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Welcome back to Keep Buggering On.
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In fair warning, everything that you're about to hear is true.
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And this time, some of it might actually make you feel better.
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The power went out.
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Then the backup generator went out.
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So they put on headlamps and kept going.
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September 2024, Cleveland County, North Carolina.
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Hurricane Helene is coming and a team of paramedics is sitting in the dark watching the river.
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Waiting for it to do what a river does.
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Before we get to that river, we have to go to a different one.
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Roanoke, Virginia, 1909.
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The kid on the bank?
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The kid on the bank.
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Julian Stanley Wise, nine years old.
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He's along the Roanoke River and he watches two men go out of a canoe.
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And people come running down to the water.
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And they throw branches.
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That's what they have.
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Branches.
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And the current takes them away.
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Both men drown.
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And what stays with that boy isn't only that they died, is that everyone on that bank wanted to help, and nobody knew how.
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And in May of 1928, he's 28.
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He talks nine of his co-workers into something.
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Railroad guys?
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10 railroad guys.
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They call themselves the Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew.
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And it's widely credited as the first volunteer rescue squad in the country.
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And the first aid kit?
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A fishing tackle box.
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Three dollars.
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Three dollars?
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Poison Ivy wash.
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Ammonia inhalant.
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That's the whole kit.
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No ambulance?
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No ambulance.
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So in 1929, Wise does the most showman thing imaginable.
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He sinks a 250-pound dummy in a pond.
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As you do.
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Calls out his squad and lets the city watch them haul it out.
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And the city buys it.
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Oh, the city agrees to back them on communications.
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And the vehicle donated by a local funeral home.
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Of all businesses, a funeral home?
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A funeral home.
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Handing over the one thing built to keep people out of a funeral home.
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That's a business donating to its own competition.
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Cheerfully cutting in to its own customer base.
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Somebody over there had a sense of humor or conscience.
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Maybe both.
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And I'll be honest, staying out of a funeral home is something that I think about a lot.
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It's a solid plan.
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It's on most of my plan.
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But here's what Wise actually figured out.
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Rescue, first aid, life saving.
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Before him, those were separate things.
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Separate people.
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If there were people at all, he put them in one crew.
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Get to the person.
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Get them out.
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Keep them alive on the way.
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That's the forerunner of what we call EMS today.
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Search and rescue and medicine in the same pair of hands.
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And he said if they saved even one life, it'd be worth it.
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He lived to 85, saw squads like his spread all over Virginia and well beyond.
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That boy on the bank spent the rest of his life making sure the next crowd on the bank wasn't helpless.
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Hold on to that.
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The bank?
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96 years later, Cleveland County, North Carolina, the Broad River ridens right through it.
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And Cleveland County EMS has a special operations team.
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Paramedics, who also do swift water rescue and technical rescue.
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Julian Wise's whole idea, one crew.
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Hours before Helene arrives, they set up an operations center, prep the gear, and watch the flood sensors all night.
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Some of the sensors stop talking to them.
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So they go look.
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They patrol the low-lying areas around the Broad River Basin before anyone has even called.
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That's the part nobody films.
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Driving the low spots in the dark so you know the ground before the ground goes under.
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And then the storm gets serious.
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Power goes out of the operations center.
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Generator kicks on?
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Backup generator fails.
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Of course it does.
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So they switch to secondary generators.
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Chem lights, headlamps.
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Headlamps on.
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Keep working.
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And on that team is a special operations paramedic named Gabe Wilson.
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Gabe's house.
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Gabe's own home took catastrophic damage in that storm.
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And he stayed.
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He stayed with the team.
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I want to sit with that for a second because there's a version of this: any job where you get a pass.
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Nobody on earth blames you for you going home.
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Nobody.
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The Navy taught me something about this.
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The people you remember aren't the ones who never had a reason to leave.
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They're the ones who had every reason and still stayed at their station.
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Most days at work, nobody's testing what you do.
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Then one night the generator fails.
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Your house is a wreck.
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And the answer comes down to just you.
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You either stay or you don't.
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Another paramedic on that team, Sean Elliott, said afterwards, he was glad to be on duty that day.
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Glad.
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Glad to be there with people who wanted to help as badly as he did.
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And when the call came, everyone was ready.
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That's dedication, not the mission statement on the wall.
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It's who's still there when the lights are out.
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Then the call comes.
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The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office needs help.
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An area along the Broad River is flooding fast, and there are people in it.
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And just getting there is its own rescue.
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Down trees, power lines down.
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They work their way through all of it.
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And they put the Swift Water Team in action.
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Seven adults, three kids, and two dogs.
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The county release calls on two canines, which I appreciate.
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Very official.
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Every one of them out.
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Twelve, if you count the dogs.
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We definitely count the dogs.
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We always count the dogs.
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Huzzah.
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And then they cleared the roads and brought people food.
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Here's what really gets me.
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When Gabe talked about it afterwards, he didn't talk about his house.
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He barely talked about himself.
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He talked about Asheville, about what people up there were doing for each other.
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His words.
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His house is wrecked, and what he wanted to talk about was everybody else.
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You hear a lot right now about how nobody shows up for anybody anymore.
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Constantly.
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Remember the kid on the bank?
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Yeah.
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96 years later, nobody in Cleveland County had to stand on the bank throwing branches.
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They had the training, the gear, the crew.
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Julian Wise built that.
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Not every rescue makes the news.
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Some just make room for one more.
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Head lamps on.
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When the power's out and the backups out and your own house is a mess, you put the light on your head and you keep working.
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KBO recognize it as worth wearing.
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Wear the mindset.
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www.kbo standardsupply.com.
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Before we go, we need a minute.
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There's something we think it's important to put out there.
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And this one's personal.
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Julian Weiss spent his life on one idea.
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Nobody should be helpless on the bank.
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But sometimes the emergency isn't a river.
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Sometimes it's behind a closed door.
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And the person inside has been told it's their fault.
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Someone we love has been hurt by a partner.
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And we're not going to share that story with you.
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It isn't ours to tell.
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But we will tell you what we learned.
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We're talking about domestic violence.
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So if you see it, say something.
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Call, report, show up.
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They might hate you for it.
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Take the hit.
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You can survive being hated.
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Some people don't survive what you're trying to stop.
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And if you're the one living it, it's not your fault.
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Not the hitting, not the yelling, not the voice telling you you're worthless.
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You did not cause it.
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You do not have to carry it.
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And you do not have to accept it.
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To everyone who loves someone in it, just keep the door open.
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Even when they slam it shut on you.
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Especially then.
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The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-7233.
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You can text start to 8878 or go to thehotline.org.
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It's free and it's there 24-7.
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You know, that night there wasn't any sky to check.
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Just rain and dart.
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So they looked down at the water, at the people in it.
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Turn on the headlamp and went.
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Do that for each other, not just in emergencies, but every day.
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Believe in each other and believe in yourself.
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Until next time, take care, my friends.
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Welcome back to Keep Buggering On.
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In fair warning, everything that you're about to hear is true.
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And this time, some of it might actually make you feel better.
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The power went out.
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Then the backup generator went out.
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So they put on headlamps and kept going.
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September 2024, Cleveland County, North Carolina.
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Hurricane Helene is coming and a team of paramedics is sitting in the dark watching the river.
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Waiting for it to do what a river does.
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Before we get to that river, we have to go to a different one.
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Roanoke, Virginia, 1909.
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The kid on the bank?
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The kid on the bank.
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Julian Stanley Wise, nine years old.
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He's along the Roanoke River and he watches two men go out of a canoe.
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And people come running down to the water.
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And they throw branches.
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That's what they have.
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Branches.
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And the current takes them away.
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Both men drown.
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And what stays with that boy isn't only that they died, is that everyone on that bank wanted to help, and nobody knew how.
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And in May of 1928, he's 28.
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He talks nine of his co-workers into something.
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Railroad guys?
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10 railroad guys.
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They call themselves the Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew.
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And it's widely credited as the first volunteer rescue squad in the country.
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And the first aid kit?
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A fishing tackle box.
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Three dollars.
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Three dollars?
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Poison Ivy wash.
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Ammonia inhalant.
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That's the whole kit.
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No ambulance?
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No ambulance.
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So in 1929, Wise does the most showman thing imaginable.
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He sinks a 250-pound dummy in a pond.
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As you do.
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Calls out his squad and lets the city watch them haul it out.
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And the city buys it.
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Oh, the city agrees to back them on communications.
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And the vehicle donated by a local funeral home.
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Of all businesses, a funeral home?
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A funeral home.
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Handing over the one thing built to keep people out of a funeral home.
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That's a business donating to its own competition.
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Cheerfully cutting in to its own customer base.
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Somebody over there had a sense of humor or conscience.
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Maybe both.
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And I'll be honest, staying out of a funeral home is something that I think about a lot.
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It's a solid plan.
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It's on most of my plan.
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But here's what Wise actually figured out.
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Rescue, first aid, life saving.
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Before him, those were separate things.
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Separate people.
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If there were people at all, he put them in one crew.
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Get to the person.
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Get them out.
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Keep them alive on the way.
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That's the forerunner of what we call EMS today.
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Search and rescue and medicine in the same pair of hands.
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And he said if they saved even one life, it'd be worth it.
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He lived to 85, saw squads like his spread all over Virginia and well beyond.
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That boy on the bank spent the rest of his life making sure the next crowd on the bank wasn't helpless.
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Hold on to that.
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The bank?
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96 years later, Cleveland County, North Carolina, the Broad River ridens right through it.
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And Cleveland County EMS has a special operations team.
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Paramedics, who also do swift water rescue and technical rescue.
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Julian Wise's whole idea, one crew.
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Hours before Helene arrives, they set up an operations center, prep the gear, and watch the flood sensors all night.
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Some of the sensors stop talking to them.
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So they go look.
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They patrol the low-lying areas around the Broad River Basin before anyone has even called.
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That's the part nobody films.
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Driving the low spots in the dark so you know the ground before the ground goes under.
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And then the storm gets serious.
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Power goes out of the operations center.
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Generator kicks on?
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Backup generator fails.
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Of course it does.
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So they switch to secondary generators.
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Chem lights, headlamps.
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Headlamps on.
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Keep working.
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And on that team is a special operations paramedic named Gabe Wilson.
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Gabe's house.
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Gabe's own home took catastrophic damage in that storm.
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And he stayed.
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He stayed with the team.
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I want to sit with that for a second because there's a version of this: any job where you get a pass.
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Nobody on earth blames you for you going home.
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Nobody.
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The Navy taught me something about this.
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The people you remember aren't the ones who never had a reason to leave.
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They're the ones who had every reason and still stayed at their station.
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Most days at work, nobody's testing what you do.
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Then one night the generator fails.
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Your house is a wreck.
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And the answer comes down to just you.
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You either stay or you don't.
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Another paramedic on that team, Sean Elliott, said afterwards, he was glad to be on duty that day.
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Glad.
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Glad to be there with people who wanted to help as badly as he did.
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And when the call came, everyone was ready.
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That's dedication, not the mission statement on the wall.
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It's who's still there when the lights are out.
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Then the call comes.
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The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office needs help.
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An area along the Broad River is flooding fast, and there are people in it.
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And just getting there is its own rescue.
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Down trees, power lines down.
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They work their way through all of it.
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And they put the Swift Water Team in action.
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Seven adults, three kids, and two dogs.
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The county release calls on two canines, which I appreciate.
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Very official.
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Every one of them out.
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Twelve, if you count the dogs.
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We definitely count the dogs.
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We always count the dogs.
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Huzzah.
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And then they cleared the roads and brought people food.
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Here's what really gets me.
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When Gabe talked about it afterwards, he didn't talk about his house.
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He barely talked about himself.
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He talked about Asheville, about what people up there were doing for each other.
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His words.
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His house is wrecked, and what he wanted to talk about was everybody else.
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You hear a lot right now about how nobody shows up for anybody anymore.
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Constantly.
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Remember the kid on the bank?
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Yeah.
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96 years later, nobody in Cleveland County had to stand on the bank throwing branches.
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They had the training, the gear, the crew.
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Julian Wise built that.
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Not every rescue makes the news.
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Some just make room for one more.
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Head lamps on.
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When the power's out and the backups out and your own house is a mess, you put the light on your head and you keep working.
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KBO recognize it as worth wearing.
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Wear the mindset.
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www.kbo standardsupply.com.
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Before we go, we need a minute.
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There's something we think it's important to put out there.
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And this one's personal.
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Julian Weiss spent his life on one idea.
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Nobody should be helpless on the bank.
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But sometimes the emergency isn't a river.
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Sometimes it's behind a closed door.
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And the person inside has been told it's their fault.
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Someone we love has been hurt by a partner.
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And we're not going to share that story with you.
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It isn't ours to tell.
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But we will tell you what we learned.
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We're talking about domestic violence.
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So if you see it, say something.
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Call, report, show up.
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They might hate you for it.
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Take the hit.
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You can survive being hated.
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Some people don't survive what you're trying to stop.
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And if you're the one living it, it's not your fault.
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Not the hitting, not the yelling, not the voice telling you you're worthless.
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You did not cause it.
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You do not have to carry it.
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And you do not have to accept it.
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To everyone who loves someone in it, just keep the door open.
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Even when they slam it shut on you.
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Especially then.
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The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-7233.
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You can text start to 8878 or go to thehotline.org.
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It's free and it's there 24-7.
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You know, that night there wasn't any sky to check.
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Just rain and dart.
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So they looked down at the water, at the people in it.
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Turn on the headlamp and went.
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Do that for each other, not just in emergencies, but every day.
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Believe in each other and believe in yourself.
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Until next time, take care, my friends.
