217: Cesar was attacked

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever had something bad happen, while you were actually trying to do something good? It’s kind of that old phrase – no good deed goes unpunished. There was a thread about this online. This is what one person wrote: “I ran in the middle of a busy road to rescue a kitten. I went door to door until I finally found the owner. The first thing she did when she saw me holding her kitten was accuse me of stealing it. Every single animal I've ever rescued I've either been ignored or yelled at for trying to return. One guy yelled at me to get off his property despite the fact I was holding his lost cat.” When something like this happens, it just doesn’t seem fair. You go out of your way to do something nice, and somehow you’re the bad guy. My guest today is Cesar. Cesar is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. But there was this one time when he was trying to help someone. And he almost lost his life because of it. If you’d like to contact Cesar, his website is: https://CesarCardona.com Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/217 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: Head to http://Lumen.me/WWTL for 20% off your purchase. Sign up today at https://www.butcherbox.com/whatwas and use code whatwas to get chicken breast, salmon or ground beef FREE in every order for a year, plus $20 off your first order. Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/WHAT Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [WHATWAS] at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever had something bad happen while you were actually trying to do something good?
0:09.6	It's kind of that old phrase, no good deed goes unpunished.
0:15.3	There was a thread about this online.
0:18.6	This is what one person wrote.
0:24.1	I ran in the middle of a busy road to rescue a kitten. I went door to door until I finally found the owner. The first thing she did when she saw
0:31.7	me holding her kitten was accuse me of stealing it. Every single animal I've ever rescued I've either been ignored or yelled at for trying to
0:41.8	return.
0:43.4	One guy yelled at me to get off his property despite the fact I was holding his lost cat.
0:51.5	When something like this happens, it just doesn't seem fair.
0:55.0	You go out of your way to do something nice and somehow you're the bad guy.
1:01.0	My guest today is Caesar.
1:04.0	Caesar is one of the nicest people I've ever met.
1:08.0	But there was this one time when he was trying to help someone, and he almost lost his
1:14.3	life because of it. Real people in unreal situations. The eerie silence when I walked in, and he's just staring at me.
1:30.4	I was like, hello, like, are you okay?
1:32.9	And then I had to tell him, it was me.
1:36.8	There was just blood everywhere.
1:39.5	They're shouting, they're screaming, they're being hit by bullets, they're hitting the ground.
1:43.5	And in that moment, I literally thought, this is how I die.
1:46.8	Everything changed then.
1:49.6	And I just thought to myself, this isn't happening.
1:52.8	Every single story deserves to be heard.
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