WEBVTT - For the First Responders

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<v Speaker 1>I Heeart podcasts.

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<v Speaker 2>You can hear more Gold one I four point three podcasts,

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<v Speaker 2>playlist and listen live on the free iHeart app. So,

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<v Speaker 2>like I was saying, we had these Christmas hams, and

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<v Speaker 2>last week it seemed like this would be a nice

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<v Speaker 2>way to say hello. It feels like, you know, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>moving into a new neighborhood and going around all the

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<v Speaker 2>local neighbors saying hello, introducing myself and I've got a

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<v Speaker 2>gift for you before Christmas, okay.

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<v Speaker 1>And so now we had it.

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<v Speaker 2>This week everything changed and it says we're all where

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<v Speaker 2>we can't be doing that, it's not right. But look,

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<v Speaker 2>we've got these Christmas hams. Why do we give them

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<v Speaker 2>to the first responders if they'd like them. So yesterday

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<v Speaker 2>a lovely man on the show called Josh You went

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<v Speaker 2>down to Bondi You went to the first responders to

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<v Speaker 2>see if they wanted these just very small gifts to

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<v Speaker 2>say we see you and thank you for your service.

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<v Speaker 1>So what was that like?

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<v Speaker 3>It was a really special moment and one that I

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<v Speaker 3>didn't know was going to be as special as it was.

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<v Speaker 3>But as I went down to Tema Emma Surf Life

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<v Speaker 3>Saving Club, which is now their sort of main meeting

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<v Speaker 3>point to sort of connect, to do debriefs, and so

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<v Speaker 3>I knew I was kind of going to a main

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<v Speaker 3>point for them, and I didn't even know how to

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<v Speaker 3>enter him. Was it the front door, was it the

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<v Speaker 3>back door? How do you enter a stiff life saving club?

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<v Speaker 1>And do you want to get in the way?

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<v Speaker 2>They're also an act of life saving club and he

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to be an inconvenienced. But we wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>go down and say thank you. I'm not just us

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<v Speaker 2>on the team here, but everyone in Sydney absolutely.

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<v Speaker 3>And I met a gentleman by the name of Ben

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<v Speaker 3>there and he was sort of working out already, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>shirt off, ready to go and jump in the water,

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<v Speaker 3>and he met me with so much warmth and straight

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<v Speaker 3>away he was just taken by the gesture and nothing

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<v Speaker 3>more than just a big thank you. And he told

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<v Speaker 3>me straight away that I needed to speak with a

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<v Speaker 3>couple of other people, and one was a man named Rory,

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<v Speaker 3>who actually on Sunday was there when it was all happening,

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<v Speaker 3>In all the chaos, his first instinct was to actually

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<v Speaker 3>run towards the water and to save people.

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<v Speaker 1>And it truly and this.

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<v Speaker 2>Is because obviously people were trying to find a safe

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<v Speaker 2>refuge in the water.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, people freaking out, not knowing what to do, and

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<v Speaker 3>it just really makes it very very real in that

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<v Speaker 3>moment to hear firsthand just how brave, how incredibly.

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<v Speaker 1>Brave, and the young kids.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah yeah, and to not think of yourself and it's

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<v Speaker 3>just a lovely thing to be able to give them something.

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<v Speaker 3>And yeah, I think even now it's it's just to

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<v Speaker 3>your point there, just being able to say a hello

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<v Speaker 3>to people and really almost just that human element that

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<v Speaker 3>people are there and people are being brave. It's quite

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<v Speaker 3>a special thing to actually hear it firsthand.

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<v Speaker 1>What was it like to go down a bond II.

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<v Speaker 3>It's very silent. It's almost like the air and like

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<v Speaker 3>time is like standing still, like everything's slower down.

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<v Speaker 1>There by sacred ground now, isn't it. Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Unwittingly it has, you know, when you sent me your

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<v Speaker 2>photo of it yesterday, already felt just want to photo

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<v Speaker 2>the silence of it, because actually going to Bond that

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<v Speaker 2>is not a place of silence. Normally, it's a place

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<v Speaker 2>of noise, chaos, laughter, people meeting up, you know, life

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<v Speaker 2>happening there vividly and in all the stuff I've seen.

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<v Speaker 2>It's very very quiet. Obviously, it's just so strikingly different.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, and you know, nobody speaking, but then there is

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<v Speaker 3>sort of communication with the prayers and the loves and

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<v Speaker 3>the foot.

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<v Speaker 2>Is an act of silent respect, isn't it that? Actually

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<v Speaker 2>they don't need the words. The silence is are the words.

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<v Speaker 2>And so you went also to other first responders. You

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<v Speaker 2>went to the police.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, went to Bondo police station and I was wondering

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<v Speaker 3>if they can accept it, like is it in their

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<v Speaker 3>company policy?

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<v Speaker 2>Again, you've been told by the ambulance staff couldn't accept them.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not allowed to accept gifts, which I find extraordinary.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's a real shame.

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<v Speaker 2>So anyway, you went to the police station and how

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<v Speaker 2>are they Yeah, they grabbed those hands off the.

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<v Speaker 1>Fish were the hams.

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<v Speaker 3>They had to get clear and they asked. I spoke

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<v Speaker 3>with a gentleman named Andrew and he goes, I've just

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<v Speaker 3>got to check check with my sergeant. And he went

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<v Speaker 3>away and came back and came back with the biggest smile.

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<v Speaker 1>On his face.

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<v Speaker 2>What else is that sergeant going to say? Standing in

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<v Speaker 2>at ten seconds to make it at the chip? How

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<v Speaker 2>many ams do you reckon, it's gone, follow him, see

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<v Speaker 2>where he goes, go back to his face, get more

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<v Speaker 2>Christmas hands.

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<v Speaker 1>Who doesn't love a Christmas hand? Right, So they chut

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<v Speaker 1>the hams. They did great, they did.

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<v Speaker 3>And then as I was leaving it really it's stopped

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<v Speaker 3>me because I was leaving and there was a whole

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<v Speaker 3>group of girls walking in all holding flowers and they

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<v Speaker 3>were just going to go the desk after me and

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<v Speaker 3>give flowers to the police. Yeah, it's just so lovely

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<v Speaker 3>because it's like those are the kindness and cares that

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<v Speaker 3>you maybe don't see, and to see it in person

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<v Speaker 3>was it was very.

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<v Speaker 1>Special, brilliant, lovely.

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<v Speaker 2>If there's anyone else you think we need to hear

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<v Speaker 2>about or we should be talking to, please let me know.