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Kind World

A Moment Of Kindness From Angela

Kind World

WBUR

Kindness, Society & Culture, Profound, Personal Journals, Uplifting, Stories

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2020

⏱️ 2 minutes

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0:00.0

Hi everyone. This is Yasminamer, producer and co-host of Kind World, and thank goodness it's Friday.

0:07.0

I don't know about you, but I can certainly use some good news.

0:11.0

So I'm here to share with you this week's moment of kindness.

0:14.3

Remember, we'll be sharing these short stories every Friday for the rest of the season.

0:18.6

So if you want to share yours with us, call, leave us a message. We're at 617 353. 6350. Now, here's Angela

0:29.2

Gombi from Maryland.

0:30.4

This happened sometime in the midnight. Maryland.

0:33.4

This happened sometime in the mid 90s.

0:35.6

I was probably 11 or 12.

0:37.4

I was at the beach in Ocean City, Maryland.

0:40.0

And my cousin and I were drowning,

0:42.0

and we were stuck in a rip current.

0:43.4

We didn't know what to do.

0:45.0

And it was terrifying and I remember seeing my younger cousin just swimming

0:49.4

under the water kicking as hard as she could and a girl named Natasha I will never forget her.

0:55.0

We had met her that day randomly on the beach. She pulled us out of the water

1:00.0

magically and just saved our lives and I don't think it hit me at the time what she

1:09.8

has done but years later I'm in my late 30s I think about her constantly especially

1:15.8

at the beach I don't know her last name I don't know anything about her but I just

1:21.3

send good vibes all the time because she was, she saved me.

1:27.4

Angela, thank you so much for calling and sharing your story with us.

1:30.9

Do you have a story of kindness? Call us and leave us a message. We're at

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