WEBVTT - MINI: What Are the Chances

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Christian No Common Show podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Sorry little person who actually did go and rubbage and

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<v Speaker 2>in their garage for video cassettes to be told by

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<v Speaker 2>one of our producers. He's moving on now. Email me though,

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<v Speaker 2>Email me, I have an amazing email here. It actually

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<v Speaker 2>came in two days ago, and every time I look

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<v Speaker 2>at it and read it, it kind of blows my mind.

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<v Speaker 2>Got an email from my lista called Phil. He listens

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<v Speaker 2>to the show the podcast in the UK and begins, Hi, Christian,

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<v Speaker 2>strange on this but stranger on this Christian. But my

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<v Speaker 2>car recently broke down and I was fortunate enough that

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<v Speaker 2>it was right outside of your dad's house. Now, you

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<v Speaker 2>need to know that my dad lives in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of nowhere. The nearest sort of little village is about

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen minutes away. If you break down out there, that's

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<v Speaker 2>about the only house.

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<v Speaker 1>For quite a while.

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<v Speaker 2>This guy listens to this show, breaks down the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of nowhere outside my old man's house. Your dad and

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<v Speaker 2>his partner took me in, and then I told them

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<v Speaker 2>that the car was broken down and that my family

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<v Speaker 2>were waiting for me about half an hour away. My

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<v Speaker 2>dad went and picked up my family and brought them back. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>he gave us use of his guarding cold drinks, had

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<v Speaker 2>a very long, extensive chat about the perils of Southampton

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<v Speaker 2>Football Club.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my dad.

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<v Speaker 2>Whilst I was waiting the hour and a half for

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<v Speaker 2>the r A CV to turn up, this guy was

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<v Speaker 2>actually asking for my dad's a dress.

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<v Speaker 1>Who he could just write a little thank you note?

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<v Speaker 1>At what point did he realize it was your dad?

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<v Speaker 2>Because after about because we were talking for so long,

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<v Speaker 2>my dad started to sort of say, oh, and then

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<v Speaker 2>we went to Australia last year, and then go went,

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<v Speaker 2>oh wow, how come he went to Astralia and my

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<v Speaker 2>sunny he moved out there? And he said of what

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<v Speaker 2>does he do for business?

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<v Speaker 1>Radio?

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<v Speaker 2>And then this guy feel because I've emailed about going,

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<v Speaker 2>how did it come up? He goes it was only

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<v Speaker 2>an hour into the conversation he done started going about

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<v Speaker 2>Astralia and it's just a question asked on what did

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<v Speaker 2>your son do for what goes? And he moved out

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<v Speaker 2>there to do a radio show. They thought there can't

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<v Speaker 2>be many English people.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh no, there's only one lose you in those forums.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when it came up.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a pretty amazing cod so yesterday, I ring

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<v Speaker 2>my dad and I go, we just have a chat, right,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know about you.

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<v Speaker 1>Your dad will probably do the same as this, and

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<v Speaker 1>probably yours as well.

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<v Speaker 2>I listened to my dad pratt lot about what he's

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<v Speaker 2>been going up to get doing his guard and stuff

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<v Speaker 2>like this. Twenty minutes the phone call goes on. There's

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<v Speaker 2>no mention of like, oh, by the way, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>he's re tired. Nothing else happens in his life other

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<v Speaker 2>than doing his garden up and stuff like that, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's voluntary litterpic and he does the end of twenty minutes,

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<v Speaker 2>my dad goes, anyway, let's skype at the weekend and

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<v Speaker 2>we'd love to see the grandkids. And I go, wait,

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<v Speaker 2>are you not going to say anything about the fact

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<v Speaker 2>someone broke down outside your house and you took them

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<v Speaker 2>And he goes, oh, yea, yeah, it happened about yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that was last week. And then he goes, anyway, I

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<v Speaker 2>see it somebody. No no, no, no, wait, dad, don't you

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<v Speaker 2>think it's remarkable?

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<v Speaker 1>I know about it? Uh yeah, actually how do you know?

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<v Speaker 1>And the guy emailed me. I said, why ain't you

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<v Speaker 1>gonna mention?

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<v Speaker 2>He goes, no, no, no, no, not not really, but

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<v Speaker 2>you took somebody in. It's such a lovely thing to do, dad.

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<v Speaker 2>I was when I read the emails, like it actually

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<v Speaker 2>made me miss my dad, or like it's such a

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<v Speaker 2>kind thing too. I don't even know if I do that.

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<v Speaker 2>Some wrote down outside You maybe offer, you know, to

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<v Speaker 2>get this out, but I actually invite them in for

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<v Speaker 2>an hour and a half. Anyway, It is a remarkable coincidence,

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<v Speaker 2>isn't it. You break down the middle of nowhere and

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<v Speaker 2>it happens to be outside of the dad's house of

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<v Speaker 2>the guy you listen to his podcast. So we're looking

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<v Speaker 2>for your stories about amazing coincidences. We have done these

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<v Speaker 2>before before you call in. We want great stories about coincidence. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>not marred ones. We want great ones.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm breaking down the middle of nowhere and it's outside

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<v Speaker 1>my dad's house Christian O. Connell's show podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, So we're looking for your stories of coincidences. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>not all stories are great ones to do with coincidence,

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<v Speaker 2>and not like this. I try to call in, but

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<v Speaker 2>the lines are busy. The producers told me to text you.

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<v Speaker 2>I got paired in an online multiplier game of Call

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<v Speaker 2>of Duty with my brother's boss who lives in Port Augusta,

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<v Speaker 2>South Australia and works on the train lines, and I

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<v Speaker 2>live in Melbourne.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a bit of a coincidence, bit of a coincidence.

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<v Speaker 1>It's either it is a coincidence.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh it is, And three times I've read that in

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<v Speaker 2>my mind, going, am I just tired this morning?

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<v Speaker 1>What is the train lines?

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<v Speaker 2>Just to make it more of it, don't I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to unpack it. Maybe people listening going, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I get it's like a dog whistle to us.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure. So not all stories, but this is

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<v Speaker 2>an amazing story. This is it's actually more than a coincidence.

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<v Speaker 2>This is quite a story. There's a lot going on

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<v Speaker 2>this So what are you doing right now? Just take

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<v Speaker 2>a moment to let this story in because it's a

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful one. Actually, Christian, I've got a story about a

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<v Speaker 2>coincidence back in nineteen ninety four. Now, the nineteen ninety

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<v Speaker 2>four is important to remember that back in nineteen ninety four,

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<v Speaker 2>I was riding my motorbike and I was having a

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<v Speaker 2>great day when all of a sudden I found myself

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<v Speaker 2>upside down in a hedge and watching a plume of

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<v Speaker 2>blood gush from my femoral archery. A few seconds later,

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<v Speaker 2>a fellow biker who just happened to be on that

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<v Speaker 2>road jumped onto me and shoved his elbow hard into

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<v Speaker 2>my grain. That stopped the blood and saved my life.

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<v Speaker 2>I would have only had about another minute or two left.

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<v Speaker 2>I was bleeding out. Apparently this man was called Tommy,

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<v Speaker 2>retired Army medic. After a short while, the ambulance arrived. Lucky,

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<v Speaker 2>I was saved. Tom and I became friends, and he

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<v Speaker 2>convinced me that everyone should have medical training, and I

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<v Speaker 2>became a FPOs. That's her first person on scene responder.

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<v Speaker 2>Time moved on, I had a family, moved away, gave

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<v Speaker 2>up the bike and such. Tom and I lost touch.

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<v Speaker 2>This brings us to two thousand and fifteen. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>eleven years later. I'm walking along a river one afternoon

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<v Speaker 2>and I hear screaming. A young girl has fallen in

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<v Speaker 2>and she's gone under. She's in a really bad way.

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<v Speaker 2>I got that she was being pulled out. She wasn't breathing,

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<v Speaker 2>she was blue. I gave CPR, kept her going until

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<v Speaker 2>the real medics arrived. The lovely young lady responded well

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<v Speaker 2>to the adrenaline and shot, and she came back to us.

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<v Speaker 2>Before she left in the ambulance, her grandmother, who was

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<v Speaker 2>there very concerned, asked for my numbers so she could

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<v Speaker 2>let me know how things went. A few weeks later

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<v Speaker 2>I got the call. Marie, who was the little girl,

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<v Speaker 2>made a full recovery, wanted me to come round for

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<v Speaker 2>Tea to say thank you. This is where it gets amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>On arrival at the house, they were big hugs, and

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<v Speaker 2>then I saw a picture on the mantelpiece. It was

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<v Speaker 2>Tom with Marie on his knee, smiling at me. Marie

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<v Speaker 2>was Tom's granddaughter, and if he had not saved my life,

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<v Speaker 2>not badgered me into learning first aid, I would not

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<v Speaker 2>have been able to save his granddaughter. I don't believe

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<v Speaker 2>completely a coincidence, Christian, but I believe this is a

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<v Speaker 2>lovely line here. I believe that what we we sew

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<v Speaker 2>and if we live our lives with love, it will

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<v Speaker 2>be returned to us. Tom passed away in twenty fourteen,

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<v Speaker 2>so win away because of his actions. It was him

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<v Speaker 2>who saved his own granddaughter. Isn't that one of those things?

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<v Speaker 2>It's more than a commenced There's so much in there.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you very much Paul for sharing that. So that's

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<v Speaker 2>a story about coincidence. This is the Christian O'Connell Show

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<v Speaker 2>podcast