Pearl - Men Are HEROES!!

00:00:00.000 but thanks to danelle he would survive and thanks to the staff at the shrimp basket

00:00:05.760 he would never be alone again they started by bringing his gumbo

00:00:12.480 so cute all right what's up guys welcome to my youtube channel on this channel uh we understand

00:00:18.640 that men build the infrastructure of society and are generally awesome and good and we really

00:00:24.240 celebrate men because we could not have the society we have without men um so today we're

00:00:29.200 gonna watch men be heroes but before we do guys there is a link in the description um that's a

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00:00:50.400 a rescue reunion with hugs all around a south florida city honors the man you see pulling this

00:00:56.320 out of the Sunny Isles Beach surf.

00:00:58.920 CBS 4 is going to start crying.

00:01:01.200 Oh no.

00:01:01.660 Oralga Ortega shares this

00:01:03.200 life saving story.

00:01:06.700 Wiping away tears, Rose Sirius

00:01:08.960 walks up to the man credited with

00:01:10.740 saving her life when she nearly

00:01:12.560 drowned and gives him a big hug.

00:01:14.700 The city of Sunny Isles Beach

00:01:16.840 presented Javier Fernandez with

00:01:18.540 the Medal of Valor for coming to

00:01:20.340 Sirius's rescue when she was

00:01:21.920 drowning two weeks ago at the

00:01:23.380 Newport Pier. 0.60

00:01:24.340 Help her! Help her! 0.96

00:01:28.040 Fernandez was having lunch with his wife and baby when he heard screams from bystanders

00:01:33.280 and quickly jumped in the water to save Syria.

00:01:35.760 As I was under the water, I thought my life was actually over.

00:01:41.300 So when I opened my eyes and then I saw all white and then I was like, wow, this is it.

00:01:46.860 When Fernandez jumped in and grabbed her, he tells us the current pulled them both back.

00:01:51.520 You can see her going under.

00:01:53.360 Minutes later, Fernandez dragged Sirius onto shore where it appears she was not responding

00:01:58.380 until he turns her on her side and Sirius starts to move again.

00:02:02.820 I was in the sand and I didn't know what happened, who saved me.

00:02:06.640 And since that day, she's wanted nothing more than to meet the man who saved her to thank him.

00:02:11.540 That chance came Thursday when the city of Sunny Isles Beach presented Fernandez with a medal

00:02:16.440 and arranged for Sirius to surprise him.

00:02:19.000 My heart was beating fast.

00:02:23.860 I'm going to start crying.

00:02:25.620 No.

00:02:26.700 Oh, this is so heartwarming.

00:02:28.240 It's like seeing someone I've always known who I hadn't seen in a long time.

00:02:32.260 I will never forget him until the day my life is over on this earth.

00:02:37.500 I will never forget what he did for me.

00:02:39.940 Aurelia Artega.

00:02:40.840 That's the thing. 0.69

00:02:41.400 Men are so sacrificial.

00:02:43.180 Like, they will risk their lives for someone else.

00:02:46.260 CBS 4 News tonight.

00:02:49.000 all right let's see this next one man who drove off bridge to save baby didn't think twice

00:02:54.120 how do you try okay hero whose bravery saved a baby from a watery grave today jonathan bauer

00:03:01.320 stepped into the spotlight at a news conference she had flipped over onto her stomach

00:03:06.840 and her face was in the water it happened on a bridge in ocean city maryland when a multi-car

00:03:12.280 collision left this pickup dangling precariously over the concrete barrier the force of the

00:03:18.440 collision ejected the 18 month old girl out of the vehicle and into the water of this bay that's

00:03:24.200 when another motorist got out of his car and without hesitation climbed over this barrier

00:03:30.680 and dove into the chilly waters to the rescue when i looked over i saw the car seat and some 0.94

00:03:36.920 other items and then about six feet away from car seat was a little girl she was on her back 0.67

00:03:40.680 completely floating, head completely out of the water, arms moving, legs kicking, and a little

00:03:49.200 pin dress. I popped up, swam over to the girl, lifted her out of the water, and looked at her. 0.98

00:04:00.320 Her mouth was open, her eyes were semi-open, and then I put her against my shoulder very high, 1.00

00:04:05.920 and aggressively pat her on the back and within seconds she spit up uh a bunch of water voters

00:04:14.160 saw the incredible rescue unfold the hero climbs up the ladder and hands the child over see men

00:04:22.640 are so like they're so selfless they really don't they really think of themselves less i don't know

00:04:29.360 if it's their biology or just how they are firefighter paramedic this is getting me

00:04:33.520 emotional today i don't know ryan wolmer was one of the first on the scene you sought out the hero

00:04:38.640 why yes i had to go over and shake his hand i had to see who took the jump and and made the plunge

00:04:44.980 for like a better term to to save this child without his heroism she wouldn't be here the

00:04:49.900 courageous hero wanted to remain anonymous until he knew for certain that the baby was okay

00:04:55.740 bauer appeared at the news you know what and that's the thing of white guy oh my gosh look

00:05:00.560 the families are so proud um white guys in particular they don't care about credit they

00:05:05.920 don't they just want it to have a good job and they want it done conference with his wife wendy

00:05:10.320 and daughter ava who stood on the bridge and watched her father leap into the water feet first

00:05:16.800 she choked up when she recalled her father's heroic dive probably the scariest part of my life

00:05:22.800 seeing my dad jump off the bridge doug found this reaction why do you be crying today

00:05:30.640 an american hero humble even as he accepts everyone's thanks

00:05:39.120 wow okay let's see all right um why a cincinnati bride's landlord walked her down the aisle bride

00:05:46.960 groom exchange um men are they're such creatures of routine they do the same thing like they

00:05:55.120 literally do the same it's so cute oh my god it's so adorable oh my okay let's see

00:06:03.120 new jersey state trooper stops retired cop who delivered him as a baby okay

00:06:09.120 our series the more perfect union aims to show that what unites us as americans is far greater

00:06:14.000 than what divides us new jersey state trooper michael patterson pulled over a retired officer

00:06:19.440 earlier this month michelle miller shows how that chance encounter actually led to a reunion that

00:06:26.080 was 27 years in the making michelle good morning good morning it's the moment every driver dreads

00:06:33.360 being pulled over by a police officer and while trooper patterson began the traffic stop with

00:06:38.720 great roadside manner. It ended with a twist neither man expected. How's it going today?

00:06:47.120 I'm all right. Thank you. New Jersey police license registration. With his body cam rolling,

00:06:52.040 trooper Michael Patterson pulled over a white BMW for what he thought was a routine traffic stop.

00:06:58.060 I grew up in the sky. After some small talk, retired police officer Matthew Bailey realized

00:07:04.400 they were from the same neighborhood and it crossed paths before thanks to the trooper's mom. I was

00:07:10.720 in labor and didn't realize it before you know it I'm on the bed and Michael's head is crowning.

00:07:16.240 Every birthday Michael's mother recounted the story of how an officer helped his dad deliver him

00:07:22.800 at home. Years ago it was the first day that delivered that's why I always remember the

00:07:28.480 At the house, in the bedroom.

00:07:31.500 Oh yeah, by myself.

00:07:32.960 That was me.

00:07:33.920 That was me.

00:07:34.880 That was me.

00:07:36.700 I'm like, wow, is this really happening right now?

00:07:39.400 I just stand in my hand.

00:07:41.020 I said, sir, that was me.

00:07:42.160 That was me.

00:07:43.120 My name is Michael Patterson.

00:07:44.640 It's a pleasure to meet you and thank you for helping deliver me.

00:07:46.800 So this is the home where Michael was born and raised.

00:07:50.340 Matthew, Michael, and his mom had a chance to return to the scene of his birth 27 years later.

00:07:56.200 What was going through your mind?

00:07:57.500 At that point, I didn't have any children of my own. I had never seen it, experienced it, and I was just trying to recall academy days of my training.

00:08:07.200 They train in the academy for this?

00:08:09.240 A brief segment, much too brief.

00:08:14.200 But the reunion of the families almost didn't happen.

00:08:18.100 I'm not thinking about, you know, hey, why don't you get out of the car, let's take a picture together.

00:08:21.620 That's not going through my mind as a trooper, but I drove over to his house.

00:08:26.040 it wasn't far from the car stop and i wrote him a note i left it on his door i said sir you know

00:08:31.560 my name is michael patterson the trooper that just stopped you my family suggested that we take

00:08:35.960 pictures together so you know if you don't mind um you know just give me a call it's your earliest

00:08:40.840 convenience and maybe we'll connect he got that picture and a lot more i haven't been there yet

00:08:46.920 try it it's good i'm grateful to mr bailey for coming to assist and everybody asks why i get so

00:08:53.960 upset. I get upset because I honestly don't know what would have happened had they not come to my

00:09:00.540 aid. So I just want to tell Mr. Bill, I appreciate him coming. Yeah, absolutely. It was my pleasure.

00:09:07.540 Great experience. I think a greater power somehow made that meeting happen. And I'm not sure where

00:09:14.460 it's going to take us. And I'm willing to go on the journey. We're definitely going to stay in

00:09:19.800 touch because this is a special relationship. I'm sorry. It's a special relationship and

00:09:28.700 it was meant to happen. Things just don't randomly happen like that.

00:09:33.300 Yeah. Some people might call this serendipity. What do you call it?

00:09:37.380 Purpose. Yes.

00:09:42.260 Purpose indeed. How cute is that? Okay. Let's see. Let's see the next hero we got.

00:09:47.260 A firefighter who saved a baby watches her graduate.

00:10:01.260 The room was full of smoke, hot smoke.

00:10:03.260 Another 20 seconds and it would have been a different outcome.

00:10:13.260 For some reason, it just doesn't really feel like me.

00:10:15.260 like me i mean that's obviously me but this is really hard to believe sometimes

00:10:26.620 really emotional i don't really know how to describe it i guess i'm just

00:10:32.380 they're happy tears just to realize that you know some things could have gone wrong

00:10:39.020 started out a little bit rough and then she's made it all the way through high school now so

00:10:42.300 but she's successful and happy, so I think that's just perfect.

00:10:49.180 People is beginning their new lives as husband and wife,

00:10:52.260 but when their families got together this weekend,

00:10:54.040 they celebrated both the future and a life-changing moment 20 years ago.

00:10:57.860 Lee Woodruff shows us how a police officer's quick thinking back then

00:11:01.100 allowed the bride to see her big day come true.

00:11:03.840 Lee, good morning.

00:11:04.580 Good morning, guys.

00:11:05.700 Well, Captain Joseph Barca has been on the Yonkers Police Force for 45 years.

00:11:09.860 In that time, he saved over a dozen lives and helped rescue victims trapped at Ground Zero.

00:11:15.540 But it was one rescue of a small baby that this cop says is the highlight of his career.

00:11:22.560 At a Chicago park on Saturday, the Hamida and Salah families had everything.

00:11:28.380 Great food, games for the kids.

00:11:31.320 Some relatives traveled as far as the West Bank to attend the wedding weekend.

00:11:35.060 But the honored guests, Joe Barka and his wife, drove from New York to see the young bride, Shemala Hamida.

00:11:43.260 You have your family here for a barbecue. How does your family treat Joe when they see him?

00:11:49.020 They love him. They're excited to see him. Everybody is like, they couldn't wait for this day just so we can see him and his wife, Helen.

00:11:57.020 He's really more than a guest of honor.

00:11:58.820 Oh, yeah. He's like a second father. He's not just a friend or a hero. He's family.

00:12:04.120 It was December 1993 when Sergeant Barca responded to a call at this house.

00:12:10.300 A radio call came in of a child not breathing.

00:12:13.540 Shamila's older brothers, Ahmed and Ali, remember the day in vivid detail.

00:12:18.340 I remember my mom yelling on top of her lungs for my father.

00:12:22.140 Shema, Shema, Shema. She's not breathing. She's choking. Lifeless.

00:12:26.940 Took the child from the parents, checked for vital signs, found none.

00:12:31.880 I jumped into the backseat of the car with the baby, still doing CPR for the ride to the hospital.

00:12:37.960 By the time they arrived, her throat was cleared.

00:12:40.580 Her heart began beating again.

00:12:42.440 Baby Shema was breathing on her own.

00:12:44.820 Her dad was expecting to hear the worst from me.

00:12:48.860 And I said to him, do you hear that baby crying?

00:12:52.800 And he says, yeah.

00:12:53.560 I said, well, that's your baby crying.

00:12:55.540 And he just broke down from there.

00:12:58.080 Bahia Hamida is Shema's mother.

00:12:59.960 Can you still remember that day?

00:13:01.880 yeah when i remember i cry i cry but at least it's happy tears now yeah thank god

00:13:09.720 and thank for him too joe and helen never lost touch with the hamidas after the family moved to

00:13:15.080 buffalo they treat shema like a daughter every year they've never missed my birthday and for

00:13:20.520 christmas they always send a card and a check and a letter and they're just so sweet it's a thought

00:13:25.720 that counts really what did you think when you got the news of shema's wedding i said not my little

00:13:31.800 baby. Of course, I'll be there. Yesterday, Joe honored that promise to see her walk down the

00:13:37.900 aisle. As a policeman, you've seen good and bad. Here's the thing. Men are just so sacrificial and

00:13:44.120 selfless, and they just want to, they want to, they love being needed, and that's why they're

00:13:48.100 taking advantage of, not a mess, obviously, but that's why they're taking advantage of,

00:13:51.980 is because they love feeling needed. What does this one rank, this story? Oh, this one ranks

00:13:57.140 up on top and i go out there for a reason and the reason is to help people it makes me want to save

00:14:03.540 people's lives the way he saved my life maybe i can be in people's lives 20 years later just as he was

00:14:11.380 she might get that chance she recently graduated from nursing school and joe and helen barca have

00:14:16.420 three grown sons a teacher and two police officers in yonkers just like their dad

00:14:21.620 oh okay guys all right guys um let me know what you think of the comments um who is a man that

00:14:27.460 changed your life um and saved you potentially so put in the comments like the video subscribe

00:14:32.260 to the channel and I will see you next time.

Pearl - July 23, 2026

Men Are HEROES!!

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