33. Brad Brown drove the sick and scared through the flames of the Paradise Camp Fire

All The Wiser

Kimi Culp

Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.9 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Brad Brown and his wife Melea moved their two kids to Paradise, CA in 2012 after a hospital chaplain position opened up for Brad bringing with it the promise of cutting-edge medicine that could help Melea treat her colon cancer. After a miraculous six-year battle (she was given a 1 month prognosis), Melea passed, leaving Brad to care for their kids along with an outpouring of support and love from his Paradise community. Only months later, the Camp Fire wildfire, the deadliest in California history, ripped through town, moving the length of a football field a second. When the hospital ran out of ambulances, Brad started loading patients into his minivan and quickly became stuck in gridlock surrounded by flames. After a harrowing escape and an emotional reunion with his kids, Brad chose to stay in Paradise where 91% of homes burned to the ground, in order to provide comfort to the community who stood by him in his darkest hours. In this episode, Brad shares his lessons on finding meaning and purpose amid tragedy and the key things that can help a community heal from trauma.

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1:02.4	matter what your circumstance is, whether it's a health care journey, accident, loss of job, loss of
1:09.7	community, that having an intrinsic value in
1:13.7	yourself that you have something that gives you meaning and purpose beyond your circumstances
1:19.7	is key. Welcome to All the Wiser. I'm Kimmy Kulfe. All the Wiser is a one-for-one podcast. For every inspiring interview you hear,
1:31.2	we donate $2,000 to charities around the world. I believe in the power of storytelling to inspire
1:37.7	us all to think differently about the world around us. So I've combed the country for some of the most jaw-dropping stories you have
1:46.4	ever heard, people who have been to the brink and back, stories of survival against all odds,
1:52.5	and whose lives have been changed in unthinkable ways. Today's interview is with American Hero
2:00.8	and a man of great faith chaplain Brad Brown.
2:04.6	In 2008, Brad was a recent widow and single father of two teenage kids.
2:11.6	He was also the chaplain at the local hospital in Paradise, California.
2:16.6	That November, Paradise became the epicenter of what would
2:21.7	be known as the Camp Fire. The Camp Fire took 85 lives, burned more than 11,000 homes,
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