We have all seen viral videos and images before online. At times, we may wonder why they are being passed along so frequently but at other times, it is easy to see why they are so popular.
This image of a firefighter laughing as he rescues an elderly woman is not only going to make your day, it will make you want to pass it along to brighten someone else’s day as well.
It took place when intense flooding hit Alberta, Canada. Sean had a job at a tractor dealership, but he was called away to help assist moving 200 people from a local hospital.
He spotted Sheila Roland and instantly felt compelled to help her.
“I looked in the boat, and she’s a little lady. She had a winter coat on, which was drenched in water, and somebody gave her inserts from their winter boots that were well oversized, because I guess she was barefoot throughout the day,” Shawn later explained. “I looked at her and said, Instead of you walking through the water again, I’ll carry you to the dry part.’”
He scooped her up and carried her to dry land, smiling the whole way.
Sean is known for his happy-go-lucky attitude. It doesn’t take much to make him smile, even when a disaster is taking place. There was something special behind his smile that day.
“What she said to me as I was carrying her to dry ground was ‘the last time I was carried like this was on my wedding night,'”
A newspaper photographer managed to catch his smile on camera. He is now known as the “ridiculously photogenic firefighter.”
Despite all the praise and smiling, Sheila is his biggest fan.
“A lot of firemen carried a lot of people that day, but I think I am the one who really lucked out with the fireman I got,”
On second thought, Sheila may just come in second place. His adorable daughter has first dibs on his heart.
It is an incredible reminder of the power of a smile.
Via: Godvine
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