In a world that seems
increasingly out of control,
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every once in a
while we hear stories
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that make us stop and wonder.
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Stories that confront
us with evidence of things
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we can't see or measure.
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Stories that seem
to pull back a curtain
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revealing one who
is still in charge.
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Every one has
faith in something.
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Brian came to the US
as a visitor from India,
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but he overstayed
his visa so he could work
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and send money back
to his struggling family.
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Later he was joined
by his wife and brother.
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I, my wife did
file for a legal status,
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we got approved but then
again for our green card,
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a permanent
residence we had to file again.
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There was lot of money
involved in this process
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and we were
basically just working
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and paying the
lawyers the money.
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And for some reason
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or the other it
always used to get denied.
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We used to appeal,
it used to get denied
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and this used to take year
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like, five years,
six years, seven years
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and still we
never had a legal status
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and it was just
going on and going on.
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Even though Brian was troubled,
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he was not
without close friends.
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I met Brian about 15 years ago,
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he was working at
an Indian restaurant
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and he was a waiter there
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and he was
running a restaurant too
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and we became friends
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because I was attending
the restaurant quite a bit.
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I got close to one family.
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He was Italian, his
wife was a Filipino.
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So we actually grew
very close to each other.
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When his wife and
daughter came to the country,
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we became family friends
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and we started socializing
outside of the restaurant
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and had a
kindred spirit together.
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Brian is one of those
guys who is easy to trust.
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He is a real friend here.
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My wife was carrying my child
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in fact, and the
child died in the stomach
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and after that the
next week my brother died
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and after my brother dying,
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it was completely,
I was lost completely.
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We got even closer
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after his brother
passed away of heart attack
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and we were there
together at that time
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and the roots been a
lot deeper after that.
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So it was like one after
another things happening.
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I don't know who had my
papers so things were getting,
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you know, real tough.
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After that I did a couple
of odd jobs here and there,
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driving the taxi and then
working in the gas stations
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and again I joined one
of my very good friend,
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his gas station I joined.
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So I was working with the owners
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who were Muslims and
they knew I was Christians.
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But that did not, you know,
make any different for them.
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I was a person who
could they could trust.
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The customers, they
knew me by name in fact,
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because it was a
while I used to work like.
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I did seven, five, six years.
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They had-- they shared
a very close relationship.
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Whatever house
problems they had,
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they used to come
and let me know about it.
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And in that
neighborhood, you know,
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that basically they say that
that neighborhood is a crime.
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You know, lots of
crime happening here,
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there, shootouts,
but I never felt that,
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you know, the fright,
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you know, something
is going to happen to me
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because I used to be
friendly with everybody
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over there in fact.
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I did get my work
permit and my social
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but that also got denied
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because my sponsor
couldn't show sufficient funds
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and then my
papers went to the court.
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Went to the court saying that
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as your papers
cannot go more ahead,
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you have to go
back to your country.
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You have to leave.
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Yeah, we had got a letter
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that says we're
gonna get deported
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and I mean, my parents
really never told me much
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not to affect me
because I was like oh, deported.
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Didn't realize I
was in seventh grade,
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didn't really understand
what that meant or anything.
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So it was like oh, okay.
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I thought oh, yeah, we
are going to India, it's fun.
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Haven't seen my grandparents
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but to my family that
means back to suffering,
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back to hard work.
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So I was in a
removal proceedings,
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that means they would
send me back home to India.
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We used to ask our self,
why is this happening to us?
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Why is this
happening to us, you know?
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And I knew lot
of people said that,
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you know, you
don't have to go back,
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you know, you
can still live here,
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you have ten years hardship
with your children here.
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You can still live but my
thing was already in the court.
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I couldn't, if I
go any part of the US
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they would know
with my car insurance,
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or residence or anything that
I would have been in trouble.
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So I said, you
know what, I will leave.
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Neither they had
to change the law
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or give everybody asylum
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or you know, some
new law had to come in
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and that was nothing
which would take place
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at that very moment.
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One day, Brian was
working the day time shift
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at the convenient store
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instead of his
normal overnight shift.
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It was approximately
at 10:30 in the night,
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10:30 to quarter
to 11 that was a time
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when I was supposed to
get over with my shift.
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So I was doing all my
paperwork and everything.
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So I was all by myself
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so that was one regular customer
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who I knew him and he
was, he was all by himself.
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He asked me, he
wanted to buy something.
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So he asked me, can I get this?
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So at that time, you know,
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as I told I did not
consider it a fright that I was,
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you know, scared of that
place because everybody knew me.
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So I went out, as I soon
I went out opened the door
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and I went out to open
the phone accessories...
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suddenly three
guys came jetting in
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and they had guns in their hand.
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I thought it was a joke
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because I really
never thought that,
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you know, it was
something really happening,
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it was a robbery.
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And they turned me around
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for me to come
in the bulletproof.
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They had the registers.
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So as I turned and I be nothing
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they just shot me
in the back of my leg.
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After that when I
gave them the money,
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I was just praising God
and there was only three words
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I was continuously raising,
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"thank You, Jesus"
"Praise You, Jesus"
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"I love You, Jesus."
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For once I opened
both the registers
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they caught me by my
shoulder and they dragged me
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because they knew that
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in the office
there was money in that.
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As they were
taking me to the office
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I see a rays on the floor,
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the golden words
Jesus and I could see it.
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That was a time basically
gave me more of the faith
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that nothing is
going to happen to me.
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That oh, Jesus is there with me
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and here He is, you know.
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But still I was
studying these words,
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"thank You,
Jesus" "Praise Jesus"
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"I love You, Jesus."
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I could hear the other
person with the gun telling me,
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"Give me the money."
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And that's the time I told them,
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okay, take the money on the side
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because I knew we
always kept hundred ones,
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it was in the draw.
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I drag myself all the
way down to the phone.
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Tried to dial 911 but I was--
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I never knew the same
ear I put the phone in my ear
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and I could not
hear the dial tone.
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So I was in a impression
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that there is
something wrong with the phone.
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There was chunks of
blood just coming out.
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Never in my life I've seen
that chunks just coming out
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and I was getting suffocated
because I could not breathe.
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Again I tried to dial 911
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so still I could
not hear the dial tone
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so I just kept the phone
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and I just hung my head down
and I was just on the ground.
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And then suddenly
one of our customer
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who I knew he came
and he looked at me
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and said, oh,
Brian, what happened?
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So he knew that
something wrong has happened
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because he could see the blood.
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So suddenly he dialed 911.
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This man doesn't
want to be identified
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after he found the
Citgo convenience store clerk
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shot inside the store.
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Is that my dad?
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The man says, he
entered the store
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to find the
clerk alone and injured
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and that he had
been shot in the head.
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At my position I was a chief
surgery resident at the time.
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So when a trauma work
comes in, a lot of times
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if it's just kind
of a run of the mill
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no too heavy trauma,
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I let some of
the junior residents
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take care of it for
their own experience.
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I call down there
and they say, you know,
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it's a gunshot
would to the head.
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So obviously that's not,
that's a pretty serious injury.
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That's not something I
let the junior residents
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take care of.
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So I rushed down
there and I get down there
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and I wonder where the guy is.
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Usually there
is a lot of hoopla,
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usually
everybody is just frantic,
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trying to get things done
and that just wasn't occurring
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and you know, there is this guy
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in the trauma bay
just sitting there
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and he looked
completely comfortable.
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We found some
blood in his right ear
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and he had a
wound in his left neck
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and he also had a
gunshot wound to his leg
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but for gunshot
wound to the head,
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I mean, he shouldn't have--
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first of all chances are
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he probably wouldn't have lived,
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the second of
all, if you get there
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after gunshot wound to
the head you are in a bad way.
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So after we find out
that they are stable we do,
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you know, we do
a this little test,
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we do check
labs, just basic labs.
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We get a plain film of the,
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of the C-spine of
the cervical spine.
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We also get a
plain film of the chest.
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Both are tricky, they can
go anywhere so you never know.
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And then after
that, you know, we knew
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it was probably an
entry wound to the right ear
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and an exit wound to the left.
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There is a lot of
important structures
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in between those two points.
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Because we thought he
most likely had an injury
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and even if he didn't
have an obvious injury
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we would need to take
him to the operation room
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to make sure of that
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because there are so many
structures in between there.
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If you don't diagnose
it and treat it right away,
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it can be fatal later on.
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And then they
told me about that,
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that my husband was shot
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and he is
inside the surgery room
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and you know,
there is no chances
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of what's going to happen to him
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because he was shot on his head.
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He was vomiting chunks
of blood and everything.
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Then there was a
screaming over the phone.
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She was, she was
really, really upset
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and she said, Brian's been shot.
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My husband got the
call and was talking
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and his tone was serious.
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He had been shot
in the leg with a 45
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and he'd been shot through
the ear and neck with the 45
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and apparently
he lost lot of blood
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and she actually
thought he's gonna die.
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Ninety five percent of people
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who were shot in
the head will die
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and only two percent will
live without disabilities.
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Brian's chances of
survival were even lower
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since he was shot with a 45,
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the largest practical
handgun caliber in use.
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A bigger hole means more
damage and faster blood loss.
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The bullet came in right here
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but before it
even got to the bone
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it actually ducked
down into the soft tissue
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and it broke the mandible here.
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So it didn't
completely traverse the bone.
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Also would have done that,
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if it would have gone up
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obviously would
have hit the brain
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and that would
have either killed him
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or result in pretty
significant disability.
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If it would have gone straight
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across his eardrum is right here
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and the carotid
artery is right there.
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So we are talking
less than an inch.
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We are talking maybe
a centimeter difference
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between that artery
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and where the bullet
actually ended up going.
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Fortunate for him it went down
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and even more
fortunate for him it didn't hit
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any of the
important structures in neck.
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As it traverse the neck,
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it would have to
miss his windpipe,
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it would have to
miss his trachea,
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would have to miss his esophagus
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which is directly behind it.
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Then behind that
you got the spinal cord.
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So it missed all
three of those structures
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on the right side,
then it went across
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and it essentially missed
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most of the
structure on the left side.
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It barely caught part of
his internal jugular vein
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but barely caught it.
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I mean, we did fix it
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but if it would have been
a very significant injury,
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he probably would
have died from it.
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When bullets hit solid
objects it causes them to tumble
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so the bullet doesn't
always go in a straight course.
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Once it hits
something solid it tumbles
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and it can spin
like a curveball spins.
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Fortunate for him it took a spin
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and it's been in his favor.
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I mean, it could have--
with all these structures
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it should have hit something.
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He said, you know what,
00:15:10.77\00:15:13.38
Mrs. Fernandez, it's a miracle.
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I came and saw Brian he
was in a very bad condition
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but I didn't think
what's going to happen
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but I would say it's a miracle.
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I saw thousands of
traumas when I was at ORMC
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and this was a standout.
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Because he
basically just turned around
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and just called,
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this pointblank
fired at the clerk.
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And you know, God hand
have been on the clerk side
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because it looks
like he's gonna make it
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but, you know, that's the
devil at work right there.
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She was weak from I
guess, crying all night
00:15:45.64\00:15:48.24
but happy and
excited that he had survived.
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He had survived the surgery
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which nobody really
initially thought he would.
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She had many people that
were praying for him that night.
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It was like the dark
night with a bright morning
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and that morning was
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the best
morning in my whole life
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because I got my
husband back, yeah.
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We actually left to
see him the next day
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when she called us
and said, he made it.
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We were already planning on
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coming down for
the kids' spring break
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within a couple of days.
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So we just pulled
the kids out of school.
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It was like a second reason
that became our main priority.
00:16:24.95\00:16:28.08
At that time we
got to get down there.
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Later on that
evening we arrived in Orlando
00:16:30.09\00:16:33.76
and we went to look
for Brian in the hospital
00:16:33.79\00:16:37.23
but there wasn't
anybody registered
00:16:37.26\00:16:39.69
in his name in the
hospital because he was shot.
00:16:39.73\00:16:42.86
The people who
shot him were still,
00:16:42.90\00:16:45.33
were still unaccounted for.
00:16:45.37\00:16:47.00
So after getting
through to Bindu on the phone
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we kind of crept to
the right area and...
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My wife and I
wanted to bring the kids.
00:16:52.27\00:16:54.88
We wanted them to see
this miracle in action.
00:16:54.91\00:16:59.81
When we got there we
were just kind of go silent.
00:16:59.85\00:17:03.05
Didn't really
want to look at him,
00:17:03.08\00:17:05.92
like afraid what we would see.
00:17:05.95\00:17:07.59
You feel the same?
00:17:07.62\00:17:08.96
Yeah, I know
walking through the hallway
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I was like all nervous
like, okay, let's do this
00:17:10.36\00:17:13.06
and I was like all nervous.
00:17:13.09\00:17:14.43
When I saw him, it didn't
seem like he was speaking.
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You'd expect to see,
00:17:16.56\00:17:19.17
you know, just so much awfulness
00:17:19.20\00:17:22.04
in front of you and even
though there was an aspect
00:17:22.07\00:17:24.91
it was like his warm
smile was still there.
00:17:24.94\00:17:28.01
I just couldn't believe that
00:17:28.04\00:17:31.01
he didn't have
any real problems.
00:17:31.05\00:17:33.72
I said Brian, are you able
to hear me out of your ear,
00:17:33.75\00:17:38.15
your bad ear where you got shot?
00:17:38.19\00:17:40.29
He goes, yes.
00:17:40.32\00:17:41.99
He had bandages.
00:17:42.02\00:17:43.99
There was a lot of
swelling around his neck.
00:17:44.03\00:17:46.46
Remember seeing
that tubes coming out,
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you know, just
kind of a draining,
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a lot of drainage
and he looked tired,
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just really tired, still groggy.
00:17:54.74\00:17:57.64
To see that firsthand
00:17:57.67\00:17:59.34
and to see the evidence
of God's hand immediately,
00:17:59.37\00:18:04.51
it's just so real.
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For about a week or so
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I never even got to go to
the hospital to see my dad
00:18:07.98\00:18:10.29
because he was
in the critical care
00:18:10.32\00:18:12.05
and then I had my sisters.
00:18:12.09\00:18:13.59
We can't all go together
00:18:13.62\00:18:15.26
so I had to stay
home for a while.
00:18:15.29\00:18:17.03
Seeing your dad on
the bed and he is in pain,
00:18:19.76\00:18:22.06
it's really not, you know, good
00:18:22.10\00:18:24.00
because he's had a
heart attack before,
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he suffered so much.
00:18:25.97\00:18:27.80
You know, he was just honest.
00:18:27.84\00:18:29.17
He was like in pain
00:18:29.20\00:18:30.54
so it's very hard
to see him like that.
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I know, so it's
really hard because my dad,
00:18:32.91\00:18:35.91
because I really love my
dad and then knowing that
00:18:35.94\00:18:38.75
I could almost lose
him really scared me.
00:18:38.78\00:18:42.22
So it's really scary.
00:18:42.25\00:18:43.79
I was in the hospital 11 days,
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so after that I was discharged.
00:18:52.33\00:18:55.36
It was like my
kids, dad has come home.
00:18:55.40\00:18:58.67
Dad has come home.
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Doing the bed, doing the cot.
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You don't do
this, you don't do that.
00:19:02.80\00:19:05.07
I said Brian,
are you in any pain?
00:19:05.11\00:19:08.48
He says, no.
00:19:08.51\00:19:10.41
I said, are you not taking
any pain medicine or anything.
00:19:10.45\00:19:14.38
I took, I think he
said, he took Advil.
00:19:14.42\00:19:17.29
Just, you know,
that's just for the pain,
00:19:17.32\00:19:19.09
you know, if I get
some pain but I'm not having
00:19:19.12\00:19:21.89
because praise
God there's no pain.
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After this incident taking place
00:19:25.73\00:19:27.90
two months I had good
rest, I stayed with my family.
00:19:27.93\00:19:32.40
After that I
thought as I'm okay,
00:19:32.43\00:19:38.17
let's get back to work.
00:19:38.21\00:19:40.08
He was excited to go
back to that neighborhood
00:19:40.11\00:19:42.28
and tell everybody
I'm alive and he wanted,
00:19:42.31\00:19:44.65
he was very proud that,
00:19:44.68\00:19:46.01
you know, Jesus
gave him a new life
00:19:46.05\00:19:47.72
but at the same
time when he told me
00:19:47.75\00:19:49.55
he is going to go
back for that gas station,
00:19:49.58\00:19:51.32
I was a bit scared.
00:19:51.35\00:19:52.69
I won't lie to you.
00:19:52.72\00:19:54.06
Oh, no, don't do that,
00:19:54.09\00:19:55.42
you know, they are
going to come back again.
00:19:55.46\00:19:57.13
They are going to shoot you
and that's not the right place.
00:19:57.16\00:19:59.89
You be in the house or
you work somewhere else
00:19:59.93\00:20:02.00
but I'm not going
to send you over there.
00:20:02.03\00:20:05.03
So I just told her one thing,
00:20:05.07\00:20:06.40
I said, what they
had to do they did
00:20:06.43\00:20:09.57
and God saved me.
00:20:09.60\00:20:11.37
So I don't think so
anything more than that,
00:20:11.41\00:20:13.38
what more than that they can do.
00:20:13.41\00:20:15.28
So we were all set ready to go
but yet we were really scared.
00:20:21.62\00:20:26.82
When I went back to work
no doubt there was four guys,
00:20:26.86\00:20:31.39
three were
caught and the fourth,
00:20:31.43\00:20:33.56
the main shooter was not caught.
00:20:33.60\00:20:35.56
He was out on the streets
but still there was no fright.
00:20:35.60\00:20:41.17
I went to the place
00:20:41.20\00:20:42.87
and I started
telling my testimony
00:20:42.90\00:20:46.91
whoever came
00:20:46.94\00:20:48.44
and all my customers
were so happy seeing me
00:20:48.48\00:20:52.41
and it was like
overnight I became something
00:20:52.45\00:20:57.25
like, hey,
that's the miracle man.
00:20:57.29\00:20:59.39
When I met Brian
00:21:04.16\00:21:06.83
he was actually
in immigration court
00:21:06.86\00:21:09.10
and what we call
removal proceedings
00:21:09.13\00:21:11.20
which means that the
government was attempting
00:21:11.23\00:21:14.54
to remove him from this country.
00:21:14.57\00:21:16.37
And the reason he
came to me is that
00:21:16.40\00:21:19.67
he was working for
what we attorneys call
00:21:19.71\00:21:22.58
some sort of relief from
the removal or deportation.
00:21:22.61\00:21:25.98
There is a very what I
would call a rare type of visa
00:21:28.98\00:21:34.49
that is available.
00:21:34.52\00:21:35.86
The purpose behind the U visa,
00:21:35.89\00:21:37.99
the reason that is out there
00:21:38.03\00:21:39.59
is for the US government
to be able to know that
00:21:39.63\00:21:43.93
their witnesses are
going to be available for them
00:21:43.97\00:21:47.27
when they are
prosecuting the criminals.
00:21:47.30\00:21:49.44
And they don't want
to be witnesses deported
00:21:49.47\00:21:52.47
so they can be in
our criminal courtroom.
00:21:52.51\00:21:54.98
So if you are a
victim of horrendous crime,
00:21:55.01\00:21:58.21
but you know, the perpetrators
are just will never be found
00:21:58.25\00:22:02.45
or the perpetrators
have already been convicted
00:22:02.48\00:22:06.39
and by the time
you come to see me
00:22:06.42\00:22:09.29
its already been said and done.
00:22:09.32\00:22:11.03
You are probably not gonna
to be able to get that visa.
00:22:11.06\00:22:14.03
And then you have to
have the local authorities
00:22:14.06\00:22:17.87
wanting to assist
in this case Brian
00:22:17.90\00:22:24.04
by signing an affidavit
declaring that they need him
00:22:24.07\00:22:28.48
and they need him to
stay in this country.
00:22:28.51\00:22:30.38
It was a long process and
a difficult process for him
00:22:34.88\00:22:38.22
because even though
we filed the application,
00:22:38.25\00:22:42.76
just filing the application
00:22:42.79\00:22:44.13
does not remove him
from immigration court.
00:22:44.16\00:22:46.76
He had to be approved
00:22:46.80\00:22:48.13
before the court
would dismiss his case.
00:22:48.16\00:22:51.33
And again we
needed some sort of relief
00:22:51.37\00:22:54.30
so this was the form
of relief we were after
00:22:54.34\00:22:56.94
and the judge
gave us the opportunity
00:22:56.97\00:22:58.31
to go forward with it.
00:22:58.34\00:22:59.67
As it turned out this is
a rare visa as I said before
00:23:04.38\00:23:08.65
but it's one that
because of his circumstances
00:23:08.68\00:23:12.02
not only work for him
but it worked for his wife
00:23:12.05\00:23:14.56
and I knew that it worked
for his daughter as well so.
00:23:14.59\00:23:18.29
Yes, no doubt
something bad happened
00:23:18.33\00:23:22.03
but that bad
happened for something good.
00:23:22.06\00:23:24.93
Because otherwise
there was just no way
00:23:24.97\00:23:28.54
I could, I and my
family could stay behind.
00:23:28.57\00:23:32.24
We never had our papers
and this was the reason what,
00:23:32.27\00:23:36.75
you know, God never
wanted us to go back home
00:23:36.78\00:23:39.58
so He made this way
for us to live back in US.
00:23:39.61\00:23:43.25
But more than these papers
I think Brian was back with me
00:23:45.05\00:23:48.12
that was more important.
00:23:48.16\00:23:49.49
Because I can live
anywhere in this world,
00:23:49.52\00:23:52.16
I don't want that visa
more than and if he is there
00:23:52.19\00:23:54.73
he is the visa to live.
00:23:54.76\00:23:56.63
I've already forgiven day one
00:24:06.44\00:24:09.68
when they shot
me all four of them
00:24:09.71\00:24:12.61
who was involved, who shot me,
00:24:12.65\00:24:15.58
I had already
forgiven them through my heart
00:24:15.62\00:24:18.82
and I would like them
to ask forgiveness from God
00:24:18.85\00:24:22.52
because God loves them too.
00:24:22.56\00:24:24.76
No doubt they
have done something
00:24:24.79\00:24:26.93
which they were
not supposed to do,
00:24:26.96\00:24:29.06
but I know it was their hand
00:24:29.10\00:24:31.77
but it was the work of the devil
00:24:31.80\00:24:34.50
who was doing
something bad to them.
00:24:34.54\00:24:37.87
You know, that scar
symbolizes a soldier wound.
00:24:41.34\00:24:43.95
You know, when
veterans they go they get scars.
00:24:43.98\00:24:46.31
Scars show you what
happened to your life.
00:24:46.35\00:24:48.82
It shows you the past.
00:24:48.85\00:24:50.19
So that wound that
my dad has reminds me
00:24:50.22\00:24:53.25
that my dad is a
soldier, soldier for God.
00:24:53.29\00:24:55.79
I think that scar remains
on his neck there will be is--
00:24:55.82\00:24:59.89
it's something which
will always make me remember
00:24:59.93\00:25:02.26
that Jesus is alive.
00:25:02.30\00:25:03.87
So I'm really thankful
00:25:03.90\00:25:05.63
and I'm thankful for
God who gave my dad back
00:25:05.67\00:25:09.37
because without Him I'm
not sure where I would be.
00:25:09.40\00:25:11.47
I would just be crazy
because my dad is our--
00:25:11.51\00:25:17.18
he is our
foundation of our family.
00:25:17.21\00:25:19.48
He is the main
person of the family
00:25:19.51\00:25:21.35
and I love my dad a lot.
00:25:21.38\00:25:23.15
Marianela was a
graduate student.
00:25:40.44\00:25:42.90
When her school announced
a mission trip to China,
00:25:42.94\00:25:45.91
she wanted to go but
didn't have the money.
00:25:45.94\00:25:49.88
And that's when I
decided to go to my professor
00:25:49.91\00:25:52.61
and my supervisor
and ask for one week off
00:25:52.65\00:25:55.88
so I can go work and do
this literature evangelism.
00:25:55.92\00:25:59.89
For those of you that
don't know what that is
00:26:01.62\00:26:03.46
it's knocking on doors
and sharing Christian books
00:26:03.49\00:26:06.90
and health book material.
00:26:06.93\00:26:09.30
So I went ahead and
went with a group to Georgia.
00:26:09.33\00:26:14.14
So it was really nice to have
her along in the trip with us
00:26:14.17\00:26:17.81
that she had done it before
and she could help us out.
00:26:17.84\00:26:21.11
Those who were new,
like me this is my first time
00:26:21.14\00:26:23.95
we would get a bit more coaching
00:26:23.98\00:26:25.31
on how to approach houses
00:26:25.35\00:26:27.68
if somebody really
shut the door on our faces,
00:26:27.72\00:26:30.82
yeah, don't take it personally
00:26:30.85\00:26:32.25
just keep your
hopes up, keep praying.
00:26:32.29\00:26:35.62
A good day was
selling ten books,
00:26:35.66\00:26:38.29
that's over $100 a day.
00:26:38.33\00:26:41.36
And excellence per day
was selling 20 books a day.
00:26:41.40\00:26:45.20
That's over $200.
00:26:45.23\00:26:47.00
I knew that to
accomplish the $3,000
00:26:47.04\00:26:50.61
that I needed for the trip
00:26:50.64\00:26:52.34
I would have to
sell at least double
00:26:52.37\00:26:54.84
and I only had
that week to work.
00:26:54.88\00:26:57.01
We gathered
together in a circle,
00:26:58.51\00:27:01.08
I remember holding hands
with all the other colporteurs
00:27:01.12\00:27:04.25
and the leader
00:27:04.29\00:27:05.82
and right before we prayed
00:27:05.85\00:27:07.26
we each said what our goal was.
00:27:07.29\00:27:09.72
So the very first day
00:27:09.76\00:27:11.09
when we got there
Marianela was like
00:27:11.13\00:27:12.56
well, my goal
today Lord, is 40 books.
00:27:12.59\00:27:15.46
The 40 book goal was
really, really a high goal
00:27:15.50\00:27:19.23
because it's really rare
for somebody to sell that many.
00:27:19.27\00:27:24.34
I kind of look nerd
00:27:24.37\00:27:26.41
because I'm not a
really firm believer for,
00:27:26.44\00:27:29.94
you know, that
high expectations.
00:27:29.98\00:27:32.28
So I didn't think she
was actually gonna get it.
00:27:32.31\00:27:36.92
I was in the van with
the rest of the colporteurs
00:27:36.95\00:27:39.52
and started going door to door
00:27:39.55\00:27:41.46
and I remember my
bag was full of books.
00:27:41.49\00:27:44.23
And all of sudden I started,
I was starting selling sets,
00:27:45.69\00:27:49.16
in sets of five
and then sets of three
00:27:49.20\00:27:51.30
and sets of four.
00:27:51.33\00:27:52.77
Then throughout the day
00:27:54.24\00:27:55.57
you can hear
through the walkie-talkie
00:27:55.60\00:27:57.21
saying this is a bit of
jargon that we need more bread,
00:27:57.24\00:28:00.84
I said more books.
00:28:00.88\00:28:02.71
And then when we are in
the van and we are pulling,
00:28:02.74\00:28:05.45
you know, back to
our little command center
00:28:05.48\00:28:07.52
I asked Marianela
well, how many did you get
00:28:07.55\00:28:09.88
and she got 41 and
I was just floored.
00:28:09.92\00:28:13.76
Everybody in
the van was floored.
00:28:13.79\00:28:15.72
She actually sold 41 books
00:28:15.76\00:28:17.56
because one of the
other girls had prayed that
00:28:17.59\00:28:20.30
she sells one book
over what her goal was.
00:28:20.33\00:28:23.43
But then the next day she said,
well, if God can do this many
00:28:23.47\00:28:27.77
then He can do ten more.
00:28:27.80\00:28:29.50
He came through
so, you know what,
00:28:29.54\00:28:31.67
when it was my
turn I said 50 books.
00:28:31.71\00:28:34.71
And again I need more bread,
00:28:34.74\00:28:37.95
I need more
books, I need more books.
00:28:37.98\00:28:40.38
I need to be dropped
off in another territory
00:28:40.42\00:28:43.12
because I finished these houses
00:28:43.15\00:28:45.09
and at the end of
the day she met her goal.
00:28:45.12\00:28:48.56
And so then Marianela, you know,
00:28:48.59\00:28:50.03
all smiling comes
along and say, hey guys,
00:28:50.06\00:28:52.56
I met my quota, you
know, I met my 50 books.
00:28:52.59\00:28:56.33
I said, well, if God blessed
me with 41 books the first day,
00:28:56.36\00:29:00.30
and then the
second day with 50 books,
00:29:00.34\00:29:03.37
what's another time books.
00:29:03.41\00:29:05.57
The third day she said,
I want to sell 60 books.
00:29:05.61\00:29:08.54
You got to help
me sell 60 books.
00:29:08.58\00:29:10.18
Well, when I
heard Marianela say 60,
00:29:10.21\00:29:12.85
I was just floored
00:29:12.88\00:29:14.32
and, you know, the one thing
00:29:14.35\00:29:15.68
I was going
through my head was Jacob,
00:29:15.72\00:29:18.95
whenever he
struggled with the Lord,
00:29:18.99\00:29:20.62
and he said, you know,
00:29:20.66\00:29:22.29
I will not let you
go until you bless me.
00:29:22.32\00:29:25.09
And the same through the phone,
you hear, "I need more bread,
00:29:25.13\00:29:28.83
I need more bread,
I need more books."
00:29:28.86\00:29:31.03
Sixty books is over
$600 a day plus donations,
00:29:31.07\00:29:35.60
it was about $800 that
day and God blessed me with.
00:29:35.64\00:29:39.41
Every night when I
saw the miracle of God
00:29:39.44\00:29:43.38
how He was giving me exactly
the goals I had asked for
00:29:43.41\00:29:48.75
and even more with donations.
00:29:48.78\00:29:51.19
I just rejoiced in Him
00:29:51.22\00:29:53.56
and I could only praise
Him throughout the night.
00:29:53.59\00:29:56.59
And Marianela then set
another goal for 70 books,
00:29:58.19\00:30:01.40
that's just high calling.
00:30:01.43\00:30:03.57
I said well, if God's
give me 41 books the first day,
00:30:03.60\00:30:07.07
50 books the second
day, 60 books the third day,
00:30:07.10\00:30:11.57
what's 70 books to
God that's only 10 more.
00:30:11.61\00:30:15.41
But 70 books is a lot to sell
00:30:15.44\00:30:17.48
and she asked the
same prayer of God.
00:30:17.51\00:30:21.75
She really gonna be
able to pull this off
00:30:21.78\00:30:23.62
but in the back of our thought,
00:30:23.65\00:30:25.02
in the back of our
minds we thought well,
00:30:25.05\00:30:26.99
its not her, it's gonna be
Christ pulling it off for her.
00:30:27.02\00:30:30.03
And she sold them.
00:30:30.06\00:30:31.39
She sold 70 books.
00:30:31.43\00:30:33.03
It's really, really unbelievable
00:30:33.06\00:30:35.40
that it's huge
amount in one day.
00:30:35.43\00:30:38.47
I thought it was amazing
00:30:38.50\00:30:41.30
while that she was
getting all of these books.
00:30:41.34\00:30:44.04
She was able to
meet so many people
00:30:44.07\00:30:46.81
and they were all receptive
to what she was saying.
00:30:46.84\00:30:49.44
Some of this gives you 13 steps
00:30:49.48\00:30:51.41
on how to find
freedom from more guilt
00:30:51.45\00:30:53.15
and fear in your life.
00:30:53.18\00:30:54.62
It's the fact that she
had that kind of trust in God
00:30:54.65\00:30:59.49
and it was very obvious
00:30:59.52\00:31:01.02
that she prayed for
miracles to happen and they did.
00:31:01.06\00:31:05.23
Four days in a row,
00:31:05.26\00:31:06.83
Marianela sold the exact
number of books she prayed for,
00:31:06.86\00:31:10.83
a grand total of 220 books
00:31:10.87\00:31:14.00
and more than
$3,000 of earnings.
00:31:14.04\00:31:17.31
Nobody could question the fact
00:31:17.34\00:31:18.87
that the Lord
had led in her life
00:31:18.91\00:31:20.94
and for her to be
able to go to China.
00:31:20.98\00:31:22.94
Although she was seeing a doctor
00:31:39.23\00:31:40.80
for high blood pressure,
00:31:40.83\00:31:42.50
Gladys was healthy
and happily married.
00:31:42.53\00:31:45.37
On Good Friday in 2010
everything seemed normal
00:31:45.40\00:31:50.71
except Gladys was up
much later than usual.
00:31:50.74\00:31:54.91
There I'm sitting
in the living room
00:31:54.94\00:31:56.91
talking to my
friend on the phone.
00:31:56.95\00:31:59.11
Usually, you
know, she is not awake,
00:31:59.15\00:32:01.32
she is not-- she
is already sleeping
00:32:01.35\00:32:02.98
before, before 10 o'clock
and it was 11:30 at night time.
00:32:03.02\00:32:08.19
If you have heard
God's words before...
00:32:08.22\00:32:11.19
you know when He
is talking to you.
00:32:12.79\00:32:14.66
I was 100 percent sure
that God told me to go to ER.
00:32:14.70\00:32:20.14
I'm going to call you back.
00:32:20.17\00:32:22.24
I just told my
husband to take me to ER
00:32:23.81\00:32:26.41
without having
any pain of any kind.
00:32:26.44\00:32:29.44
I saw that she
looked fine to me.
00:32:29.48\00:32:31.58
She didn't look sick or anything
00:32:31.61\00:32:33.65
so maybe inside of me
there is some of the fact
00:32:33.68\00:32:37.02
think about maybe inside of me
00:32:37.05\00:32:38.39
I was kind of
anxious at the same time
00:32:38.42\00:32:39.89
but then as I was
looking her a while,
00:32:39.92\00:32:42.69
she seem kind of serious
00:32:42.72\00:32:44.06
but yet and she got little loud.
00:32:44.09\00:32:46.03
She said, take me to ER.
00:32:46.06\00:32:47.90
I know there has
been a bunch of times
00:32:47.93\00:32:49.26
where we could have all
easily just been like it's okay.
00:32:49.30\00:32:55.60
Just, you know, get
some sleep or take something.
00:32:55.64\00:32:58.87
But for some
reason He says that.
00:32:58.91\00:33:03.08
He said
something we just thought,
00:33:03.11\00:33:04.45
all right, we got to go.
00:33:04.48\00:33:06.25
And we are driving
and I'm telling my husband
00:33:06.28\00:33:08.95
don't stop on any yellow lights.
00:33:08.98\00:33:10.79
About a minute
away from the hospital
00:33:13.15\00:33:15.86
I started getting this big pain.
00:33:15.89\00:33:18.13
Jerry, my husband
took me into the ER room.
00:33:18.16\00:33:22.06
We tried to
register ourselves there
00:33:22.10\00:33:25.10
and things were not
working out fast enough for me
00:33:25.13\00:33:28.10
because my head
just started to explode.
00:33:28.14\00:33:31.27
I told them to
please give me a chair
00:33:31.31\00:33:33.04
because I just felt
that I had to sit down
00:33:33.07\00:33:35.81
because its like
my legs were weak
00:33:35.84\00:33:38.11
and I just fell really
as if I was gonna pass out.
00:33:38.15\00:33:40.88
They brought me a
chair and all of the sudden
00:33:42.42\00:33:43.92
I just told them
I going to vomit.
00:33:43.95\00:33:45.69
So they got me this bucket
in and after a while like crazy.
00:33:45.72\00:33:51.23
When they saw
that I was throwing up
00:33:51.26\00:33:52.99
and this pain was
just exploding my head
00:33:53.03\00:33:56.40
and they wheeled me
into the emergency room
00:33:56.43\00:34:00.97
to put me through the
machine for a CT scan.
00:34:01.00\00:34:04.44
I stayed quite about it.
00:34:04.47\00:34:06.21
I just didn't
want to hear anything
00:34:06.24\00:34:09.08
bad that was gonna happen
00:34:09.11\00:34:10.78
and then I just was
pacing back and forth
00:34:10.81\00:34:13.28
and not knowing what to do.
00:34:13.31\00:34:15.65
When they got me out of there,
00:34:17.25\00:34:18.69
then all the
doctors and the nurses
00:34:18.72\00:34:21.09
they all got together to
talk about what they found
00:34:21.12\00:34:25.43
and what they
were planning to do.
00:34:25.46\00:34:27.00
You know, we went to
00:34:27.03\00:34:28.36
where you were at the room there
00:34:28.40\00:34:30.07
and you had so
many things on you
00:34:30.10\00:34:31.63
and stuff that
to tell your heart
00:34:31.67\00:34:33.64
and knowing that
in the brain waves
00:34:33.67\00:34:35.60
and all that and
I didn't want to ask
00:34:35.64\00:34:38.54
what was wrong with you.
00:34:38.57\00:34:39.91
I was afraid to ask I
remember, I was afraid to ask.
00:34:39.94\00:34:41.98
Of course, I didn't want
to hear bad news about you.
00:34:42.01\00:34:43.68
I remember that she
told Jerry, this is serious.
00:34:49.25\00:34:53.32
We got a phone call
from the emergency room
00:34:55.02\00:34:58.69
and I was informed
by the doctor in call
00:34:58.73\00:35:01.76
that one of my patients
had checked into the hospital
00:35:01.80\00:35:06.74
and then they told me the story.
00:35:06.77\00:35:08.60
She had an
aneurysm that was rupturing
00:35:08.64\00:35:11.24
and she developed a
subarachnoid bleeding
00:35:11.27\00:35:13.74
and chances of someone
00:35:13.78\00:35:15.28
surviving that is
maybe one in a thousand.
00:35:15.31\00:35:18.81
And when it ruptures
00:35:18.85\00:35:20.68
the blood gets into
your cerebrospinal fluid
00:35:20.72\00:35:24.45
and then you get
permanent damage.
00:35:24.49\00:35:27.72
And once it starts bleeding,
00:35:27.76\00:35:29.29
you generally
cannot save anybody.
00:35:29.32\00:35:31.56
But they were trying to decide
00:35:31.59\00:35:33.29
which way to take me to Florida
hospital in Orlando South
00:35:33.33\00:35:37.83
and by ambulance
or by helicopter.
00:35:37.87\00:35:40.44
To tell you the truth I
mean, my fear of heights
00:35:41.64\00:35:44.34
and my fear of flying is
really, really, really by.
00:35:44.37\00:35:47.31
And since I start to have
such a big phobia of flying
00:35:48.51\00:35:53.08
I just asked why the helicopter.
00:35:53.11\00:35:57.75
And she said, oh,
because the helicopter
00:35:57.79\00:35:59.62
only takes you in 47 minutes.
00:35:59.65\00:36:01.66
This peace that
I had in my heart,
00:36:10.63\00:36:12.73
I mean, it was-- I was
not concern about anything,
00:36:12.77\00:36:15.74
I was just relaxed
00:36:15.77\00:36:18.07
which I thought
is like I'm shocked.
00:36:18.11\00:36:20.41
Then I just looked
at the city of Orlando
00:36:22.64\00:36:25.38
and it looked so beautiful.
00:36:25.41\00:36:26.92
They wheeled me
into the hospital
00:36:42.16\00:36:45.57
and from then on I
don't recall anything else.
00:36:45.60\00:36:49.64
Aneurysms are like a
blister on a blood vessel
00:36:51.14\00:36:54.88
or a bubble on a tire
00:36:54.91\00:36:56.68
and in particular they involve
the arteries of the brain,
00:36:56.71\00:37:01.08
a gradual build up is
not what typically occurs
00:37:01.12\00:37:04.82
when aneurysm raptures.
00:37:04.85\00:37:06.19
When aneurysm ruptures
00:37:06.22\00:37:07.56
it's just bang
right out of the blue.
00:37:07.59\00:37:09.72
And what happens
when aneurysm bleeds
00:37:09.76\00:37:12.53
is that the pressure
in the head gets so high
00:37:12.56\00:37:16.16
that no blood goes to the brain
00:37:16.20\00:37:18.83
that usually results in
death or permanent disability.
00:37:18.87\00:37:22.44
If the patient remains alive
after the initial bleeding,
00:37:22.47\00:37:26.94
then they get the attention
00:37:26.98\00:37:28.81
and we diagnose
and work them up.
00:37:28.84\00:37:30.88
So like in Gladys' case
00:37:30.91\00:37:32.38
her aneurysm
had already ruptured
00:37:32.41\00:37:34.62
when it was
discovered and so at that point
00:37:34.65\00:37:37.32
it has a very high
chance of bleeding again.
00:37:37.35\00:37:40.06
She has a lot to gain by being
evaluated and treated quickly.
00:37:40.09\00:37:44.53
I wasn't even all
the way afraid yet.
00:37:44.56\00:37:47.66
I was more like trying to like
comprehend what was going on
00:37:47.70\00:37:51.30
like I didn't
understand what was going on.
00:37:51.33\00:37:54.04
This is meant to be the,
00:37:54.07\00:37:55.47
an artery of blood
vessel in the brain
00:37:55.50\00:37:57.81
and here hanging off the back
00:37:57.84\00:37:59.57
is the bubble that
shouldn't be there.
00:37:59.61\00:38:01.08
So it really does look
like a bubble on a tire.
00:38:01.11\00:38:04.88
So with coiling
00:38:04.91\00:38:06.25
it's all treated from
inside the blood vessel.
00:38:06.28\00:38:08.08
We get into the blood
vessel down in the groin.
00:38:08.12\00:38:10.52
Here we drawn another
picture with similar aneurysm
00:38:10.55\00:38:14.66
and now inside the
blood vessel is a tube
00:38:14.69\00:38:17.43
and that's to
represent a catheter.
00:38:17.46\00:38:20.10
We put that into the aneurysm
00:38:20.13\00:38:21.53
and then through that catheter
we put in pieces of wire
00:38:21.56\00:38:24.33
that gradually
fill up the aneurysm.
00:38:24.37\00:38:27.30
And the goal of the
procedure like we said before
00:38:27.34\00:38:30.87
is to prevent the
aneurysm from bleeding again.
00:38:30.91\00:38:33.11
And a way to do that is to
put in as many coils as we can.
00:38:33.14\00:38:37.61
In general the risks
of treating any aneurysm--
00:38:37.65\00:38:41.08
are the major risks
are stroke or death.
00:38:41.12\00:38:44.02
After they told us the procedure
00:38:44.05\00:38:45.52
was gonna take
place the next day
00:38:45.55\00:38:46.89
what they would have to
do, well, we went back home
00:38:46.92\00:38:49.99
then I actually
like felt, it hit me
00:38:50.03\00:38:52.63
like I started getting
really depressed and stuff.
00:38:52.66\00:38:58.20
And my son and
daughter were really there,
00:38:58.23\00:39:00.00
I know that what they
were going through themselves.
00:39:00.04\00:39:01.90
You know, they
were, they were silent,
00:39:01.94\00:39:04.51
they couldn't express anything,
00:39:04.54\00:39:06.24
but I know inside of them
00:39:06.27\00:39:07.91
they were afraid that
something was gonna happen.
00:39:07.94\00:39:10.28
I kind of dwell on
the same similar dots
00:39:10.31\00:39:12.01
over and over again just--
00:39:12.05\00:39:13.48
it's like, like
a loser, you know.
00:39:13.52\00:39:17.65
Saturday I had no--
00:39:25.36\00:39:27.33
I have no recollections
or anything that happened.
00:39:27.36\00:39:30.33
The next thing that I remember
is Sunday morning Easter.
00:39:30.37\00:39:34.70
My husband was by my
side, he was kissing my forehead
00:39:34.74\00:39:38.01
and I think that his kisses
were the ones that woke me up.
00:39:38.04\00:39:40.28
The first time the Dr. Hellinger
00:39:41.88\00:39:44.78
walked into the room,
00:39:44.81\00:39:47.35
the first thing up to
me he said his name was...
00:39:47.38\00:39:49.75
You are lucky to be alive.
00:39:50.79\00:39:52.39
You almost died.
00:39:52.42\00:39:54.22
But the thing is that
00:39:54.26\00:39:55.59
it was not only Dr.
Hellinger to say about.
00:39:55.62\00:39:57.76
Every other doctor that came
in also said the same thing.
00:39:57.79\00:40:01.76
It's like, wow.
00:40:01.80\00:40:03.13
You know, I was still
in a shock for a while,
00:40:06.50\00:40:07.97
it took me a long time.
00:40:08.00\00:40:09.34
I could not believe
what was happening to her.
00:40:09.37\00:40:11.81
Anytime a nurse or a
doctor came into the room,
00:40:11.84\00:40:15.91
I was expecting something
negative about her results
00:40:15.94\00:40:20.48
because she was always getting
a lot of different tests.
00:40:20.52\00:40:23.12
And one of the
nurses that came in,
00:40:23.15\00:40:24.95
she said, "Your wife is
going to be here for a while.
00:40:24.99\00:40:29.49
It's going to be
weeks, even months."
00:40:29.52\00:40:32.09
Sick patients and the
majority of patients are sick,
00:40:32.13\00:40:35.13
meaning they come to us
with neurological deficits.
00:40:35.16\00:40:38.00
It's not uncommon for patients
00:40:38.03\00:40:39.53
to be in the
hospital for several weeks
00:40:39.57\00:40:41.97
to several months
00:40:42.00\00:40:43.34
and then go through a
long rehabilitation process.
00:40:43.37\00:40:45.77
Thinking that she was
going to be more than 30 days,
00:40:45.81\00:40:48.31
or maybe two months,
00:40:48.34\00:40:49.88
it was too much
for me to even handle,
00:40:49.91\00:40:52.91
so I had to come home
00:40:52.95\00:40:55.02
and just because I didn't want
to accept that she was there.
00:40:55.05\00:41:00.16
But the problem
is when I came home,
00:41:00.19\00:41:02.72
and I went to the bedroom,
you know, she's not there,
00:41:02.76\00:41:06.80
but knowing that
she was not there
00:41:06.83\00:41:09.16
and I couldn't see that, I
had to go to the family room
00:41:09.20\00:41:13.30
and then sleep
in the family room,
00:41:13.34\00:41:14.90
turn the TV on,
something, to get away from...
00:41:14.94\00:41:17.74
because I was in shock, really.
00:41:17.77\00:41:19.94
I just want to block it,
00:41:21.31\00:41:22.64
this is just a
nightmare, this is a dream.
00:41:22.68\00:41:24.05
I want to wake up and find
out that this was only a dream.
00:41:24.08\00:41:28.18
Sometimes I will blame myself
00:41:30.05\00:41:31.39
for the situation
that happened to her
00:41:31.42\00:41:33.72
and thought that maybe
I was not a good husband.
00:41:33.76\00:41:35.76
I was losing faith in God.
00:41:37.39\00:41:40.80
One day he tell me, he told
me, I've always been with you.
00:41:40.83\00:41:45.73
You know, I was asking God,
00:41:50.17\00:41:51.81
please I don't
want to see her...
00:41:51.84\00:41:53.21
There are so many days and weeks
00:41:53.24\00:41:56.21
because every time I go to ICU,
00:41:56.24\00:41:58.25
there are so many
people, when I pass through,
00:41:58.28\00:42:00.98
that are going
through difficult situations,
00:42:01.02\00:42:02.78
some are dying there.
00:42:02.82\00:42:04.92
You know, to me, it felt
like just going there every day,
00:42:04.95\00:42:08.89
it felt like months going there.
00:42:08.92\00:42:10.53
It was so difficult,
each day was so difficult.
00:42:10.56\00:42:12.96
But one thing I did was,
00:42:12.99\00:42:15.03
well, you know, God,
00:42:15.06\00:42:17.37
I just want to
leave it up to you.
00:42:17.40\00:42:19.47
I'm not going to think
ahead what's going to happen.
00:42:19.50\00:42:22.47
I am just going to think
about now that she's alive,
00:42:22.50\00:42:25.04
and I'll believe that, you know,
00:42:25.07\00:42:27.68
you are going to work it out.
00:42:27.71\00:42:29.38
She was in ICU
for about two weeks,
00:42:33.01\00:42:35.08
then she was
transferred to a regular room.
00:42:35.12\00:42:38.32
And just as I came
in, a doctor comes in
00:42:40.66\00:42:43.86
and he says, "You
are leaving tomorrow."
00:42:43.89\00:42:47.03
And I said,
"What, leaving tomorrow,
00:42:47.06\00:42:48.63
to another room or what?"
00:42:48.66\00:42:50.93
And he said, "Wait,
you are going home."
00:42:50.97\00:42:53.80
And I asked the doctor,
00:42:53.84\00:42:55.17
"Wait a minute,
you sure about this?
00:42:55.20\00:42:57.54
She's only been
here like two weeks,
00:42:57.57\00:42:59.01
and it almost... and
she's already leaving?
00:42:59.04\00:43:01.64
And the doctor
goes in a humorous way
00:43:01.68\00:43:04.55
and saying,
"Well, you want me to...
00:43:04.58\00:43:06.11
We can keep her
longer if you want,
00:43:06.15\00:43:07.95
you know, for several months."
00:43:07.98\00:43:09.32
And I said, "It's
okay, doctor. No."
00:43:09.35\00:43:10.99
How's everything, Gladys?
00:43:11.02\00:43:13.09
Pressure, how's
your pressure doing now?
00:43:13.12\00:43:16.12
When the doctor, the
cardiologist, Dr. Bajaj,
00:43:16.16\00:43:19.06
when he was going
through the papers
00:43:19.09\00:43:21.63
and the papers
were about this thick
00:43:21.66\00:43:24.70
and he was just
looking and looking
00:43:24.73\00:43:26.63
and I was looking at his eyes,
as if he was really shocked
00:43:26.67\00:43:31.34
and amazed what was going on.
00:43:31.37\00:43:33.64
Well, he was looking
00:43:33.68\00:43:35.41
and I was trying to
see what was going on,
00:43:35.44\00:43:39.31
that if he saw something
bad happened or something.
00:43:39.35\00:43:41.85
But this was all the
results from the hospital.
00:43:41.88\00:43:44.62
So then he said,
"Listen now, I'll be back.
00:43:44.65\00:43:49.52
I want to bring my staff,
so they can look at this."
00:43:49.56\00:43:53.33
And a few seconds later
he comes back with his staff.
00:43:53.36\00:43:56.33
He says, "She's
a living miracle."
00:43:56.36\00:44:00.24
The chances of a patient
00:44:00.27\00:44:02.90
like this to be alert herself,
00:44:02.94\00:44:08.14
to realize that there's
something terribly wrong,
00:44:08.18\00:44:11.65
showing up at the right time
00:44:11.68\00:44:14.52
and just when the aneurysm was
rupturing could be diagnosed,
00:44:14.55\00:44:20.36
and evacuated,
00:44:20.39\00:44:21.92
and for all these
things to work perfectly
00:44:21.96\00:44:25.69
and she not suffer any damage
00:44:25.73\00:44:28.76
and has come out alive
is more than a miracle.
00:44:28.80\00:44:33.57
I believe God kept
her awake for a reason
00:44:33.60\00:44:36.20
because if she would
have gone to bed early,
00:44:36.24\00:44:40.31
she probably
wouldn't have survived it.
00:44:40.34\00:44:42.58
This stage of mine,
that I was there listening,
00:44:42.61\00:44:47.15
but not reacting,
listening but not feeling,
00:44:47.18\00:44:51.42
is like "Wow, God, you are
doing this because you love me
00:44:51.45\00:44:55.42
because you know if
you let me go through,
00:44:55.46\00:44:57.33
if you allow me to react,
00:44:57.36\00:44:59.29
to all of these
things that I'm hearing
00:44:59.33\00:45:00.83
and seeing the doctors."
00:45:00.86\00:45:02.20
They were like concerned,
00:45:02.23\00:45:03.57
it's like I don't think
that I would have made it.
00:45:03.60\00:45:06.90
Me by nature, I'm anxious.
00:45:09.10\00:45:12.61
By nature, I'm trying to
solve my own problems, you know.
00:45:12.64\00:45:18.78
Yes, I know.
00:45:18.81\00:45:20.62
By nature, I am a
person I want to be in control.
00:45:24.42\00:45:28.09
Yes, I know.
00:45:28.12\00:45:29.46
I love my wife
more than ever before.
00:45:32.09\00:45:34.33
You know, it's
like it's amazing,
00:45:34.36\00:45:36.13
it's like we
started dating again.
00:45:36.16\00:45:38.83
That's true.
00:45:38.87\00:45:40.34
You know, as, you know.
00:45:40.37\00:45:42.10
I don't see,
call her like my wife,
00:45:42.14\00:45:44.57
it's like my
girlfriend, you know.
00:45:44.61\00:45:47.04
And as a matter of fact,
we did something great too.
00:45:47.08\00:45:51.21
We renewed our vows,
and we had a ceremony.
00:45:51.25\00:45:54.45
We had a wedding
00:45:54.48\00:45:56.05
and all your
brothers and sisters
00:45:56.08\00:45:58.52
were there, our friends.
00:45:58.55\00:46:00.79
They came from all
over United States.
00:46:00.82\00:46:02.22
Different places they came,
00:46:02.26\00:46:03.59
you know, to share
that moment with us,
00:46:03.63\00:46:05.06
and it was a celebration.
00:46:05.09\00:46:07.00
Not only we are
together for 32 years,
00:46:07.03\00:46:10.00
but also God giving you life,
00:46:10.03\00:46:12.77
told me that
celebration was for you.
00:46:12.80\00:46:14.97
Easter's on that day
now has a very special day
00:46:16.00\00:46:18.61
for me, now twice special.
00:46:18.64\00:46:21.51
The resurrection of
Jesus and at the same time,
00:46:21.54\00:46:23.81
I feel like I
was resurrected too
00:46:23.85\00:46:25.31
because God had given
me life one more time.
00:46:25.35\00:46:28.72
My parents noticed that
00:46:45.50\00:46:46.84
I wasn't really making
eye contact with them anymore.
00:46:46.87\00:46:49.57
You know, how you
smile at your baby
00:46:49.60\00:46:51.74
and you think your baby
will smile back and respond.
00:46:51.77\00:46:54.44
I wasn't doing those things.
00:46:54.48\00:46:56.51
I was born into a
very normal family.
00:46:56.54\00:46:59.18
I had an older brother.
I was born a healthy baby.
00:46:59.21\00:47:02.38
One afternoon, after my parents
00:47:02.42\00:47:03.92
were giving someone a
ride home from church,
00:47:03.95\00:47:07.29
we got into a
very bad car accident.
00:47:07.32\00:47:09.56
I was thrown
from my mother's arms,
00:47:09.59\00:47:11.76
my head hit the dashboard.
00:47:11.79\00:47:13.76
I had a very bad head
injury and as a result,
00:47:13.80\00:47:16.97
I was diagnosed with Glaucoma
and I lost my sight at 12.
00:47:17.00\00:47:22.20
My parents began to
ask God for a miracle
00:47:22.24\00:47:26.14
and they took me to the
pastor and had me anointed.
00:47:26.17\00:47:29.71
They fasted and as you
can see, I'm still blind.
00:47:29.74\00:47:34.38
I believed that
someone who praise
00:47:34.42\00:47:37.49
and asks for a miracle
and if they didn't get it,
00:47:37.52\00:47:42.46
do we, that they were expecting,
00:47:42.49\00:47:47.43
you know, that's an
opportunity for them
00:47:47.46\00:47:48.96
to be stretched...
00:47:49.00\00:47:50.33
so I began to consider my life
00:47:51.57\00:47:53.67
and you know, I said
that I had an older brother.
00:47:53.70\00:47:57.31
He taught me
all kinds of things.
00:47:57.34\00:48:00.54
You know, but there was
a certain side of his life
00:48:00.58\00:48:02.58
that was not
necessarily good either.
00:48:02.61\00:48:06.15
And unfortunately,
00:48:06.18\00:48:08.55
he got himself mixed
up in the wrong company
00:48:08.58\00:48:12.65
and got himself
killed at a very early age.
00:48:12.69\00:48:16.96
Had it not been for
the Lord intervening,
00:48:16.99\00:48:20.83
I may have ended up in
a very similar situation.
00:48:20.86\00:48:25.07
I believe our stories
would probably be the same.
00:48:25.10\00:48:28.80
And so I look at my blindness
00:48:28.84\00:48:30.51
now as being a
blessing, and not a curse.
00:48:30.54\00:48:35.91
You know, blindness for me was
00:48:35.94\00:48:37.48
definitely not a
disability in my mind
00:48:37.51\00:48:40.38
but socially it
definitely caused some problems,
00:48:40.42\00:48:44.32
until I found music.
00:48:44.35\00:48:46.15
After I found music,
a lot of the awkwardness
00:48:46.19\00:48:49.66
that I dealt with
socially, fell away.
00:48:49.69\00:48:52.63
And so, I decided,
well, it just came to me
00:48:52.66\00:48:57.73
like "Wow, this the way
I'm going to make my mark."
00:48:57.77\00:49:00.80
While I was in college,
00:49:09.14\00:49:10.75
I met a guy who
wanted to invest in my career
00:49:10.78\00:49:15.55
and his mission was to
turn me into a household name.
00:49:15.58\00:49:19.85
He wanted to
break my out the box
00:49:19.89\00:49:21.59
and make me into
the next TV wonder.
00:49:21.62\00:49:24.13
He didn't come from
the University of Miami,
00:49:24.16\00:49:26.93
where he graduated
from their music school.
00:49:26.96\00:49:30.33
He had played out in the world,
00:49:30.37\00:49:32.27
you know, he had written songs
that Gladys Knight recorded.
00:49:32.30\00:49:35.00
He had done, he had, you know,
been around a lot of people.
00:49:35.04\00:49:38.47
I met someone that was
opening up a night club
00:49:38.51\00:49:42.61
on South Beach that was owned
and operated by celebrities
00:49:42.64\00:49:47.52
and they would have
these big celebrities
00:49:47.55\00:49:49.58
that would come
in this club every,
00:49:49.62\00:49:51.85
you know, every night or so.
00:49:51.89\00:49:53.82
This is the kind of place
that you know, Patti LaBelle,
00:49:53.86\00:49:57.39
Oprah Winfrey, Mike Tyson.
00:49:57.43\00:49:59.79
I had opportunity to
meet Mike Tyson several times,
00:49:59.83\00:50:03.00
he would come in there.
00:50:03.03\00:50:04.37
A lot of high profile
people would come in there
00:50:04.40\00:50:05.83
and I was the music.
00:50:05.87\00:50:07.20
I decided, well you know,
00:50:14.38\00:50:16.38
I am going to
leave this secular scene
00:50:16.41\00:50:19.68
and do it for the Lord,
00:50:19.71\00:50:22.22
and you know, it
really wasn't that easy
00:50:22.25\00:50:24.09
because you know,
00:50:24.12\00:50:25.45
nobody really into
Christian market knew who I was,
00:50:25.49\00:50:29.16
and I had to figure out
00:50:29.19\00:50:30.53
again how I was
going to make my mark,
00:50:30.56\00:50:33.83
'cause see at that point,
00:50:33.86\00:50:35.20
I still thought it was about me.
00:50:35.23\00:50:36.56
When I first met Neville,
00:50:36.60\00:50:38.77
one of the things that
impressed me about him so much
00:50:38.80\00:50:41.20
and really made me
want to help him was,
00:50:41.24\00:50:44.34
he was working like three jobs.
00:50:44.37\00:50:47.04
He was teaching like
three different schools.
00:50:47.08\00:50:49.98
He would get up in the morning.
00:50:50.01\00:50:51.35
I think he had to leave it,
00:50:51.38\00:50:52.71
like get up like
five in the morning
00:50:52.75\00:50:54.45
to catch public transportation
to get to these schools
00:50:54.48\00:50:58.22
and wouldn't get home
until I think, 7, 8, 9 o'clock,
00:50:58.25\00:51:02.59
maybe even later
than that every night
00:51:02.62\00:51:04.36
and he was doing that
as his full time work,
00:51:04.39\00:51:06.49
and then trying to do
the ministry on the side.
00:51:06.53\00:51:09.80
You know, he wasn't trying
00:51:09.83\00:51:12.13
to accept
governmental assistance.
00:51:12.17\00:51:14.80
He wasn't trying to
take an easy way out,
00:51:14.84\00:51:17.11
and if anybody had a reason to
give up, it was Neville, okay?
00:51:17.14\00:51:20.58
If you are blind,
everything is 10 times harder.
00:51:20.61\00:51:23.51
So I took care of myself.
00:51:23.55\00:51:25.21
I did my own laundry. I
cleaned my own apartment.
00:51:25.25\00:51:30.55
I had clothes
organized in my closet.
00:51:30.59\00:51:33.96
"This is Neville."
00:51:39.66\00:51:41.00
I said Neville,
what do you doing?
00:51:41.03\00:51:42.40
He said "Oh, I'm vacuuming."
00:51:42.43\00:51:44.20
Now, I'm sitting
there in my mind picturing
00:51:44.23\00:51:46.03
how does a blind person vacuum?
00:51:46.07\00:51:48.57
Do they know what
they have even gone over
00:51:48.60\00:51:50.61
but yet that spoke a lot to me.
00:51:50.64\00:51:52.81
Neville is living by himself in
an apartment down South Florida
00:51:52.84\00:51:56.48
and yet he cared enough
about basic things like that,
00:51:56.51\00:52:00.55
that he would be
vacuuming to clean his apartment
00:52:00.58\00:52:03.99
before the weekend began.
00:52:04.02\00:52:06.25
When you are not
playing in a club
00:52:11.03\00:52:12.86
and you can get a
free complimentary meal,
00:52:12.89\00:52:15.56
you know, you don't have
the money to stretch like that.
00:52:15.60\00:52:19.07
So I called my mother, I said,
00:52:19.10\00:52:20.54
"You know, Mom,
how do you cook rice?"
00:52:20.57\00:52:22.44
So I did exactly what she said
00:52:22.47\00:52:24.21
and while I was
like, "Wow, I have rice."
00:52:24.24\00:52:26.88
This is exactly
how I learned to cook.
00:52:27.98\00:52:30.25
I'm going to put a
little vegetable oil in here.
00:52:30.28\00:52:33.42
Man, I feel like I'm
on a cooking channel, man.
00:52:33.45\00:52:35.98
His potato salad
was, and I don't think
00:52:36.02\00:52:38.05
my grandmother
would be watching this
00:52:38.09\00:52:39.52
but it's better than hers,
00:52:39.55\00:52:41.76
and I mean, he just almost like,
00:52:41.79\00:52:43.76
"Wow, this man can
really, really cook."
00:52:43.79\00:52:47.33
I have made this dish
for her several times.
00:52:47.36\00:52:49.80
Now she does all the
cooking in the house.
00:52:51.03\00:52:52.87
I'm spoilt.
00:52:52.90\00:52:54.24
That's why I love Him
00:52:54.27\00:52:57.11
'Cause you can't find
nobody like the God answer
00:52:57.14\00:53:01.54
Hopefully my wife didn't
change around her seasonings.
00:53:01.58\00:53:04.48
That's why I praise Him
00:53:04.51\00:53:06.28
That's the curry right there.
00:53:06.31\00:53:08.08
That's why I praise Him
00:53:09.38\00:53:13.29
That's why He is my all and all
00:53:13.32\00:53:17.26
My King of
kings, my Lord of lords
00:53:17.29\00:53:20.13
He is good
00:53:20.16\00:53:22.33
He is good He is good
00:53:22.36\00:53:25.70
Hallelujah
00:53:25.73\00:53:27.30
I'm going to make some
creamy and dumplings as well.
00:53:32.61\00:53:35.94
When my son first met Neville,
00:53:39.61\00:53:41.62
he said "How can
someone like you that can't see,
00:53:41.65\00:53:45.42
how can you cook and
do all of these things?"
00:53:45.45\00:53:49.29
and Neville told him,
"You see, Christopher,
00:53:49.32\00:53:52.13
you can do anything
that you want to do."
00:53:52.16\00:53:55.46
He said "If you trust in
God and you believe in yourself
00:53:55.50\00:54:00.44
and believe that
you can do anything
00:54:00.47\00:54:02.70
that you put your
mind to, you can do it."
00:54:02.74\00:54:06.44
And the sea turn to dry land
00:54:06.47\00:54:11.75
When all
confidence gives away to fear
00:54:11.78\00:54:18.45
Who shall...
00:54:18.49\00:54:19.82
He takes it to a
whole another level.
00:54:19.85\00:54:22.42
You can hear these other
singers and their voices,
00:54:22.46\00:54:24.26
and do you say,
"Man, they are really good.
00:54:24.29\00:54:26.33
And then Neville
say, opens his mouth,
00:54:26.36\00:54:27.80
starting singing
to himself, "whoa."
00:54:27.83\00:54:29.66
Are you faithful
to all his comands
00:54:29.70\00:54:35.84
Are you one with Him
00:54:35.87\00:54:37.94
But he sang at the White
House, he sang at Carnegie Hall.
00:54:37.97\00:54:40.98
There are not many people
00:54:41.01\00:54:42.34
that ever get to
sing at Carnegie Hall,
00:54:42.38\00:54:44.08
and so then we go
from those engagements
00:54:44.11\00:54:45.95
back to little tiny
churches where there was,
00:54:45.98\00:54:48.18
you know, a
handful of people there.
00:54:48.22\00:54:50.12
We were late for a
flight one time at the airport
00:54:53.69\00:54:56.16
and we were
rushing to get to it.
00:54:56.19\00:54:58.29
And we happen to
see an airport worker,
00:54:58.33\00:55:00.20
flight attender or
something walking along
00:55:00.23\00:55:02.56
and we ask her
where the gate was,
00:55:02.60\00:55:04.53
she told us where it
was, and we said thanks.
00:55:04.57\00:55:05.90
We took off run. She
stopped us and she said.
00:55:05.93\00:55:09.10
"No, wait, wait. He
can't go on the flight."
00:55:09.14\00:55:11.27
And we said "What do you mean?
00:55:11.31\00:55:12.71
We got tickets, we
are late for the flight."
00:55:12.74\00:55:14.58
She said "He's been drinking,
he can't go on the flight".
00:55:14.61\00:55:17.78
And I said, "He's
not drunk, he's blind."
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When I see Neville, I
don't see a blind person.
00:55:22.02\00:55:24.59
I don't see
someone with limitations.
00:55:24.62\00:55:27.12
I see a normal,
beautiful person.
00:55:27.16\00:55:29.96
You know, I do believe
that the greatest miracles
00:55:29.99\00:55:32.86
sometimes are not the
most visible miracles.
00:55:32.89\00:55:36.60
Because I think a lot of people
00:55:36.63\00:55:37.97
who would probably
be in Neville's shoes,
00:55:38.00\00:55:40.60
they would just shrink,
they would just give up,
00:55:40.64\00:55:43.97
they would hold their hands
up and say, "I can't take this."
00:55:44.01\00:55:47.68
But to be able
to get up every day
00:55:47.71\00:55:49.64
and to say "Lord, I'm
thankful for what I have.
00:55:49.68\00:55:53.88
I love my family.
00:55:53.92\00:55:55.25
I love what I'm doing for you,
00:55:55.28\00:55:56.82
even though there are challenges
00:55:56.85\00:55:58.45
and there are struggles.
00:55:58.49\00:55:59.82
I think that's
the greatest miracle,
00:55:59.85\00:56:02.02
just to be able to
know that what you're doing
00:56:02.06\00:56:05.69
effects so many
people that are around you.
00:56:05.73\00:56:09.73
There's no anger at God.
00:56:09.76\00:56:12.03
There's no, you know,
00:56:12.07\00:56:13.74
'why me' attitude,
feel sorry for myself.
00:56:13.77\00:56:18.01
God is able to reach
anyone in any situation
00:56:18.04\00:56:24.31
no matter the circumstances,
00:56:24.35\00:56:26.48
and take a bad
situation and make it good.
00:56:26.51\00:56:29.85
And sometimes that good
situation doesn't always mean
00:56:29.88\00:56:33.89
that the person would be healed.
00:56:33.92\00:56:36.49
It's a miracle that
there's always been a peace
00:56:36.52\00:56:41.13
and an acceptance of
like, "I'm okay being blind.
00:56:41.16\00:56:46.03
It's okay." And
he really means it.
00:56:46.07\00:56:50.31
Let me take the time to tell you
00:56:50.34\00:56:53.07
What I've seen
00:56:53.11\00:56:56.44
I've seen prayers
being answered immediately
00:56:56.48\00:57:02.48
And there are times
00:57:02.52\00:57:04.02
When the waiting
seems infinitely long
00:57:04.05\00:57:09.39
And weak and
fainting hearts receive
00:57:09.42\00:57:12.79
Strength to be strong
00:57:12.83\00:57:15.26
That's a miracle
00:57:15.30\00:57:18.17
It's a miracle
00:57:18.20\00:57:22.24
They kind it up everyday
00:57:22.27\00:57:25.17
In a personal and special way
00:57:25.21\00:57:28.31
It's a miracle
00:57:28.34\00:57:30.31
I see it's a miracle
00:57:30.35\00:57:34.62
It's a kind that is too
obvious for everyone to see
00:57:34.65\00:57:40.96
And the greatest miracle of all
00:57:40.99\00:57:45.39
Is happening to me
00:57:45.43\00:57:50.97
You know, the Bible says,
"Every eye shall see Him",
00:57:52.13\00:57:56.10
that includes blind eyes too.
00:57:56.14\00:57:58.97
There aren't many
things of which we can be sure
00:57:59.01\00:58:05.95
But let me give you have a dance
00:58:05.98\00:58:09.32
You can't ignore
00:58:09.35\00:58:11.79
I won't stand up reason
or two my formal life of sin
00:58:13.15\00:58:18.29
But freedom came my way one day
00:58:18.33\00:58:22.20
And now I'm born
again and that's a miracle
00:58:22.23\00:58:28.27
It's a miracle
00:58:28.30\00:58:31.77
They kind it up every day
00:58:31.81\00:58:34.71
In a personal and special way
00:58:34.74\00:58:37.81
It's a miracle
00:58:37.85\00:58:39.81
I see it's a miracle
00:58:39.85\00:58:44.12
It's a kind that is too
obvious for everyone to see
00:58:44.15\00:58:50.46
And the greatest miracle of all
00:58:50.49\00:58:55.30
Is happening to me
00:58:55.33\00:58:57.90