The Happy Pod: Reunited with the man who saved my life
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Christian nearly drowned while swimming in the sea in Italy as a child. He returned to the beach with his wife and child - only to find that Yuri, the man who saved his life, was still there. The two men tell us about their emotional reunion and the profound effect the experience has had on them. Also: The New York couple who found a safe full of cash, and get to keep it, thanks to the increasingly popular hobby of magnet fishing. We speak to Yazzy Chamberlain and her grandad John, whose duets of classic songs have earned them millions of online viewers -- including Coldplay. How the powers of nature are being used to help solve water shortages in Mexico City by cleaning polluted rivers. The skull of a giant prehistoric bird known as the demon duck has been found in Australia. And don't waste a moment - the final message from Rob Burrow, rugby league star and Motor Neurone Disease campaigner.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Happy Pod from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:03.4 | I'm Janet Jalil and in this edition |
| 0:10.8 | uploaded on Saturday the 8th of June an emotional reunion 24 years after a dramatic beach rescue. |
| 0:18.0 | I just wanted to go back, you know, visit Yuri like this is my boy. He wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you really. |
| 0:25.0 | It was one of the most important things I've ever done to succeed in saving two kids |
| 0:31.0 | and guarantee them a future. |
| 0:33.6 | Catch of the day. |
| 0:34.6 | But I always wanted to search for treasure and I thought you'd have to be wealthy with a ship |
| 0:38.3 | and diving gear and tanks and all that. |
| 0:40.8 | No, you could find treasure your local pond. |
| 0:43.3 | A couple in New York discover a safe full of cash using magnet fishing. The amazing fossil |
| 0:49.7 | found in Australia. |
| 0:51.3 | Well, it's a pretty bulky bird, about 250 kilos in weight, |
| 0:58.0 | which makes it about five times the size of an e mew. |
| 1:02.0 | Also in this podcast, |
| 1:05.0 | and it was all yellow. |
| 1:08.0 | The woman who's gone viral singing with her granddad. The |
| 1:15.0 | your skin |
| 1:17.0 | the skin |
| 1:18.0 | the skin |
| 1:20.0 | the the duo have even caught the attention of some big stars and the inspirational last words of a British legend. |
| 1:28.0 | My final message to you is whatever your personal about. |
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