Inspirational Videos

One young woman, bitten by a shark, refused to give up and returned to the beach where the attack happened. 

Swimming is an excellent way to escape the heat and humidity that accompanies the summer months. However, like everything else in life, spending time in the water does come with some dangers. Drownings can and do happen. For those who prefer the ocean, shark attacks are also a possibility.

However, a teenager, Addison Bethea, showed stunning strength and resiliency after she encountered a shark and lost her right leg. She eventually returned to the exact beach where the devastating incident took place.

Back in June 2022, Addison, enjoying the water off the coast of Florida, encountered the ferocious creature, according to the clip posted on YouTube. The shark that bit her, taking her right leg, was 9-feet long.

Addison recalls the moments when the animal latched itself onto her leg. She compared her initial reaction to the attack to being in a bad dream.

“My brother was the one who heard me scream,” Addison said. “It’s almost like when you’re in a dream, and you try and scream in a dream, and it feels like nothing’s coming out. That’s what I felt like in that moment. And so, I belted as loud as I could. And he said it’s the loudest scream he’s ever heard anyone scream.”

Following the attack, Addison spent several weeks in the hospital recovering. During this time, Addison was fitted with a prosthetic leg. The teenager stated that she mastered walking on her new leg in minutes. 

Then a year later, after the attack, the young woman returned to the same beach where the attack happened. She refused to let that incident keep her from enjoying the water.

Addison has some advice for people going through dramatic, devastating situations. 

“I have talked to a few people recently that have been in tragic accidents, and it’s hard for them to, like, keep their mind strong,” Addison said. “That’s a big, big thing that you have to do when you’re recovering because you will have rough days. I’m not saying you will have every day easy.”

She added words of wisdom her father shared with her.

“But you just have to take an account of, like, what my dad used to tell me in the hospital,” she said. ‘Today is going to be a good day, even if it’s not a perfect day.’ Just find one good thing out of your day to keep you going.”

Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.”

One young man with Down syndrome gave his brother a hand when it was time to get ready for a date.

Dating can be a grueling and unpredictable task. There are a lot of unknowns surrounding the whole process of dating. What is the best way to first go about meeting someone? What should the date consist of, and where should the couple go? How did the other person feel about the date? Will there be a second or third, or will this be the only date?  

With something as complicated as romantic human relationships, it’s always nice to have a third party lend a hand or share some words of wisdom. One video posted on YouTube shows the sweet and touching helpful hand one young man received from his brother with Down syndrome.

The clip begins with the young man walking up the stairs as he announces that he’s about to leave for a date. He came upstairs simply to say goodbye to his brother, Gabriel.

After a light tap on his door, the young man with Down syndrome answers. The guy preparing to head out for his date states he is “about to go on a date.”

The young man with Down syndrome appears surprised by his brother’s attire. He immediately begins looking at his shirt and informs him that he needs to change. It’s clear he’s not thrilled with his choice of clothing. 

The other brother momentarily puts up a fight, but Gabriel, the other brother, is not hearing it. He pulls him in close and gives him a kiss on the nose. They both turn and look directly at the camera for a few seconds. 

The short clip ends with the young man changed, now wearing a three-piece suit, which his brother helped him select for his date. 

What a sweet and touching example of brotherly love.

1 Corinthians 16:14 “Let all you do be done in love.”

A young man who suffered a devastating injury that left him paralyzed is now preparing to run a 5K race.

Unfortunately, life is full of hardships and setbacks. Trials on the road of life will crop up often without the assistance of bad choices and poor decision-making. No matter what life may throw your way, it’s necessary to keep a positive, upbeat attitude and continue to move forward, as one young man has shown.

Chase Friedman, a TikTok influencer and a Los Angeles resident, was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for a New Year’s party in 2021. However, the morning following the party, Chase sustained a catastrophic injury.

“Then, like 7 a.m. the next morning, I got up just to pee,” Chase said. “Like, barely any sleep, and apparently, I tripped. I don’t remember it. I fell, my head hit the sink, and my head snapped back.”

Chase was paralyzed from the shoulders down.

Doctors performed spinal fusion surgery on his neck. The next steps were unknown, according to the doctors. They did, though, give Chase two big pieces of advice.

“The doctors came in after, and they said, ‘Look, we don’t know what’s going to happen,’” Chase said. ‘You might stay like this; you might regain some movement back. If that’s going to happen, you have to do two things: you have to work as hard as you can in rehab and you need to do everything you can to stay positive.”’

Despite everything he’d been through, Chase admits that he was happy nearly every day after for the next three months. He was "in the zone," he reports. 

He continued rehabbing from his injury and surgery for nearly a year. Then, Chase says, he started working out in the gym by himself.

Chase admits that “somehow, we fixed it” and now he’s running half a lap around a track without stopping.

What an amazing young man, who kept a positive, upbeat attitude, enjoys life and refused to quit.

1 Corinthians 9:24 “Do you not see that in a running competition, all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.”

One woman, while in her wedding dress, arrived for her big day in an unusual and unforgettable way. 

Weddings are momentous and highly emotional events. Friends and family gather to watch as two people make a lifelong commitment to one another. While weddings are, for the most part, the same, everyone tries to find a little something to make their day a little different.

One woman in Ireland found a clever and sweet way to make her big day memorable and stand out from other weddings. As the short, 40-second video posted on YouTube shows, the bride arrived at the church in a style befitting of a farm girl. 

The clip begins with an older gentleman in a suit driving a tractor down the road. Seconds later, text in the clip shows that this was no ordinary tractor ride.

“A bride surprised wedding guests by arriving on a tractor driven by her father,” the text reads.

As the man pulls into the church’s parking lot, the video shows the young woman, all dressed in white, on the back of the tractor. Her entrance is received with a smattering of shouts. A handful of people stand near the lot's entrance as they capture the unique arrival on their phones.

Once the tractor gets closer to its destination, near the front of the church, more text explains the woman’s decision to arrive by tractor. 

“She chose the entrance as a tribute to her family’s rural background,” the text states.

The clip concludes with the bride stepping off the tractor with a bouquet in hand. 

What a wonderful, sweet and loving way to honor her parents and family. She obviously loves and appreciates her family’s farming background and the hard work of all farmers who provide food and nourishment for all.

James 5:7 “Be patient, therefore, brothers, to the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain.”

A flight crew member provided passengers with a little bit of entertainment as he sang a hit from the late John Denver.

Traveling is not always the most fun or exciting thing to do in the world. In fact, it’s usually the opposite. While traveling by plane is the fastest method of getting from Point A to Point B, it can be frustrating, especially when it comes to security checks, traveling guidelines and flight delays.

However, one Southwest Airlines flight attendant did his best to try and alleviate passengers’ worries and stress during a potentially upsetting situation. 

In a video posted on YouTube, the man sings the classic “Take Me Home, Country Roads.” The man strums along on a guitar while singing the memorable lyrics, which are about traveling a familiar, well-worn path that leads to a beloved destination. 

“Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads”

The musically talented flight attendant plays and sings the John Denver tune while someone else holds the phone to the plane’s intercom system. 

At around the 2-minute mark of the clip, the man changes things up a little bit. He stops singing momentarily and encourages the passengers to sing along with him.

“Come on, everybody,” he says to the passengers on the delayed flight. 

Likely to the surprise of him and anyone who watches the video, several passengers join him and sing the song’s chorus. 

Flying can be an unpleasant experience, but one man, with the use of his guitar and voice, tried to make a bad situation a little better. He deserves a ton of credit for trying to bring joy to people who probably weren’t in the best of moods. 

Colossians 3:16 “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”

A Massachusetts woman in her 90s found a unique way to treat herself on her 97th birthday: she bought a John Deere riding lawn mower.

Outdoor work is both relaxing and rewarding. Having a freshly mowed lawn is one of life’s most underappreciated joys. It’s the sign of a job completed, with the fruits of one’s labor visible to all. Mowing and working outside, in general, also provides a momentary escape from all other stressors and worries. 

Marie Erickson knows the joys that come with mowing the lawn. In fact, she enjoys doing it so much that the Massachusetts resident does it every single day. 

Tall, unwieldy grass or an out-of-control weed does not stand a chance in Marie’s yard! 

"I'm on that tractor every day, whether the grass needs cutting or not," Marie said. "I go around and check, and when I see it, I cut it."

She mows her yard daily with a gift she bought herself on her recent birthday. 

To celebrate turning 97 in May, Marie knew what she wanted. She bought a $5,000 John Deere mowing tractor, which she paid for in cash. It was something that Marie saved for more than a year, counting her money every single month, she said. 

Marie convinced herself to make the pricey purchase by remembering her money won’t do her much good once she’s gone from this earth.

"I said, I think I'm worth it all these years and I'm not going to take the money with me," Marie said. "I'm going to save it. I'm going to spend it."

Marie also added that mowing her 2.5-acre yard helps to keep her busy. Plus, Marie mentioned that she is not a big fan of housework. 

What a terrific example of someone who refuses to let age keep her from doing what she enjoys. 

Isaiah 46:4 “Even when you are old, I will be the same, and when you are gray-haired, I will take care of you: I will still be responsible for what I may: yes, I will take you and keep you safe.”

NO MATTER HOW BAD MIGHT BE, GOD GOT IT

A video of a bullied young man searching and asking for friends has gotten a lot of attention online.

People are not meant to be totally alone and to live a life without human interaction. No, humans need and crave relationships with others. Relationships of all kinds, whether they be romantic or of the friendly, platonic variety, are needed by everyone. Humans simply need other humans.

Shayden Walker is a 12-year-old boy, and as the video posted to YouTube shows, he desperately needs some people to be his friends. 

The clip, recorded by a doorbell camera, begins with young Shayden standing on a porch, conversing with the homeowner. Seconds into the video, Shayden makes his reason for darkening the man’s front porch clear.

“I just wanted to see if you, if you knew any kids around, like, 11 or 12 maybe,” he said. “’Cause I need, I need, I need some friends, like really bad.”

But the young man continues to open up to the homeowner, stating that some children his age in the neighborhood are no longer his friends. They have mistreated him, Shayden said.

“They’re not my friends anymore ‘cause they’re bullies to me,” he said. 

However, since the video of Shayden was posted online and went viral, things have turned around for the young man.

Not only has Shayden since become like family to the man heard in the video, his wife and the couple’s 2-year-old daughter, but he has also found what he was looking for from the beginning: friends.

Shayden reports that he has made several new friends since the video. Additionally, the young man feels immeasurably better about himself and his situation.

“My confidence has gone through the roof,” he said.

A little love, care and kindness can make all the difference in someone’s life. Everyone needs a friend now and then.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work. And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.”

FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHY GODS LOVES YOU

Before the calendar even flipped to July, a group of about 50 Santas headed to Christ the Redeemer statue to plea for peace, bringing a little Christmas cheer with them!

One of the New Seven Wonders of the World, Christ the Redeemer was completed and inaugurated in 1931 and turned 75 in 2006. Located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Art Deco statue  stands 98 feet tall, has a width of 92 feet, weighs 635 tons, and is the reason two million visitors come to the city every year!   

Back in June, a crew of Kris Kringles from around the world gathered on the steps at the base of the statue, sang Christmas songs, and petitioned those there in person and online to work toward peace. The Santas were dressed in full costumes specific to their countries of origin or simply donned white beards and festive t-shirts. They traveled to the city for Brazil’s 4th Santa Clause National Encounter. They posed for pictures with tourists and probably took a few requests from kiddos during the event. 

In the spirit (pun intended) of much smaller figurines of Santa kneeling in front of Baby Jesus as He lies in the manger, the Santas appearance here demonstrates humility and reverence for the one who makes miracles happen throughout the year—rather than just during a particular holiday season.   

Inside Edition Digital’s reporter Stephanie Officer spoke with a French guest named Margo. Margo appreciates the Santas’ timeless message and the symbolism of sharing their message from Christ the Redeemer. What a treat it must have been for vacationers to have gotten to visit with Santa during their visit to the iconic statue.   

The Santas smile and wave, happy to be doing what they do, but in awe of Him who is more wondrous than any statue and brings more magic than they ever will. 

Nicely done, Santas! Now head back north and get back to business. Christmas is coming!

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,” 1 Peter 1:3

A husky in Texas nearly died of starvation but was rescued by a few kind individuals, and the animal’s transformation is mind-blowing. 

Life can often be grueling and punishing, filled with overwhelming circumstances. Those experiences can leave people in rough shape physically and mentally. Those situations, in order to make it through, will require the love, support and kindness of others. 

A group of kind people concerned about the well-being of an emaciated and severely malnourished dog in Cleveland, Texas, came together to rescue Jake’s life. 

The first few moments of the YouTube video are difficult to watch. Jake was in rough shape and very close to death when a group of rescuers were first alerted to the starving husky. The animal could barely lift its head to look at and acknowledge the people attending to him. 

“The homeowners saw him collapse in their backyard,” one woman said. “I went to feel him to make sure he was still alive.”

Jake was rushed to the emergency room for immediate care. However, it was unclear whether the animal was going to survive that hour-long trip. The woman in the video mentioned she constantly checked to make sure the animal was still breathing. 

It was a week into Jake’s recovery before he had the strength to open his eyes. They are a beautiful bright blue. 

However, Jake’s painful condition didn’t dampen his spirit or attitude.

“Jake is amazing,” one man in the video said. “As much pain as he was in, he still had a good attitude, and he still wanted to go and he still wanted to play.”

A few weeks later, the video shows Jake progressing and recovering, this time in a foster home. The animal runs back and forth, chasing and fetching after toys.

By the end of the clip, the difference in Jake’s appearance and demeanor is astounding. He looks like a completely different dog.

Jake, by his owners, is described as a happy, go-lucky dog who loves life. And a woman in the video gave an explanation for why Jake seems to enjoy everything so much.

“I think the reason that he enjoys everything the way that he does is because he knows what it’s like to be without it,” she said.

Proverbs 12:10 “A righteous man regards the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.”

Two young men are heroes after they stepped up and rescued a 7-year-old child from drowning in an apartment's pool.

Summer is filled with heat, humidity and plenty of outdoor fun. Those enjoyable outdoor outings often include water-based activities, especially in June, July and August. Whether it’s spending time at the lake, catching waves in the ocean or practicing cannonballs at the local pool, attendance in and around water increases.

But, as much fun as swimming and similar activities are, they also come with a fair amount of danger. Drowning is a real possibility even for the most experienced of swimmers. Thankfully, two young men helped to prevent one drowning death.

A video posted on YouTube shows a 7-year-old child, Griffin Emerson, swimming in an apartment complex’s pool. Griffin enjoys the pool's shallow end. But he slowly begins to drift toward the deeper part, struggling to keep his head above water. 

All this takes place as no one else seems to notice. The video points out that Griffin’s frightening struggle against the water happened over the course of a full minute, eventually ending with the child sinking to the bottom of the pool. 

However, one young man, Noah, did spot Griffin in the pool. He mentioned that he ordered Weston to jump in the pool and check on the 7-year-old.

The video shows Weston, once he makes it to Griffin, grabs him and pulls him to the surface and then to the side of the pool. Griffin’s mother then began administering emergency life-saving procedures. 

At some point during CPR, Griffin resumed breathing. 

“I was scared I was going to drown,” Griffin said. “It felt a little weird. Spit out some water and that’s it.”

Griffin's grandfather is beyond grateful for Noah and Weston’s watchful eyes and heroic actions.

“Weston and Noah, you know, they hold a special place in my heart,” he said.

Ephesians 5:20 “Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father:”

Actor Dennis Quaid has overcome some personal struggles but now says he’s “grateful to still be here” and “grateful to be alive.”

Hollywood is not generally known as a place to be friendly to Christians and people of faith. Some in the industry have even mentioned that speaking openly about their faith and relationship with Jesus Christ has led to them losing out on work. But that’s not stopping Dennis Quaid from speaking about his journey from addiction to a relationship with God.

In a video posted on YouTube, Dennis mentions that he grew up in the Baptist church but eventually got involved in and addicted to drugs. At one point during his addiction, Dennis stated that he had what described as a “white-light experience.” 

Dennis then ventured on a spiritual journey. He read several religious books and texts, but there was one to which he returned: The Bible.

“I started reading the Bible again,” Dennis said. “But I also read the Bhagavad Gita. I read the Dhammapada. I read the Koran. And I went back, and I read the Bible again, for, like, the second or third time. And I was really struck by the red words of Jesus.”

Dennis said he started to develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. 

In the clip, the star of “The Rookie” and “A Dog’s Journey” talked about his children and how much he enjoys being a father, even if he is “a dorky dad.” 

Dennis also mentioned his marriage and how it’s different from previous relationships.

“Laura’s the love of my life,” Dennis said. “We have a bond with one another that I never had with anybody else before. Yeah, God is in the relationship, for one thing, which I’ve never had a relationship like that before.”

Isaiah 40:28 “Have you no knowledge of it? Has it not come to your ears? There eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.”

A group of good Samaritans worked together to rescue a distressed baby deer from a storm drain and reunited it with its mother.

Everyone requires a little kindness and grace every now and then. People make poor decisions, wrong choices and errors. No one walking on the earth is perfect. Mistakes happen, and sometimes a little help getting out of a situation, especially an unpredictable and inexplicable one, can make all the difference.

A video posted on YouTube shows how a group of strangers came together and helped to remove a fawn from a storm drain in Maryland. 

As the video explains, the mother of the stuck deer understood that her baby needed help. So, knowing that her fawn was in a precarious position, she began circling the storm drain, where the fawn was caught. 

The deer’s awkward movements first caught the attention of a mother and son riding bikes in the area. 

After assessing the situation, a volunteer dispatcher who lived in the area called in about the stuck deer. Soon after that call, firefighters arrived on the scene to help. 

One woman, Kim Brandwin, filmed the entire situation and said a handful of firefighters assisted in the rescue effort. After removing the drain’s covering, one of the firefighters went in after the deer.

The video then shows the firefighter emerging from the drain with the fawn in his arms as it cries and cries. The fawn was unharmed and was quickly reunited with its mother, which Kim also captured on camera.

Kim said it was all smiles and high-fives after the deer was rescued.

“You could see it on the firemen’s faces when they were called to do something, you know, to be able to save this baby deer’s life,” she said. “Everyone was applauding and giving each other high-fives afterwards. You could just see it made people happy.”

A little bit of kindness and grace made all the difference for a baby deer and its mother. 

Proverbs 12:10 “A righteous man regards the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.”

One young man with Autism used music and song lyrics to teach himself how to speak at 10 years old.

Music, pleasant and enjoyable to listen to, is powerful. It can cause people to feel a wide range of emotions and allows individuals to articulate thoughts and feelings that may have been difficult to express in any other way. Also, as one person stated, music can be a therapeutic and learning tool for people with Autism.

In a video posted on YouTube, Ryan Woodard mentions that at 3 years old, he was diagnosed with Autism. Due to his Autism, communicating verbally for Ryan was difficult. In fact, Ryan states that he could not speak and communicate until he was 10 years old.

So, how did Ryan learn how to talk? He listened to music, specifically The Beatles.

“He listened to every single Beatles album for, and only the Beatles albums, for a year,” Ryan’s father said. 

After listening to and memorizing the Beatles' lyrics, Ryan moved on to another legendary musician, repeatedly listening to Michael Jackson’s songs. 

“And then all the Michael Jackson albums for six months,” his dad said. “And then he just started memorizing albums, and he would just play them all night. He’d go to sleep listening to them.”

In the clip, Ryan mentioned how much music has helped him in life. 

“What changed my life is music,” Ryan said. “And it made me feel more verbal and it made me feel more confident.”

So, for a young man so immersed in music and song lyrics, who is his favorite musician? That’s easy. Without any hesitation, Ryan names John Mayer as his “all-time favorite musician.”

Before the clip ends, Ryan, the young man unable to speak until he was 10 years old, beautifully belts out the lyrics to John Mayer’s song “Gravity.”

Colossians 3:16 “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”

One member of the Nevada State Police was caught on camera rushing to save a scared kitten on the side of the interstate in Las Vegas.

Animals, like people, can often find themselves stuck in odd, uncomfortable situations. Those problems and circumstances can even arise without the help of poor decisions and wrong choices. In those predicaments, it can seem that there is no way out and that hope is lost. Luckily, there is One who makes a way.

One video posted on YouTube shows a young feline stranded on the side of a busy Las Vegas highway. It’s a situation where the chance of survival is slim. However, as God does for us, the scared little cat received unexpected help in the form of a Nevada State trooper.

After receiving a call about a kitten on an on-ramp, dash camera footage shows the trooper racing to the scene where the cat was spotted. Luckily, even before exiting the car, the trooper sees the cat.

But corralling the animal and keeping it from making its way onto the interstate is a different story. 

As the video shows, the trooper gingerly walks up to the kitten. However, being frightened, the cat begins to take off to potential trouble. It runs right toward several lanes of traffic. The trooper in the video gives chase, staying right behind the feline. 

Thankfully, right before the kitten makes its way onto the road it stops, and the trooper scoops up the cat.

After getting the cat off the highway and putting it in her car, the cat is still scared. It manages to get itself behind the car’s glove compartment. Then, as the video shows, another member of law enforcement successfully removes the cat from the car. It momentarily continues to fight him but soon calms down.

The short clip ends with the best possible resolution. “Trooper Kitty,” as the video points out, was eventually adopted into a happy and loving home.

Isaiah 41:10 “Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.”

Apostle Emmanual Maiyaki

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A baby girl, left in a baby box at a Florida fire station, now has a home after being adopted by one of the firefighters on duty.

Children are an amazing and wonderful gift from the Lord. Yes, children can be loud, unruly and boisterous at times. Anyone who is a parent knows this to be true. But parents are also fully aware of the staggering amount of love and joy a child adds to life. Being a parent is one of life’s greatest blessings. 

After 10 years of trying for a child without luck, Vincent, a firefighter in Florida, and his wife are now parents. They are mom and dad to Zoey, a beautiful baby girl left in a baby box at Vincent’s fire station.

Vincent, who was on duty, noticed Zoey in the station’s baby box. He then rode with the child to the hospital to be checked out and examined by medical professionals. As this was happening, Vincent had a conversation with the responding doctor. He was ready to make a major life decision.

“I hand the baby off to the nurses, so they can do all the stuff they do at the hospital,” Vincent said. “And I pulled the doctor aside, and I had asked him, ‘When’s the case worker going to get here? Because I would like to adopt her.”

In the clip, Vincent states that he and his wife were already approved to adopt children in the Sunshine State, meeting all the necessary requirements to become adoptive parents. 

Zoey went home with Vincent and officially became his and his wife’s daughter three months later.

Vincent stated he and his wife are beyond blessed to be Zoey’s mom and dad.

“It’s been amazing,” Vincent said. “Every day, me and my wife still look at each other and just go, like, ‘I can’t believe, you know, we have a child.’ We try not to take a single moment for granted because we’ve been waiting and praying so long for this to happen.”

Psalm 127:3 “See, children are a heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.”

One construction worker used his massive piece of machinery for humanitarian purposes when he saved an animal, which had become ensnared by a fast-moving current.

Animals are creatures designed by the same God who hung the sun, moon and stars in place. The Lord, as mentioned in the book of Genesis, even placed animals on the Earth before man. Since they were formed by and are members of God’s creation, animals deserve a certain amount of respect and dignity. 

A short clip posted on social media shows how far one person went to save the life of a calf. The 35-second video is of filthy, mud-colored water moving at a brisk pace down a canal in Igdir, Turkey. A few seconds into the video and a large object, off into the distance, can be spotted floating along with the water. 

As the water brings the unidentified item closer and closer to the camera, it appears to be some kind of animal lying on its side. Then, as the creature in the water gets to the center of the frame, an excavator appears inches away from the beast in the water. 

The excavator and the calf disappear into the canal, down into the filthy water. The excavator quickly reemerges after having captured the calf. The big piece of machinery brings the animal to safety, placing it on solid ground where the beast regains its footing. 

The machine operator timed the submersion of the excavator perfectly to pull the animal from the rushing water. 

The successful calf rescue captured on camera was only one of two, according to Sunny Skyz. The outlet reports that initially, two calves had fallen into the flooded canal. However, philanthropic citizens, using only ropes, corralled and pulled the animal out of the canal to safety. 

The other calf, the one captured on video, proceeded to move down the waterway for approximately two miles before the excavator operator stepped in and rescued the bovine.

Proverbs 12:10 “An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of the evildoers are cruel.”