From Hidden Brain Media, I'm Shankar Vedanta. This is my unsung hero, stories where one person reached

out to help another in a time of need.

Thank you so much for the chance to tell you about my unsung hero.

I just left there feeling like there was hope for my situation and my kids.

I can never thank you enough for all you've done for me.

And I'll never be able to repay you.

Thank you.

Today's story comes from Julia Weber. In 1989, Julia was 22 years old, fresh out of college and living in the Bay Area.

One afternoon, she was walking from her job in downtown San Francisco to a nearby bus stop.

When all of a sudden the earth started moving, the sidewalk below my feet was moving and I thought immediately,

am I hallucinating? It's just happening to me. And then I very quickly realized it was an earthquake

as windows were popping out of the tall buildings above me,

and glass was shattering all around me. So all of that fear. was

coming into my realization in that moment when this commuter and I locked eyes.

She was in a trench coat carrying her this commuter and I locked eyes.

She was in a trench coat carrying a briefcase.

And as the ground started moving,

she took a step forward, this stranger, and put her arms around me, and I put my arms around her.

And we just held each other while the horrors of the earthquake were happening all around us.

When the ground stopped moving, we separated and she looked at me and said,

are you okay? And I said said yes.

Are you okay and she said yes.

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