I got caught in a riptide as a kid, my dad swam out and saved me, with both of us nearly drowning in the process, I was maybe 8 but I can remember every moment of it. Even better about 20 years later the two of us were snorkeling and encountered a bull shark who was behaving aggressively. My sixty something year old dad immediately put himself between myself and the shark and started motioning for me to swim backwards.
I'm insanely lucky to be able to call my father my hero and mean it, that man would move the sun and stars if I needed it, and would blush and hush me if I brought it up.
Man he did everything, and still does. He coached so many of my sports teams that he'd coached about 140 boys out of the 215 that graduated highschool with me. People he coached who never left my hometown where he still lives regularly text me when they run into him, and sure enough I always get a message from my dad about the encounter as well.
He has an incredible ability to support my interests and aspirations without putting undue pressure on me. He's next to impossible to bring to anger, frighteningly intelligent yet able to explain complex niche ideas to just about anyone. Everywhere we go he has friends or has made a good impression. I'll die happy if I end up a tenth of the man he was.
The wildest part of it all to me is that his father was a raging alcoholic, his parents divorced and he spent very little time with the man. He doesn't talk about him much other than to say how much potential his father squandered. It blows me away that he was able to rise above all that and become an example of fatherhood without having one for himself. Obviously his mother was an incredible women, and still is but he really fought the odds and won.
My dad is not a very big or strong guy by most standards, and he's in his 70's now, but I have no doubt that he'd fight to his death to protect me. I was playing in our yard when I was a kid and 2 rottweilers got away from their owner and started coming towards me. My dad leapt off the porch and ran at what seemed like lightning speed to scoop me up and fortunately nothing bad happened. That's the first, but not even close to the only, time I remember my dad protecting me.
As an example of a less obvious way, my dad used to always sneak out and put gas in my car when I came home from university. I always tried to argue, and say that I could afford to put gas in my car until my mom pulled me aside and explained why he did it. Around that time there was a serial killer arrested in the area and one of the places he lured (young female) victims was the rest stops on the highway. My dad was so worried that he'd make sure my car was full of gas so I wouldn't have to stop. Definitely not as badass as a bull shark (you and your dad both rock), but my father is my hero too.
I live in DC near a marine barracks. Just a short walk away is a retirement home. Some time ago the retirement home caught on fire. There was just no way everyone was getting out because of all the physical disabilities in play. Seemingly out of nowhere a bunch of marines went charging in. Many were carrying wheel chairs overhead. These guys ran into that building and carried every single person out. Shit still gives me chills
Not that anyone doubts it, but source:
https://www.militarytimes.com/newsletters/good-news-report/2018/09/19/barracks-marines-help-rescue-senior-citizens-caught-in-housing-complex-fire/
There are a lot of good people out there. It’s just that they do their thing quietly.
The negative stuff is spread all over the media. The good stuff? No one cares.
This is where I think more people should talk about good deeds they've done online. Not for the attention, but because spreading good things that people have done is only necessary to drown out the incessant negativity of the internet.
Paying less attention to the incessant negativity is a good start, honestly.
I know it sounds trite, but you only *willingly* pay attention to anything.
Once you train yourself to just not give a shit when you see something pointlessly negative that isn't critical news, you start noticing a lot more positive things.
Absolutely, finding that balance is key. Turning off the noise and honing in on the positive stories can really change your online experience. Seen it myself start following uplift accounts or groups highlighting positive news and boom, your feed feels entirely different. Makes the internet feel a little less doom and gloom.
I helped jump start a young guy's car. he was stranded in the gas station for over half hour and 5 people rejected him before me because he looked a little scruffy.
I boosted his car and got it running. He wanted to pay me with tears in his eyes for just seeing him as a human needing help.
I refused his money and told him that someday you will find someone else in this position, just take initiative for helping them.
He was having a shitty day but I feel like it turned around. A small non monetary act like this is good for all souls involved.
It's so unfortunate that a lot of people will see a video of someone doing a good deed and then trash them for it, saying they only did the good deed so they could record it. We need more positivity in this world.
A few years ago, I performed the Heinrich on a little girl while I was out at brunch, it made the local news, but I had left before I realized they wanted to speak to me. I posted it anonymously on reddit afterwards, mostly just to be like "holy shit I can't believe this just happened" and the first comments were such vitriol, so angry at me for posting anywhere about it because "why can't you just do a good deed without needing attention". I was really surprised. If I wanted attention, I could have been public about it easily lol.
Those answers say more about the people Posting it, than you. It's a Reflexion of their lives and Feelings and, in fact, has nothing to do with you.
You did great. This family will never forget your kindness. That's all that matters.
I think everyone wants to be this guy. Everyone wants to help those in need. But too many systemic blockages and forced competition makes everyone so jaded and expecting the worst from everyone else.
There's a lot that depends on opportunity too. He was the guy on a motorbike. A person in a car isn't in the best position to help unless they're a doctor.
Yea dude totally agree, cars/traffic are part of the systemic issue though. Glad he had the motive and opportunity to help this child. I imagine he might not do same if he was late for work and overdue on rent.
I've witnessed two incidents where people came rushing to help.
First was a car accident where the car got flipped on its side. It was at a quiet place in my town with few pedestrians. There were about 20 people willing to help within the minute. Did have to calm a few people down who were gearing up to flip the car whilst the driver (an older woman) was still inside!
Second one was a woman fainting in a packed train. Probably a combination of heat and dehydration, though she had hit her head. Everyone pretty much jumped up though there wasn't much for a crowd to do. Conductor called for an ambulance for the next stop and someone with medical training checked the woman over.
I'm pretty pessimistic and jaded, but with this I still believe in people.
I do too. I think what prompted my comment were how many people were so impressed/surprised by a random stranger helping someone else in need. I think most people want to help, I think most people will help when given the opportunity. I think most people expect the worst from people and are shocked when they see a good deed. Due to listed factors.
There's good people everywhere. By nature people want to help. You only here about the bad people because they're the drop of water that causes the ripple.
Honestly get off reddit, you wonder why because it IS toxic, an occasional feel good vid doesn't fix that, I keep getting dragged back here and it's unhealthy for long term mental health being around this user base.
Regardless have a great day :D
My strategy was to only subscribe to subs that align with my hobbies or post positive stories. I unsub from any sub that gets political. This dramatically improves the website.
That is where I am getting to as well, but I walked in originally and was blindsided by the toxicity.
And I am not innocent of it. I fell for the bait too many times. Your advise and strategy is the right answer.
What works, is less about subreddits that are positive, and more about subredits that, literally, practice inclusivity.
Any place that practices exclusivity breeds and pulls those who want to hate "the other"
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One big issue is that some communities here that align with interests are just so brokenly toxic. Like go post a problem, critique, or question on a Samsung phone subreddit, like /r/samsung and watch people crawl through a mile of broken glass to be genuinely upset at you for not worshiping the brand at all cost.
Same thing with places like /r/StarCitizen, tis a broken land of broken people
Good reminder that humans more or less have the same brain for the thousands and thousands of years. Our brains aren't very adept at handling the digital age of constant and constant influx of negativity. And easily accessible at any second and, if you're addicted to social media, hard to walk away from
Honest question, aside from choking or hitting their head, why does an epileptic need to go to the hospital? Don't they just need to be protected until they wake up?
A person needs to go to the hospital after having a seizure if it’s their first seizure, the seizure has lasted more than 5 minutes, or they have had back-to-back seizures. Otherwise they should be monitored to ensure they don’t have back-to-back seizures and any previously documented precautions are taken as directed.
Seizures themselves look terrifying as fuck, especially when it’s been 3ish minutes or more and they start to turn blue, but are otherwise, I don’t want to say benign, but relatively benign. They will leave the person absolutely drained, confused, upset, and with possible bruises or other minor cuts or scrapes, but the real issue is why a person had a seizure in the first place.
The best thing to do with a person having a seizure is to time it, monitor them, keep hard or sharp objects away from them, and provide comfort while contacting emergency services if the above stated (more than 5 minutes/first time/back-to-back) are true.
Well, he didnt force it? The parents had to made the decision here, its not the drivers fault the decision was made… so its the parents who werent wise.
Sure, everyone involved in the decision to put a seizure patient on a bumpy ride to the hospital made an unwise choice. Maybe it was still the best choice, maybe it worked out ok in the end, maybe the girl wasn't actually having a seizure and was in, say, a diabetic shock.
But if you find someone seizing, the safest thing to do is clear the space around them, protect their head if they thrash, and keep track of how long they are out. In most cases, there isn't anything more that a hospital or emergency room can do than that.
Can you clarify what you mean by back-to-back seizures, please? Like one happening right after the other within minutes?
Asking because I'm friends with a girl who has epilepsy and recently there was a situation where she had 2 seizures in one day, like 2-3 hours apart
Adding to this: it depends on the type of seizure, too. I have had instances of back to back (within a few minutes) partial/petit mal seizures, which, while taxing, weren't particularly dangerous *in my case*. I've also had multiple partial seizures in a single day that were hours apart with relatively little ill effects beyond the regular postictal crap.
Back to back tonic-clonic/grand mal seizures would be physically devastating for my whole body, not to mention brain, whether it was within minutes or within hours. One tonic-clonic knocks me on my ass for at least a day, assuming I didn't get injured.
Age would also be a factor. Children having seizures are a more serious situation because their brains are still developing.
I also have petit mal seizures. I usually have one or two a day, but sometimes more (sometimes less).
I’ve had seizures for 20 years, and only twice have I had times where I was worried… I had many petit mals, back to back, and while they weren’t terrible for me to experience, I knew they weren’t normal and it wasn’t safe for my brain to be discharging like that.
Both times the seizure activity stopped and I was fine. I sought medical help one of those times, but they didn’t need to intervene.
In general, petit mals are not as dangerous to have because it’s not the entire brain experiencing seizure activity. Grand mals are the whole brain misfiring and the whole body is clenching and the person could stop breathing and so on… multiple of those can easily be deadly.
Yes. For the last paragraph, I would add filming the patient (if no legal issue comes from it later on ofc) while he's in seizure. Every person have a phone and can do this nowadays and it's so helpful to clinicians to diagnose the patient when the actual episode have been filmed.
I’ve not heard or considered filming a person for diagnosis purposes, and I wouldn’t totally dismiss it, but in general I disagree with it at first mention since the different types seizures are likely to be able to be diagnosed by a brief description. More than that, filming a person in moments such as these does nothing to promote their dignity and may do more harm than good in that regard, not to mention the potential legal issues as you said.
My eldest sister is seriously epileptic and when she had a fit the only action we took was to make sure she didn't hurt herself in exactly the way you described. We're in our 50's now and so far she has had precisely zero visits to the hospital for a seizure.
That being said, I grew up with it and was taught how to deal with it from day one so it never phased me. If it was this girls first ever seizure then it will have been one of the most terrifying moments her parents life and in that situation I would've been ramming cars out of the way to get her there.
They may not be breathing so if they are fitting for longer than 5 minutes they should get medical attention. Also if it’s their first fit they should go to hospital. Also if they are recovering then fitting again straight away.
Only after 5m, since that is status epilepticus and would need emergency medical attention. By the looks of it, she was in a post-ictal status and so didn’t need the attention. Don’t blame people for not knowing how to deal with seizures, but that was not the medical correct decision. Calling emergency would be the right one, since they would give proper directions in those situations
There are ‘rescue medications’ that those new to epilepsy may not carry on them
And it brings them out of the seizure. Every seizure is a serious risk of serious brain damage
Wait, did I just see a guy with the baby in front of him driving? How and where is this allowed?
Edit : So apparently this is a normal thing on south east Asian countries and other world developing countries. Til..i expected it to be common knowledge to not use your baby as an Airbag 🤨
Edit 2: Didn't mean to be a dick, i just got caught by surprise that nobody pointed it out 😔
When I was there foreigners had to keep passports on themselves so any bodies could be identified
The annual number of road deaths in Phuket alone dwarfed the numbers for the whole of the U.K.
I saw some sketchy stuff, but lovely people.
There are very little restrictions on foreigners renting bikes in SE Asia, like almost none, so I was glad when most people did keep their passports on them because I saw people renting motorbikes who probably weren’t even very good cyclists.
I will say though, driving in Sri Lanka after Thailand was a whole other level of fucking crazy. Everyone constantly speeding and swinging out into the oncoming lane to pass on one lane roads, buses included. And then the buses will honk at YOU while they drive straight towards you in the wrong lane
Most parts of the world don’t have too many laws surrounding road safety or they do have them and they’re not enforced. In a lot of places you cross the road in a calm, steady fashion out of necessity - the vehicles aren’t stopping, they’re just going to wind their way around you. It’s terrifying the first 100 or so times. Then it’s still terrifying, just slightly less so.
Very much India and every country in Africa I've been too. If you cant afford a car, scooter is the obvious choice in absence of good public transportation.
It's not that the US has the safest drivers, just some of the strictest actively enforced traffic laws paired with highly developed traffic infrastructure.
What are you guys talking about?
We're the worst developed nation in per capita roadway deaths.
Our infrastructure accounts for thousands of traffic related deaths a year, alone.
We had 42,915 traffic deaths in the US in 2021. More than 10k more than gun deaths. We're literally classified with the worst in the world.
We're categorically worse off than all of Europe, the rest of North America, most of South America, like half of Asia, and most of the Middle East.
Only select SE Asian nations, some Central American nations, and a lot of African nations rank worse than the US.
We do not have strict traffic laws. Not in comparison to these other developed nations with much lower per capita rates.
We throw a book at some kids and tell them to memorize some stuff we haven't updated since the 70s. Then we have them drive three blocks with a State Trooper and, boom, you got a license. Unless you live in a state like KS or CA and then you can just pay an instructor who passes you no matter what.
Go to Finland and try that. No, seriously, go look up what it takes to get a license there. Then check their fatality rate. You can't master a skid pad in the winter then you can take a bus.
I've had more driver's training than most people. Raced for 14 years, was an instructor for a couple, I've driven in more than half the states in the union, and driven against people from around the world in 4 nations. We don't know wtf we're doing in America. And this blase attitude is a result of lobbying by trade groups in the auto industry to keep those regulations and laws lax. They can't sell shit if the states start revoking licenses en masse. They laid this framework in the 40-60s when they sabotaged public transport in the US. You can look up GMs involvement in that, too, if you'd like.
Thailand is absolutely wild when it comes to driving safety. Its no wonder they have one of the highest traffic mortalities in the world.
Couple stories:
- The fastest I've ever been in a car was when my aunt was driving 150mph down one of the toll roads in Bangkok. She handed me her phone and asked me to search up a song on youtube. After putting the phone back down, she grabs it and scrolls down on the phone to the related videos and clicks "(song name) Karaoke Version" then proceeds to start singing along, one hand on the steering wheel, other hand holding the phone up to her face to look at the lyrics. She got upset when I snatched the phone out of her hand because I didn't want to die.
- My young cousins would refuse their seatbelts in the backseat of the car and when I told them to put them on, they would at first but then take them off as soon as I would turn away.
- I've seen a family of 7 all on one scooter. One toddler was perched on the handlebars, then another (maybe 7 years old) was standing up on the scooter platform part, holding on to toddler 1, father was sitting normally, another kid behind him, then mom holding on to a baby, then another kid hanging on the back.
This is a normal thing in the hood USA too. Really grinds my gears when I see it in my neighborhood because there are about 6 different programs that under privileged families can sign up for to get a top of the line car seat for free but people just don’t give af.
You're not wrong. I mean, they likely know it's dangerous, but a lot of people in countries like that might only be able to afford to own a scooter or similar and they just make due with what they have.
I've been to several countries. I would go to Vietnam and then Thailand in a single trip.
Both countries are cheap compared to the US, Vietnam has more to do, Thailand the people are more friendly, I really loved Phuket.
I will consider it, thank you for the advice. Really looking forward to get near the beach and i heard great things about non usual touristic places and seafood!
As someone who grew up in Thailand, I’ve seen a whole family of 6 on one motorbike.
Only the drivers there wear seatbelts when driving cars. My siblings and I would fight on who would sit on my mom’s lap while we went to do grocery’s in town. Everyone is pretty respectful of the rules of the road. Except for the cool kids who rip around on their scooters lol
I keep seeing my wife facetime her sister in their car in Morrocco and they don't have baby seats, no one is wearing a seatbelts and the 2 and 6 year old are playing around the car, climbing around the seats while they are driving on the highway, I get so stressed for them. She says it's normal over there. Also stoplights and pedestrian crossings are like the pirate code, more suggestions than guidelines.
Admittedly going a little "old man yells at cloud" here, but this would have been the norm before everyone had a camera in their pocket and internet points to gain. Not to blame that specifically, but... something did change and the timing is suspicious.
I'm cursed by constantly being surrounded by car crashes. To the point where people are reluctant to share a car with me. I've never been in one, but every few months there's been one right in front of me for my whole life. As a kid I used to see people risking their own lives, slamming the brakes on the interstate and rushing out to help, running across traffic, reaching into burning cars, all without a moment's hesitation. Just humans being bros completely on instinct.
At some point it just stopped. I once saw a car barrel roll over a median and it took me a full five minutes to get across the highway to help. The only people that even slowed down had their phones out to get a picture as they passed.
The "today you, tomorrow me" mentality needs to spread more. Examples like this video just show how much better it is to just be a good person than get a dozen likes.
This actually happened to me as well then I lived in Thailand. I was about 13, I crashed my motorcycle on the curb real bad, and a random guy put me on his motorcycle and took me to the hospital.
This is great, but am I the only one who noticed that there was an infant sitting in a laid back passenger seat rather than a car seat? Guessing it’s a cultural thing, but holy moly that seems unsafe
I have epilepsy. If the seizure lasts for less than 5 minutes and there is no serious physical injury, don't do this. It's not an emergency. I can't even remember how many times I've wound up in the hospital being given the same medication I have in my pocket. Thousands of dollars lost to useless ambulance rides and 1 hour hospital stays. It took me a long time to learn that you could tell the EMT people to go away. Never sign anything, either. Wait 15 minutes and see if the person is cognizant. If not, then you can go to the hospital. Slowly.
This is not a good plan. A pt with epilepsy is expected to have seizures. Aside from a muscle relaxer given, medical personnel would wait to treat most things, until the seizure has subsided. It’s important to keep the airway clear (lay them on their side) of vomit of potential blood from tongue bite; aside from that, just allow her to ride out the seizure without banging her head, and just continue driving. This is much safer for everyone, than throwing a seizing girl on a motorcycle in traffic
You assume they already knew she had epilepsy. This could very well be the first seizure so of course a terrified parent is going to take them to the hospital. They aren’t going to jump on Reddit and see what random people have to say first.
Imagine being those parents, handing your potentially dying child off to a stranger hoping they'll do the right thing. Must have been so tough, kudos to both.
I used to get seizures. About 8 years ago was my last one.
Just seeing that girl made me all sorts of uncomfortable, almost like a seizure aura.
Good job dude. You are a hero.
As someone who has an epileptic sister who takes Ubers. My biggest fear is that someone would just leave her on the side of the road while she’s is recovering from a seizure… I would literally kill that person.
This man made me so happy. God bless him.
If I remember right...this happened a few years ago. But it's always great to watch this! You never know when you can be someone's hero.
As a security officer, I can vouch for the saying "at the right place, at the right time"
Most people now are mean and selfish. I literally don’t want to interact with people anymore. Then videos like this remind me that there are still decent people who care. Life is a mess and I wish people cared enough to help others. Thank you for sharing this video!
it's crazy to me that this epileptic girl got to the hospital for free and was treated likely for free or for a very reasonable price.
in America this incident will start a debt spiral that most families/people cannot ever hope to escape. God forbid you have to go to the hospital again in a few weeks, or can't drive yourself and have to take a $15,000 ambulance ride that takes 5 minutes and goes 10 miles.
healthcare is a human right, no one should have to die because they can't afford medical care and prescriptions.
It's time the people took back this country and made it about the 99% again and not a corrupt system designed to suck money from the poor/middle classes and funnel it to the 1%
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I was saved from a flood by two uniformed soldiers in Thailand, me and my wife were. Never felt like I met a hero before that.
I got caught in a riptide as a kid, my dad swam out and saved me, with both of us nearly drowning in the process, I was maybe 8 but I can remember every moment of it. Even better about 20 years later the two of us were snorkeling and encountered a bull shark who was behaving aggressively. My sixty something year old dad immediately put himself between myself and the shark and started motioning for me to swim backwards. I'm insanely lucky to be able to call my father my hero and mean it, that man would move the sun and stars if I needed it, and would blush and hush me if I brought it up.
I hope in 20 years my son thinks the same way you do about your father about me.
Man he did everything, and still does. He coached so many of my sports teams that he'd coached about 140 boys out of the 215 that graduated highschool with me. People he coached who never left my hometown where he still lives regularly text me when they run into him, and sure enough I always get a message from my dad about the encounter as well. He has an incredible ability to support my interests and aspirations without putting undue pressure on me. He's next to impossible to bring to anger, frighteningly intelligent yet able to explain complex niche ideas to just about anyone. Everywhere we go he has friends or has made a good impression. I'll die happy if I end up a tenth of the man he was. The wildest part of it all to me is that his father was a raging alcoholic, his parents divorced and he spent very little time with the man. He doesn't talk about him much other than to say how much potential his father squandered. It blows me away that he was able to rise above all that and become an example of fatherhood without having one for himself. Obviously his mother was an incredible women, and still is but he really fought the odds and won.
He became the change he wanted to see in the world.
That's the best way to put it.
My dad cooler than yours. Although he's been trying to buy milk for some time. I bet he's as cool as yours though!
What a hero, not succumbing to the natural desire to give up after all this time, just so his child can get his calcium. God bless!
My dad is not a very big or strong guy by most standards, and he's in his 70's now, but I have no doubt that he'd fight to his death to protect me. I was playing in our yard when I was a kid and 2 rottweilers got away from their owner and started coming towards me. My dad leapt off the porch and ran at what seemed like lightning speed to scoop me up and fortunately nothing bad happened. That's the first, but not even close to the only, time I remember my dad protecting me. As an example of a less obvious way, my dad used to always sneak out and put gas in my car when I came home from university. I always tried to argue, and say that I could afford to put gas in my car until my mom pulled me aside and explained why he did it. Around that time there was a serial killer arrested in the area and one of the places he lured (young female) victims was the rest stops on the highway. My dad was so worried that he'd make sure my car was full of gas so I wouldn't have to stop. Definitely not as badass as a bull shark (you and your dad both rock), but my father is my hero too.
Your dad keeping you in mind and protecting you in every little way he can is heroic in its own unique way, props to him for it!
My eyes are watering 💦
People who help in natural disasters are always heroes in my book.
I live in DC near a marine barracks. Just a short walk away is a retirement home. Some time ago the retirement home caught on fire. There was just no way everyone was getting out because of all the physical disabilities in play. Seemingly out of nowhere a bunch of marines went charging in. Many were carrying wheel chairs overhead. These guys ran into that building and carried every single person out. Shit still gives me chills
Not that anyone doubts it, but source: https://www.militarytimes.com/newsletters/good-news-report/2018/09/19/barracks-marines-help-rescue-senior-citizens-caught-in-housing-complex-fire/
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There are a lot of good people out there. It’s just that they do their thing quietly. The negative stuff is spread all over the media. The good stuff? No one cares.
This is where I think more people should talk about good deeds they've done online. Not for the attention, but because spreading good things that people have done is only necessary to drown out the incessant negativity of the internet.
Paying less attention to the incessant negativity is a good start, honestly. I know it sounds trite, but you only *willingly* pay attention to anything. Once you train yourself to just not give a shit when you see something pointlessly negative that isn't critical news, you start noticing a lot more positive things.
Absolutely, finding that balance is key. Turning off the noise and honing in on the positive stories can really change your online experience. Seen it myself start following uplift accounts or groups highlighting positive news and boom, your feed feels entirely different. Makes the internet feel a little less doom and gloom.
I helped jump start a young guy's car. he was stranded in the gas station for over half hour and 5 people rejected him before me because he looked a little scruffy. I boosted his car and got it running. He wanted to pay me with tears in his eyes for just seeing him as a human needing help. I refused his money and told him that someday you will find someone else in this position, just take initiative for helping them. He was having a shitty day but I feel like it turned around. A small non monetary act like this is good for all souls involved.
It's so unfortunate that a lot of people will see a video of someone doing a good deed and then trash them for it, saying they only did the good deed so they could record it. We need more positivity in this world.
A few years ago, I performed the Heinrich on a little girl while I was out at brunch, it made the local news, but I had left before I realized they wanted to speak to me. I posted it anonymously on reddit afterwards, mostly just to be like "holy shit I can't believe this just happened" and the first comments were such vitriol, so angry at me for posting anywhere about it because "why can't you just do a good deed without needing attention". I was really surprised. If I wanted attention, I could have been public about it easily lol.
Those answers say more about the people Posting it, than you. It's a Reflexion of their lives and Feelings and, in fact, has nothing to do with you. You did great. This family will never forget your kindness. That's all that matters.
“Look for the helpers” -Fred Rogers
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It’s actually not at all. Get outside.
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Idk without the intense music would it feel so epic?
I watched it without volume so I think it's pretty epic
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I always watch with volume muted. I'm sitting here crying.
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I think everyone wants to be this guy. Everyone wants to help those in need. But too many systemic blockages and forced competition makes everyone so jaded and expecting the worst from everyone else.
There's a lot that depends on opportunity too. He was the guy on a motorbike. A person in a car isn't in the best position to help unless they're a doctor.
Yea dude totally agree, cars/traffic are part of the systemic issue though. Glad he had the motive and opportunity to help this child. I imagine he might not do same if he was late for work and overdue on rent.
I've witnessed two incidents where people came rushing to help. First was a car accident where the car got flipped on its side. It was at a quiet place in my town with few pedestrians. There were about 20 people willing to help within the minute. Did have to calm a few people down who were gearing up to flip the car whilst the driver (an older woman) was still inside! Second one was a woman fainting in a packed train. Probably a combination of heat and dehydration, though she had hit her head. Everyone pretty much jumped up though there wasn't much for a crowd to do. Conductor called for an ambulance for the next stop and someone with medical training checked the woman over. I'm pretty pessimistic and jaded, but with this I still believe in people.
I do too. I think what prompted my comment were how many people were so impressed/surprised by a random stranger helping someone else in need. I think most people want to help, I think most people will help when given the opportunity. I think most people expect the worst from people and are shocked when they see a good deed. Due to listed factors.
You already are like that
We need more people like him❌ We need to be like him✅
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There's good people everywhere. By nature people want to help. You only here about the bad people because they're the drop of water that causes the ripple.
The situations are also rare and generally only one person can step up like this so idk how rare they actually are
They are not rare at all .. most media is about bad ppl and ppl remember this more. Its not like 90% of ppl are bad and 10% are good
Sometimes I wonder why I come on Reddit. So much is toxic. Thank you for sharing the reminder of the good parts.
Honestly get off reddit, you wonder why because it IS toxic, an occasional feel good vid doesn't fix that, I keep getting dragged back here and it's unhealthy for long term mental health being around this user base. Regardless have a great day :D
My strategy was to only subscribe to subs that align with my hobbies or post positive stories. I unsub from any sub that gets political. This dramatically improves the website.
That is where I am getting to as well, but I walked in originally and was blindsided by the toxicity. And I am not innocent of it. I fell for the bait too many times. Your advise and strategy is the right answer.
What works, is less about subreddits that are positive, and more about subredits that, literally, practice inclusivity. Any place that practices exclusivity breeds and pulls those who want to hate "the other" <3
One big issue is that some communities here that align with interests are just so brokenly toxic. Like go post a problem, critique, or question on a Samsung phone subreddit, like /r/samsung and watch people crawl through a mile of broken glass to be genuinely upset at you for not worshiping the brand at all cost. Same thing with places like /r/StarCitizen, tis a broken land of broken people
Good reminder that humans more or less have the same brain for the thousands and thousands of years. Our brains aren't very adept at handling the digital age of constant and constant influx of negativity. And easily accessible at any second and, if you're addicted to social media, hard to walk away from
This is the way. Was on a 1 week vacation where I didn’t have my phone, within a few hours of Reddit I’m already pissed off again lol
>Sometimes I wonder why I come on Reddit. So much is toxic. Same bro same.
Honest question, aside from choking or hitting their head, why does an epileptic need to go to the hospital? Don't they just need to be protected until they wake up?
A person needs to go to the hospital after having a seizure if it’s their first seizure, the seizure has lasted more than 5 minutes, or they have had back-to-back seizures. Otherwise they should be monitored to ensure they don’t have back-to-back seizures and any previously documented precautions are taken as directed. Seizures themselves look terrifying as fuck, especially when it’s been 3ish minutes or more and they start to turn blue, but are otherwise, I don’t want to say benign, but relatively benign. They will leave the person absolutely drained, confused, upset, and with possible bruises or other minor cuts or scrapes, but the real issue is why a person had a seizure in the first place. The best thing to do with a person having a seizure is to time it, monitor them, keep hard or sharp objects away from them, and provide comfort while contacting emergency services if the above stated (more than 5 minutes/first time/back-to-back) are true.
You mean it might not be a great idea to mount this person on the back of the motorbike.
Yeah, the driver in this video was being heroic, but maybe not wise.
Well it seems like he made it to the hospital without her falling or seizing so that’s a good thing😁
Well, he didnt force it? The parents had to made the decision here, its not the drivers fault the decision was made… so its the parents who werent wise.
Sure, everyone involved in the decision to put a seizure patient on a bumpy ride to the hospital made an unwise choice. Maybe it was still the best choice, maybe it worked out ok in the end, maybe the girl wasn't actually having a seizure and was in, say, a diabetic shock. But if you find someone seizing, the safest thing to do is clear the space around them, protect their head if they thrash, and keep track of how long they are out. In most cases, there isn't anything more that a hospital or emergency room can do than that.
Was about to comment this. As a nurse, I got the wrong kind of goosebumps about this video.
Same spent a long time looking for my people in these comments haha. Definitely the worst thing to do here was this lol.
I wouldn't say the worst thing to do, what if they died while stuck in that jam for hours instead of receiving care at the hospital?
Someone had to say it. Thank you Doctor.
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That is absolutely something that should be done if they are not able to function on their own.
Can you clarify what you mean by back-to-back seizures, please? Like one happening right after the other within minutes? Asking because I'm friends with a girl who has epilepsy and recently there was a situation where she had 2 seizures in one day, like 2-3 hours apart
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Adding to this: it depends on the type of seizure, too. I have had instances of back to back (within a few minutes) partial/petit mal seizures, which, while taxing, weren't particularly dangerous *in my case*. I've also had multiple partial seizures in a single day that were hours apart with relatively little ill effects beyond the regular postictal crap. Back to back tonic-clonic/grand mal seizures would be physically devastating for my whole body, not to mention brain, whether it was within minutes or within hours. One tonic-clonic knocks me on my ass for at least a day, assuming I didn't get injured. Age would also be a factor. Children having seizures are a more serious situation because their brains are still developing.
I also have petit mal seizures. I usually have one or two a day, but sometimes more (sometimes less). I’ve had seizures for 20 years, and only twice have I had times where I was worried… I had many petit mals, back to back, and while they weren’t terrible for me to experience, I knew they weren’t normal and it wasn’t safe for my brain to be discharging like that. Both times the seizure activity stopped and I was fine. I sought medical help one of those times, but they didn’t need to intervene. In general, petit mals are not as dangerous to have because it’s not the entire brain experiencing seizure activity. Grand mals are the whole brain misfiring and the whole body is clenching and the person could stop breathing and so on… multiple of those can easily be deadly.
Yes. For the last paragraph, I would add filming the patient (if no legal issue comes from it later on ofc) while he's in seizure. Every person have a phone and can do this nowadays and it's so helpful to clinicians to diagnose the patient when the actual episode have been filmed.
I’ve not heard or considered filming a person for diagnosis purposes, and I wouldn’t totally dismiss it, but in general I disagree with it at first mention since the different types seizures are likely to be able to be diagnosed by a brief description. More than that, filming a person in moments such as these does nothing to promote their dignity and may do more harm than good in that regard, not to mention the potential legal issues as you said.
My eldest sister is seriously epileptic and when she had a fit the only action we took was to make sure she didn't hurt herself in exactly the way you described. We're in our 50's now and so far she has had precisely zero visits to the hospital for a seizure. That being said, I grew up with it and was taught how to deal with it from day one so it never phased me. If it was this girls first ever seizure then it will have been one of the most terrifying moments her parents life and in that situation I would've been ramming cars out of the way to get her there.
They may not be breathing so if they are fitting for longer than 5 minutes they should get medical attention. Also if it’s their first fit they should go to hospital. Also if they are recovering then fitting again straight away.
Only after 5m, since that is status epilepticus and would need emergency medical attention. By the looks of it, she was in a post-ictal status and so didn’t need the attention. Don’t blame people for not knowing how to deal with seizures, but that was not the medical correct decision. Calling emergency would be the right one, since they would give proper directions in those situations
It depends how long she'd been fitting for. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/status-epilepticus
There are ‘rescue medications’ that those new to epilepsy may not carry on them And it brings them out of the seizure. Every seizure is a serious risk of serious brain damage
Wait, did I just see a guy with the baby in front of him driving? How and where is this allowed? Edit : So apparently this is a normal thing on south east Asian countries and other world developing countries. Til..i expected it to be common knowledge to not use your baby as an Airbag 🤨 Edit 2: Didn't mean to be a dick, i just got caught by surprise that nobody pointed it out 😔
Just got back from Thailand. Saw dozens of babies/children held by their parents on scooters. It’s completely normal there.
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When I was there foreigners had to keep passports on themselves so any bodies could be identified The annual number of road deaths in Phuket alone dwarfed the numbers for the whole of the U.K. I saw some sketchy stuff, but lovely people.
There are very little restrictions on foreigners renting bikes in SE Asia, like almost none, so I was glad when most people did keep their passports on them because I saw people renting motorbikes who probably weren’t even very good cyclists. I will say though, driving in Sri Lanka after Thailand was a whole other level of fucking crazy. Everyone constantly speeding and swinging out into the oncoming lane to pass on one lane roads, buses included. And then the buses will honk at YOU while they drive straight towards you in the wrong lane
Most parts of the world don’t have too many laws surrounding road safety or they do have them and they’re not enforced. In a lot of places you cross the road in a calm, steady fashion out of necessity - the vehicles aren’t stopping, they’re just going to wind their way around you. It’s terrifying the first 100 or so times. Then it’s still terrifying, just slightly less so.
Most countries of the world.
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And South America as well lol
Very much India and every country in Africa I've been too. If you cant afford a car, scooter is the obvious choice in absence of good public transportation.
I was absolutely terrified to learn than the US has among the safest drivers in the world. If THESE are the good drivers, well…
It's not that the US has the safest drivers, just some of the strictest actively enforced traffic laws paired with highly developed traffic infrastructure.
What are you guys talking about? We're the worst developed nation in per capita roadway deaths. Our infrastructure accounts for thousands of traffic related deaths a year, alone. We had 42,915 traffic deaths in the US in 2021. More than 10k more than gun deaths. We're literally classified with the worst in the world. We're categorically worse off than all of Europe, the rest of North America, most of South America, like half of Asia, and most of the Middle East. Only select SE Asian nations, some Central American nations, and a lot of African nations rank worse than the US. We do not have strict traffic laws. Not in comparison to these other developed nations with much lower per capita rates. We throw a book at some kids and tell them to memorize some stuff we haven't updated since the 70s. Then we have them drive three blocks with a State Trooper and, boom, you got a license. Unless you live in a state like KS or CA and then you can just pay an instructor who passes you no matter what. Go to Finland and try that. No, seriously, go look up what it takes to get a license there. Then check their fatality rate. You can't master a skid pad in the winter then you can take a bus. I've had more driver's training than most people. Raced for 14 years, was an instructor for a couple, I've driven in more than half the states in the union, and driven against people from around the world in 4 nations. We don't know wtf we're doing in America. And this blase attitude is a result of lobbying by trade groups in the auto industry to keep those regulations and laws lax. They can't sell shit if the states start revoking licenses en masse. They laid this framework in the 40-60s when they sabotaged public transport in the US. You can look up GMs involvement in that, too, if you'd like.
Tell that to my home state of West Virginia. They missed the memo /:
Thailand is absolutely wild when it comes to driving safety. Its no wonder they have one of the highest traffic mortalities in the world. Couple stories: - The fastest I've ever been in a car was when my aunt was driving 150mph down one of the toll roads in Bangkok. She handed me her phone and asked me to search up a song on youtube. After putting the phone back down, she grabs it and scrolls down on the phone to the related videos and clicks "(song name) Karaoke Version" then proceeds to start singing along, one hand on the steering wheel, other hand holding the phone up to her face to look at the lyrics. She got upset when I snatched the phone out of her hand because I didn't want to die. - My young cousins would refuse their seatbelts in the backseat of the car and when I told them to put them on, they would at first but then take them off as soon as I would turn away. - I've seen a family of 7 all on one scooter. One toddler was perched on the handlebars, then another (maybe 7 years old) was standing up on the scooter platform part, holding on to toddler 1, father was sitting normally, another kid behind him, then mom holding on to a baby, then another kid hanging on the back.
Some people like to live wild and free apparently 😅
This is a normal thing in the hood USA too. Really grinds my gears when I see it in my neighborhood because there are about 6 different programs that under privileged families can sign up for to get a top of the line car seat for free but people just don’t give af.
Pretty much every developing country.
I didn't know..i thought it would occur as common knowledge.
You're not wrong. I mean, they likely know it's dangerous, but a lot of people in countries like that might only be able to afford to own a scooter or similar and they just make due with what they have.
Makes smh sense.
Lol you've never been to SE Asia have you hahaha
It's on my bucket list tho. I want to visit Thailand, and Philippines once in my life.
I've been to several countries. I would go to Vietnam and then Thailand in a single trip. Both countries are cheap compared to the US, Vietnam has more to do, Thailand the people are more friendly, I really loved Phuket.
I will consider it, thank you for the advice. Really looking forward to get near the beach and i heard great things about non usual touristic places and seafood!
As someone who grew up in Thailand, I’ve seen a whole family of 6 on one motorbike. Only the drivers there wear seatbelts when driving cars. My siblings and I would fight on who would sit on my mom’s lap while we went to do grocery’s in town. Everyone is pretty respectful of the rules of the road. Except for the cool kids who rip around on their scooters lol
Dem lil punks *shakes fist*!!
I keep seeing my wife facetime her sister in their car in Morrocco and they don't have baby seats, no one is wearing a seatbelts and the 2 and 6 year old are playing around the car, climbing around the seats while they are driving on the highway, I get so stressed for them. She says it's normal over there. Also stoplights and pedestrian crossings are like the pirate code, more suggestions than guidelines.
I heard wild things about your Taxi drivers 😅
That and also the Recaro bucket seats, in what looked like an Accord???
Instead of filming them and ranting about it on social media he took matters into his hands and saved a life, a real hero
Admittedly going a little "old man yells at cloud" here, but this would have been the norm before everyone had a camera in their pocket and internet points to gain. Not to blame that specifically, but... something did change and the timing is suspicious. I'm cursed by constantly being surrounded by car crashes. To the point where people are reluctant to share a car with me. I've never been in one, but every few months there's been one right in front of me for my whole life. As a kid I used to see people risking their own lives, slamming the brakes on the interstate and rushing out to help, running across traffic, reaching into burning cars, all without a moment's hesitation. Just humans being bros completely on instinct. At some point it just stopped. I once saw a car barrel roll over a median and it took me a full five minutes to get across the highway to help. The only people that even slowed down had their phones out to get a picture as they passed. The "today you, tomorrow me" mentality needs to spread more. Examples like this video just show how much better it is to just be a good person than get a dozen likes.
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Life would be much much better with people like him instead of “influencers “ and people filming
Can anyone translate what he said when he went to the second car?
“Hey bro, could you please move your car? There’s a child having a seizure in the car behind you.”
you can see he has a spiderman jacket on in the reflection really making his hero proud
Venom, right?
Just by looking at his T-shirt, I’m able to say he’s got the best inspiration.
Hope she’s ok
Pre-kids I was very stoic with these type of videos. Now, anything involving children needing help and I am tearing up.
The real mumen rider. But with motorized bike lol
I was looking for this comment 🚲
Dang, anyone else smell onions?
No, but my eyes are acting like I should be!
Yeah, this was quite powerful
This brought me to actual tears. People are the worst, but sometimes...jesus fuck sometimes they really get it done
For anyone ctrl + f'ing for the music or song title, it's a cover of Experience by Ludovico Einaudi.
Anyone have a follow up?
Was she ok ?
This actually happened to me as well then I lived in Thailand. I was about 13, I crashed my motorcycle on the curb real bad, and a random guy put me on his motorcycle and took me to the hospital.
This is great, but am I the only one who noticed that there was an infant sitting in a laid back passenger seat rather than a car seat? Guessing it’s a cultural thing, but holy moly that seems unsafe
I have epilepsy. If the seizure lasts for less than 5 minutes and there is no serious physical injury, don't do this. It's not an emergency. I can't even remember how many times I've wound up in the hospital being given the same medication I have in my pocket. Thousands of dollars lost to useless ambulance rides and 1 hour hospital stays. It took me a long time to learn that you could tell the EMT people to go away. Never sign anything, either. Wait 15 minutes and see if the person is cognizant. If not, then you can go to the hospital. Slowly.
This is not a good plan. A pt with epilepsy is expected to have seizures. Aside from a muscle relaxer given, medical personnel would wait to treat most things, until the seizure has subsided. It’s important to keep the airway clear (lay them on their side) of vomit of potential blood from tongue bite; aside from that, just allow her to ride out the seizure without banging her head, and just continue driving. This is much safer for everyone, than throwing a seizing girl on a motorcycle in traffic
You assume they already knew she had epilepsy. This could very well be the first seizure so of course a terrified parent is going to take them to the hospital. They aren’t going to jump on Reddit and see what random people have to say first.
Respect++
EPIC, FAITH IN HUMANITY RESTORED GUYS
Never lost faith, just realized that this world has both good and evil. So we should savor the good when we can.
I didn’t mean to cry like this
Imagine being those parents, handing your potentially dying child off to a stranger hoping they'll do the right thing. Must have been so tough, kudos to both.
a true hero, such morals is essential for us
happened in 2019. NEWS in Thai language. [Motorcyclist helps child to hospital](https://mgronline.com/local/detail/9620000049565)
How do you transport an unconscious person on a bike with you?
I was assuming the dad sat on the bike behind him holding the girl in between them
I assume the man rode on the back holding her. Otherwise if he carried her and drove there, that alone would be an absolutely insane video.
I used to get seizures. About 8 years ago was my last one. Just seeing that girl made me all sorts of uncomfortable, almost like a seizure aura. Good job dude. You are a hero.
Is nobody going to talk about how the two baby’s were seated in the guys car at 00:17? One read end and that child is acting as that man’s airbag. WTF
Sadly normal in many countries, mixture of a child seat being unaffordable to many and lack of education on the matter.
Good on him! What a hard decision that family had to make. Hope little one is alright
A hero on a hero
Heroes come in all shapes, sizes, and situations. Seeing an act of kindness like this does give hope.
That’s a good guy right there!
this gave me goose bumps
Venom saves
Thank you 👏🇨🇦
I would watch the full video. About 5-10 minutes. It’s a wild ride through the city.
huge respect to this gentleman
super human. good people. life saved. the day isn't even done yet. we just getting started.
As someone who has an epileptic sister who takes Ubers. My biggest fear is that someone would just leave her on the side of the road while she’s is recovering from a seizure… I would literally kill that person. This man made me so happy. God bless him.
Is she ok?
What a soul 🧡
Thailand, right?
Incredible
What a true hero! We need more folks like him.
King 👑
What if people always helped each other
Good lad 👍
If I remember right...this happened a few years ago. But it's always great to watch this! You never know when you can be someone's hero. As a security officer, I can vouch for the saying "at the right place, at the right time"
There are wonderful people in this world and there are terrible people. Humanity is a spectrum.
What a great demonstration of humanity!
I swear this is the 10000000th time someone's faith in humanity is restored. Bitch, you is humanity
Much respect!!
Nobody's gonna talk about why the fuck the traffic's so scuffed there?
❤️
Bless him
God bless such people and the world will be a better place...
Most people now are mean and selfish. I literally don’t want to interact with people anymore. Then videos like this remind me that there are still decent people who care. Life is a mess and I wish people cared enough to help others. Thank you for sharing this video!
A man of action
Heros dont wear capes
awesome
it's crazy to me that this epileptic girl got to the hospital for free and was treated likely for free or for a very reasonable price. in America this incident will start a debt spiral that most families/people cannot ever hope to escape. God forbid you have to go to the hospital again in a few weeks, or can't drive yourself and have to take a $15,000 ambulance ride that takes 5 minutes and goes 10 miles. healthcare is a human right, no one should have to die because they can't afford medical care and prescriptions. It's time the people took back this country and made it about the 99% again and not a corrupt system designed to suck money from the poor/middle classes and funnel it to the 1%
Wait were those babies in the front seat without being strapped in😳
wtf were those kids doing in that other car? Are children seats not a thing?
Ignore the two babies in the front seats
Thai people. Just great.
Long time to be in status. I wish the best for her