‘Miracle:’ Toddler Falls Four Stories From Hotel Balcony…Into Arms of a Tourist
- Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:07pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Yesterday we showed you that an unemployment office in Florida spent $14,000 to hand out red capes to the unemployed. Maybe they can take one over to this woman, who caught a toddler who fell four stories from an Orlando hotel balcony.
WKMG-TV explains:
Helen Beard, a tourist from England, was at the pool and saw the child hanging from the the fourth-floor railing and caught her as she fell, deputies said. Beard said it appeared that the girl slipped through a railing lining the walkway of the balcony, according to deputies.
Jah-Nea struck the third-floor railing as she fell, but she had no scratches, bruises or injuries, deputies said. She was playful and did not have any marks or appear to be in any discomfort after being taken to Arnold Palmer Hospital as a precaution, deputies said.
“It was a miracle,” Orange County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Denise Rollins told WKMG.
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Itchee Dryback
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:40pmWhat Would Jesus Vote
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 2:10pm
please educate me on this new ability for fairy talers to give it to atheists and their position :)
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Let me try :)
!. If you don’t call yourself an atheist, what do you you call your belief system?
2. When verbally assaulted in an obvious attempt to highjack a thread, one has only a couple of options. One would be to ignore the attempt…in which the one attempting to highjack the thread, or simply be a childish annoyance would claim success by the lack of responses. The other option would be to respond in kind and in balance to the tone set by the troll.
How does that equate to the ones responding to “giving it to atheists”?
Report Post »Rich White Christian Conservative
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 2:53pm@What Would Posted on April 21, 2011 at 2:10pm
So what is your position exactly? You don’t believe in God and you are not an atheist? Hmm…Barhaha hee haw. You are right this is fun.
In my opinion, lack of belief is really an attempt by atheists to avoid facing and defending the problems in their atheistic position. You see, if they say they have no position by saying they lack belief, then their position is not open to attack and examination, and they can quietly remain atheists.
You are a sly slithering one…but again, for what you are not…I AM
Report Post »blindleadingblind
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 2:47pmI can remember something like this that happened in San Fnancisco. Only it was a wide receiver from a football team that did the catching. The problem is that he held the child over his head and when the crowd stopped cheering, he spicked him. okay, okay .I know that was sick.
Report Post »Bernard
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 2:30pmMy God this child has a guardian angel working over time, making this tourist Helen Beard a hand of God in saving this child. amazing story.
Report Post »Rich White Christian Conservative
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 2:22pm@What Would
Section 8 is flawed, “made up fairy tale figures don’t work through me. only through you”. The statement qualifies the very existance in S-8′s mind of fairy tale figures as described, because he stated that they work through me. However, I have yet to hear back from S-8, guessing S-8 had to check the bank account to see if the ACH deposit from Obama has come in today.
As for you, I know why you would’nt call yourself an atheist, but just like any good atheist, you fail to give a compelling argument as to why you call yourself an atheist. Speak the word, we are listening, then I will gladly engage.
Report Post »Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 2:12pmOnly one thing comes to mind after seeing this: God’s miracle.
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 2:02pmI believe in some superior power but really doubt there is any active involvement in stuff like this. People believe God saved this kid yet God allows other children to get cancer, to be molested and killed by maniacs, thousands upon thousands of poor children starve to death every single day. Part of God’s plan? I doubt it.
Report Post »Liberty7
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:47pmWow! Nice Catch!!
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:45pmPretty amazing catch. From that height the child had to be moving about 25mph. Angels or adrenaline, take your pick still pretty amazing!!
Report Post »salvawhoray
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:31pmput a tax on babies or people in general for jumping off that should take care of it.
Report Post »hollowpoint
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:09pmGod had to send someone from England to be an “angel” because he knew that an American wouldn’t do it. We’re too self absorbed. Think of how many people will stand around and watch a woman be raped or watch someone be murdered. That’s the American way. Thank God this woman came here to visit and didn’t go somewhere else.
Report Post »Drum Man
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:06pmA wonderful story!
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:05pmThank GOD. Im glad the child is safe. HOWEVER….. The reason for the kid going over the edge like that was he was watching a news story stating that Obama’s out of controll spending has increased his personal debt to the US to over 50k. And he wont even have the ability to collect SS and medicaid because they will be broke by the time he reaches 30. poor kid.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:51pmGee thanks Superman
Report Post »sing it out
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:51pmSuperWOMAN!!
Report Post »red_white_blue2
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:48pmGod’s Hand visable to the world.
Report Post »christos
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:30pmProof Angel’s are everywhere only +GOD+ knew before he created the earth that child would fall out of the window and +HE+ had someone there to catch the child,+GOD is GREAT
Report Post »hollowpoint
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:03pmYes he did but he had to send someone from another country to do it! He knew an American would be too self absorbed to bother. Amazing isn’t it?
Report Post »christos
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:34pmHey,Hey,Whoa,the only thing that matter’s is the child was caught,Angel’s are not humans ie people,they don‘t have to disclose they are Angel’s,they do not have free will,oh unless you are thinking of the Angel who was thrown out of Heaven because he rebelled,against +GOD+ they,Angel’s always,have an assignment,their are plenty of great American’s who would have caught the child,”Entertaining,Angel’s Unaware”
Report Post »vertebrae8
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 5:43pmIn the new testament “angel” is often also interchangeable with “messenger.” According to the greek, that is.
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:25pmThank You Jesus, For Sending That Angel For The Moment, All The Way From England, And Her Perfect Catch.! Absolutely A Miracle!
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:20pmLucky toddler
Report Post »theonefromabove
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:18pmGreat inspiring story.
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Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:16pmParents of the year.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:16pmwow now thats a miracle!!!!!!!!!!!!
and now we get to watch as big sister steps in and removes the child via protective services ……………
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:31pmDon’t forget Cass Sunshine will write a statute outlawing, balconies, railings, pools, hotels, and …….
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:12pm“Fair Catch @ the 20 yard line”…excellent
Report Post »Dale
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:30pmted, you’re drunk again. It was an interception.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 2:03pmTed and Dale, you two are funny!
Ted, you have a good attitude; Dale, you have a good sense of humor. Ted, you probably laughed, too!
Report Post »MOLLYPITCHER
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:12pmGod is always watching. In bad times, he still is reminding us that he is here.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:11pmIncredible; talk indeed of being in the right place at the right time for the right reason. The timing of God is, as always, impeccable.
Report Post »pap pap
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:24pmJesus Rules !!!
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:29pmAmen Snow, just on time delivery! GOD is so good!
Report Post »FoxholeAtheist
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:41pmHow about ‘god’ just not allow the kid to fall in the first place?
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:00pmAmen to that Snow.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:02pm@FoxholeAtheist
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:41pm
How about ‘god’ just not allow the kid to fall in the first place?
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Ephesians 5:20 (paraphrased, to remember more easily)
Be grateful unto God for all things, always.
It’s not a requirement that we understand WHY we are grateful. We are simply to give God thanks for all things always. Who knows? Perhaps this was a warning? Perhaps it prevented something more disastrous in the future.
It surely makes life easier for me, to have an attitude of gratitude!
Report Post »TomBombadil
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 1:59am@ Foxhole
And not let this woman have an amazing life-changing experience of saving an innocent life?
Should just bubble wrap the world. Worked well in The Simpsons… oh wait.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:11pmAs the reporter said, “right place at the right time”. Thank God!
Report Post »Dale
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:28pmBut the troubling part is that ‘agencies’ are investigating. If the parent is found ‘guilty’ will they revoke parental privileges? Perhaps I’m just too cynical – but there is TOO MUCH government going on around here.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:55pmNot all angels wear wings.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:10pmIt takes the English to catch the babe….Well Done ma’am!!!
Report Post »I Love Section 8 Housing
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:12pmMaybe God should have kept that 4 year old little girl from getting her teeth knocked out. That would have been nice. Guess her parents don‘t pray enough or something because God didn’t have her back.
Professional Infidel
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:21pmmy angel was in a nurses uniform, Black and weighed 275lbs. Her only words were, “Do you want to be a liability or an asset to your family” that was 14 years ago, BEEN SOBER EVER SINCE!!!!
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:22pmFoxholeAtheist, remember God gives us “FREE WILL”
Report Post »Rich White Christian Conservative
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:37pm@Section 8 Housing
Kiss my crapper
God works through his people the same way satan works through you.
Report Post »Rich White Christian Conservative
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:50pm@FoxholeAtheist
The problem for you atheists is that atheism is coming under more serious attack by Christians and others who recognize its problems and are exposing them. Without a doubt, there are far more people in the world who believe in God (or a god) than don’t, and more and more Christians are tackling atheism as an untenable position. If the majority believe, that doesn’t make it right; but the increase in examination of atheism has made it more difficult for atheists to defend their position. This also explains why atheists, it seems, are becoming more aggressive in their attacks on theism in its different forms. There is an intellectual battle being waged, and both defensive and offensive measures are being taken on both sides. In the end, the truth will be known and atheism will become extinct.
For everything that you are not, I AM…please go back into your hole.
Report Post »Rich White Christian Conservative
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 1:55pmAt section 8 or should I say, I cannot make money in Real Estate, so I will become a slum lord and take advantage of the needy and be paid by Obama.
I digressed…simple math that you may understand…The odds are 1 out of 1 person will die…good luck with your long nap. Fire still burns even if you do not believe it will.
Report Post »ecurbyy
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 2:13pmRejoice, be glad thankful and joyous. Or investigate and possibly prosecute? The finger of blame police will certainly sort this one out, at great expense I’m sure.
Report Post »Rich White Christian Conservative
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:26pm@What Would
Section 8 is flawed, “made up fairy tale figures don’t work through me. only through you”. The statement qualifies the very existance in S-8′s mind of fairy tale figures as described, because he stated that they work through me. However, I have yet to hear back from S-8, guessing S-8 had to check the bank account to see if the ACH deposit from Obama has come in today.
As for you, I know why you would’nt call yourself an atheist, but just like any good atheist, you fail to give a compelling argument as to why you call yourself an atheist. Speak the word, we are listening, then I will gladly engage.
Report Post »Rich White Christian Conservative
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:27pm@What Would Posted on April 21, 2011 at 2:10pm
So what is your position exactly? You don’t believe in God and you are not an atheist? Hmm…Barhaha hee haw. You are right this is fun.
In my opinion, lack of belief is really an attempt by atheists to avoid facing and defending the problems in their atheistic position. You see, if they say they have no position by saying they lack belief, then their position is not open to attack and examination, and they can quietly remain atheists.
You are a sly slithering one…but again, for what you are not…I AM
Report Post »What Would Jesus Vote
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:42pmI didn‘t say I don’t believe in God. I think there is too much order to the chaos of our universe to rule that out. But I don’t believe the Bible. Besides, any of you right wingers that think you can worship money and Jesus don’t believe the Bible either. Or don’t read it. I grew up southern baptist. How delusional do you have to be to meld the teachings of Jesus with worshiping money and power? Stretch it however you want. They don’t mix.
and I said they don’t work through me, they work through you. The subtext is that they “work through you” because you believe in it.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:27pmJesus would vote freedom and individual responsibility to love our neighbors and help those around us. Jesus told the rich man to sell his possessions and give to the poor not because he was rich, but because he knew (as God) that his money was more important to him than righteousness. Being rich is not a sin. Being poor is not a virtue.
The establishment of a nation that protected and promoted liberty, the economic variant being free enterprise and an individuals opportunity to turn an idea into a reality, was the greatest charitable gift the world has ever known besides Jesus’s self-sacrifice. Free enterprise and capitalism is either directly or indirectly responsible for the elevation of standards of living for billions of people that touches every continent. It is responsible for scientific, medical, agricultural, and cultural achievement at a pace that has allowed mankind to advance in a mere century what took 5,000 years to achieve previously.
Report Post »Rich White Christian Conservative
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:34pm@What Would Jesus Vote
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 3:42pm
I didn‘t say I don’t believe in God. I think there is too much order to the chaos of our universe to rule that out. But I don’t believe the Bible. Besides, any of you right wingers that think you can worship money and Jesus don’t believe the Bible either. Or don’t read it. I grew up southern baptist. How delusional do you have to be to meld the teachings of Jesus with worshiping money and power? Stretch it however you want. They don’t mix.
and I said they don’t work through me, they work through you. The subtext is that they “work through you” because you believe in it.
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You friend are confused in many areas of your life, maybe more so than you will want to let out of the closet at this time. Also, I will assume that you and Section 8 are one in the same.
Orderly Chaos :) ….You still didn’t say that you believe in God, only that you do not believe His Word, again, you are a wanna be atheist and at best an angry sinner. You just cannot make a definitive statement. You want to live without any judgement, sorry, even in your childhood you should have learned that you will reap what you sow. You may have been raised in the jungle for all I care, where exactly do you stand now is the point. Your spirit is confusing, one of my favorite books speak of one who was and still is the author of confusion. Let me declare this unto you, 1- Repent – 2-Be cleansed from the root of sin by the Blood of Jesus – 2- Receive the Spirit of Promise, the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, then SIN NO MORE. All is not lost in your life, you can return home, but you will have to leave the life style that you have chosen behind. I hope that you do not choose to continue to reject God and His word. You can have life and have it more abundantely, just don’t let the things of this life have you…
Report Post »God’s word says that the love of money is root of all evil. However, by what measure do you sit in the seat of judgement? God’s word or your opinion?
What Would Jesus Vote
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:40pmConservatives would rather give more money to the super rich than get to keep more of it and risk that some minorities might get a check.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven (Luke 18:25)
Notice Jesus doesn’t specify what kind of rich man. have fun burning in Hell.
Report Post »What Would Jesus Vote
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 4:48pmMy point is that I don’t know, you don’t know. no one knows. The God that I believe in isn’t the cartoon that you worship. and the Bible is not HIS WORD. It was written by man. If you want to believe that God used to speak directly to people and doesn’t now or that the “God” you hear in your head means God is talking to you then that’s up to you. I’m not confused about what I believe. I know that there are many things I don’t know. Jesus was a real person, a philosopher who had some great ideas. But the guy was easily a liberal. He’s been highjacked by the right and is used to justify a giant money and power system which is ironic. He wasn’t white and he built his base off the dregs of society, the type of people you right wingers think are scum. Jesus was a real guy, not a magic man. The bible is not the defacto word of God. What of the other holy books?
Report Post »vertebrae8
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 5:41pm“My point is that I don’t know, you don’t know. no one knows… the Bible is not HIS WORD… Jesus was a real person, a philosopher who had some great ideas. But the guy was easily a liberal.”
Lol. You don’t know, but you are sure that the Christians are wrong. Isn’t that a statement of knowledge? A pretty confident one judging by your condescension.
You do *know* that all Christians *know* that the Bible is written by men, right? The question is: what were they writing about, and where did they get their motivations, and was their testimony true?
You do *know* that all Christians believe that Jesus was fully man, right? A divinely delivered and empowered and resurrected man, but fully man in order to show that only he can be perfectly obedient.
You do *know* that most conservatives are actually liberals, right? You do know that most liberals are actually progressive social-liberals, right? Go back and read FA Hayek (an Austrian libertarian laissez-faire economist) in the Road To Serfdom, and tell me: what does this capitalist call himself? LIBERAL. The definition of liberal changed with progressivism in the 20s, and the classical liberal legacy is now carried by the very people you hate: conservatives, economic libertarians, classical liberals.
Report Post »What Would Jesus Vote
Posted on April 21, 2011 at 5:58pmmy point was that I DON’T know. meanwhile christians think they DO know. and if they thought Jesus was a man then they wouldn’t believe he rose from the dead. they’d read a history book and find out that the only accounts of him rising from the dead come from his followers, not supported by other writings. how quick would YOU be to doubt a story about Obama told to you by one of his supporters? Christians like to look down on other religions as though theirs is not as ridiculous. Jesus’s last words on the cross are revealing because he believed God would step in. God didn’t.
Report Post »TomBombadil
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 1:33am@ WWJV
You sound particularly assertive for someone who “doesn’t know.” Additionally, I’ll quote C.S. Lewis, one of the brightest minds of the Twentieth Century:
“A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic – on the level with a man who says he is a poached egg – or he would be the devil of hell. You must take your choice. Either this was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us.” ~ Mere Christianity
As to the Bible being written by men: yes. The key is the idea of divine inspiration: that though God let each writer write in their own unique styles, the truth in each book comes directly from the Spirit moving within each author. Look at how amazingly consistent each book is, not only within itself, but with reference to others, written by other people over a period that spans millenia. The notable differences in the Gospels about the various recountings of Jesus’ ministry show both different situations in which Jesus was reteaching a point, or vary minor differences in the details they noticed/felt important/were appropriate for the style of their writing. The fact remains that while the books have the same message, teaching, and points, John‘s writing is entirely John and Paul’s entirely Paul; Luke was a historian. It‘s convenient that archeologists and other soft scientists will accept other documents from ancient historians but not Luke because it doesn’t fit in the picture many of them want to paint.
Define liberal. Do you mean one who gives freely to those in need and who values life? Or do you mean one who feels government should dictate when a person has enough, should dictate morals, and should determine who is fit and worthwhile to live? I’d agree that Jesus was a liberal if you mean the first definition. Which is a classical liberal. Guess what, that’s modern day conservativism. You quoted Luke 18:25. Good. Let’s look at others:
Matthew 20:15 “Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?” (NIV) — admittedly, this is a parable about grace, not economy; however, it does show you can cherry pick things from the Bible to prove just about any point you want, just as you did.
Also, read the Parable of the Talents (keeping in mind in those days a talent was a large sum of money) in Matthew 25:14-30. The parable itself praises the ones who make money (capitalistic ventures, perhaps?), while its meaning suggests that one must work.
The Bible has harsh words for those who do not work (note: “do not” rather than “cannot”): 2 Thessalonians 3:10-13 (NIV): “For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: ‘If a man will not work, he shall not eat.’
“We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies. Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat. And as for you, brothers, never tire of doing what is right.”
That doesn’t sound like a position that can agree with the modern form of Welfare, Health Care Reform, and other entitlement programs, does it? Also note the urging to do what is right, which has been shown throughout the Gospels time and time again to help those who cannot help themselves. To consider the wealth you may be blessed with as a tool for serving God and helping others.
Your points are largely contradictory: you claim you know what you believe, and yet claim you do not know. Which suggests, then, that your belief is founded in doubt. However, despite a belief in doubt, you steadfastly proclaim to know that Jesus would be a liberal and imply Christianity itself is flawed. Your lack of nuance in Christian theology exposes a lack of understanding. So, you‘re largely arguing against something you don’t understand with an argument founded in a belief in doubt. That’s a shaky foundation.
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