Sleep Number takes care of the science. All you have to do is sleep.
Sleep Number takes care of the science. All you have to do is sleep. SINCE THE RUSSIAN INVASION
SINCE THE RUSSIAN INVASION
BEGAN, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE
FLED UKRAINE.
BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO
LEAVE ON THEIR OWN, AID GROUPS
ARE STEPPING IN.
ONE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS'S
PROJECT DYNAMO, WHICH RECENTLY
RESCUED THREE NOR BORN BABIES
FROM KYIV, AND DELIVERING THEM
SAFELY TO POLAND.
>> IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE.
BUT, THERE THEY ARE.
THEY ARE IN THEIR.
THE DOCTOR IS IN THERE, AND
THERE IS KATYA.
WE ARE IN THE SNOW.
THE DOCTORS ARE DOING A QUICK
CHECK WHILE WE GET SOME GAS,
EVERYTHING IS GREAT LET'S SEE
WHAT WE CAN SEE ON THE SIDE.
THERE THEY ARE IN THERE.
>> LET US BRING IN THAT HERO.
FORMER ARMY AND NAVY COMBAT
VETERAN BRIAN STERN.
HE WAS A 9/11 FIRST RESPONDER,
NOW THE COFOUNDER OF PROJECT
DYNAMO, WHICH IS HOW DID LAST
YEAR TO HELP EVACUATE AMERICANS
FROM EXTENDED STAN, AND IS NOW
RESCUING PEOPLE FROM A WAR IN
UKRAINE.
BRIAN, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU
ARE DOING.
HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ARE
THE LAST SIX MONTHS LOOKING
LIKE FOR YOU AND PROJECTS --
HOW DID YOU END UP IN UKRAINE?
>> WE CAME HERE, MY TEAM AND I
CAME HERE ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE
THE WAR, JUST A SET CONDITIONS
FOR RESCUE OPERATIONS, THE BILL
THAT COMMITTED FISCAL
INFRASTRUCTURE, SO IN THE EVENT
THAT WAR BROKE OUT, WE'D BE
KIND OF READY TO REACT.
THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN, WE
SHOWED UP AND IT WAS ALREADY
ONGOING.
THE WAR IN UKRAINE --
IT'S WORKED OUT, WHERE ABLE TO
DO OUR FIRST RESCUE IN THE
FIRST 16 MINUTES OF THE
HOSTILITIES OPENING ON THE 24TH,
WE ARE ALREADY HERE.
IT'S BEEN DYNAMIC, IT'S BEEN
CRAZY, IT'S BEEN A TEAM EVENT.
MY TEAM IS AWESOME.
MY CASE MANAGERS ARE THE REAL
UNSUNG HEROES, MY FIELD GUYS
ARE TREMENDOUS.
AND WE'RE DEFINITELY IN IT TO
WIN IT, THAT IS FOR SURE.
>> SO, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
NEED OF HELP, AND THERE ARE
MILLIONS OF THEM.
HOW DO THEY FIND YOU?
>> SOMETIMES IT IS A REFERRAL,
BUT THE BIGGEST WAY IS THROUGH
OUR WEBSITE, PROJECT DYNAMO DOT
ORG.
IT'S ALSO WHERE YOU CAN DONATE,
WE ARE DONOR FUNDED.
WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS, I'M A
VOLUNTEER, SO EVERY DOLLAR THAT
YOU GIVE THOSE TO RESCUE, GOES
TO SAVING SOMEONE'S LIFE.
PROJECT DYNAMO DOT ORG IS ALSO
WHERE YOU CAN REGISTER TO GET
EVACUATED.
IF YOU DON'T FIND US, THEN WE
DON'T KNOW TO GET YOU OUT, OR
WHERE YOU ARE, OR ALL YOUR
PARTICULARS.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT PEOPLE
REGISTER, AND IF THEY NEED
EVACUATION, IF YOU DON'T,
THAT'S GREAT, BUT IF YOU DO LET
US KNOW, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF
YOU.
>> SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY,
THOUGH, ARE BASICALLY CUT OFF.
LIKE THE CITY OF MARIUPOL.
CAN HE EVEN GET THERE?
CAN THOSE PEOPLE COMMUNICATE
WITH YOU IF THEY NEED TO?
>> DEPENDS ON WHERE, THERE ARE
SOME PLACES THAT ARE REALLY
HARD, JUST THE OTHER DAY WE
RESCUED ROBERT PLATT, WHO'S AN
82ND AIRBORNE PARATROOPER AND
RETIRED.
HE WAS IN THE RUSSIAN CORRIDOR
FOR THE OFFENSIVE GIVE, HE HAD
RUSSIAN TANKS PARKED ON THE
STREET.
WE ARE ABLE TO AFFECT THAT
RESCUE, ALSO.
SOME THINGS ARE VERY DIFFICULT,
BUT WE TEND TO TAKE ON THOSE
CASES, HONESTLY.
BECAUSE, THEY NEED TO BE TAKEN
ON.
WE'RE NOT AFRAID OF HARD, WE
ARE NOT AFRAID OF DIFFICULT, WE
ARE NOT AFRAID OF TRYING TO
FIGURE A PROBLEM OUT.
--
>> IS THERE A MASSIVE WAITLIST?
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE REGISTERED?
>> SO, OUR DATABASE RIGHT NOW
IS ABOUT 14,000 PEOPLE, BUT
THAT DATA IS A LITTLE
MISLEADING, BECAUSE OF THAT 14,
000, A LOT OF PEOPLE REGISTERED
WITH US AND WERE ABLE TO
SELF-EVACUATE, WHICH IS EXACTLY
WHAT WE WANT.
14,000 REGISTRATIONS, ARE
14,000 PEOPLE ASKING FOR HELP,
BUT A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE
ALREADY GOTTEN OUT.
BUT WE GO BY LOCATION, AND WE
GO BY DESTINY MATCHING.
>> QUICKLY, BEFORE WE GO, I
NEED TO ASK YOU ABOUT ONE
RESCUE DID, A RECENT MISSION,
TWIN BABIES AND THEIR SURROGATE,
YOU GOT THEM OUT OF UKRAINE AND
SAFELY TO POLAND, WHERE THEIR
AMERICAN DAD WAS WAITING.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU, AND
FOR HIM?
>> ACTUALLY, ON THAT MISSION,
THERE WERE THREE BABIES.
THERE IS A BRITISH PREMATURE
BABY ALSO NAMED SOFIA.
AND THE ONLY WAY I CAN DESCRIBE
IT IS LIKE PEANUT DELIVERY ROOM
NURSE, THEY HAD NOT --
MET THEIR CHILDREN BEFORE.
WHOSE CAR LIKE HEY PAPA, RIGHT
GET READY TO BE A PAPA.
IT IS REALLY, REALLY ENDEARING.
I LOVE THE BABY OPERATIONS, WE
DID WHEN YESTERDAY, AND IT'S A
WAY FOR US TO FIND A LITTLE BIT
OF HAPPINESS AND SMILE IN THIS
TERRIBLE WAR.
>> A LOT OF HAPPINESS, AND