: A hard time. 154 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,740 Speaker 3: It's when you make your best friends. I have girls 155 00:08:55,780 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 3: who will never leave my heart and I still talk to. 156 00:08:58,910 --> 00:09:00,809 Speaker 3: You get the best and the worst as a teen. 157 00:09:01,050 --> 00:09:06,189 Speaker 3: You have the best friendships and the worst heartbreaks. Virginia 158 00:09:06,370 --> 00:09:11,439 Speaker 3: Satir said, adolescents are not monsters. They are just people 159 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,819 Speaker 3: trying to learn how to make it among the adults 160 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 3: in the world who are probably not so sure of themselves. 161 00:09:17,540 --> 00:09:18,550 Speaker 1: Amen to that, Virginia. 162 00:09:18,750 --> 00:09:21,910 Speaker 3: And of course, I'll have to end with a couple pieces. 163 00:09:21,650 --> 00:09:24,110 Speaker 1: Of humor from humorous Dave Barry. 164 00:09:24,809 --> 00:09:26,770 Speaker 3: To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more 165 00:09:26,809 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 3: embarrassing than a parent. And your modern teenager is not 166 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:35,300 Speaker 3: about to listen to advice from an old person. defined 167 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 3: as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro. 168 00:09:38,860 --> 00:09:42,179 Speaker 3: And so, signing off this week, I'm Sean McAvoy, old person, 169 00:09:42,900 --> 00:09:45,500 Speaker 3: whose teens are now grown and moved out, but are 170 00:09:45,540 --> 00:09:48,420 Speaker 3: doing very well. 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