THE
THE VIDEO
THE VIDEO WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION AS A
MOM?
MOM? SO
MOM? SO I
MOM? SO I KIND OF CHOKED UP A BIT...
IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD
TO GET THROUGH THIS, SO
I'M REALLY TOUCHED
THAT A STRANGER WOULD
TAKE TIME OUT OF HER
DAY TO WISH OUR SON
WELL LIKE THAT.
DEREK AND RAQUEL
PEARSON LIVE IN NAMPA,
AND THEY HAVE AN AT-
RISK BABY, 8 MONTH OLD
LUCAS.
HIS MEDICAL
CONDITIONS MEAN THEY
ARE STAYING HOME AND
STAYING SAFE DURING
THIS PANDEMIC.
SO, WHEN THEY SPOTTED
AN AMAZON DELIVERY
DRIVER ON THEIR RING
DOORBELL CAMERA
SAYING A PRAYER FOR
THEM - THEY WERE
OVERWHELMED WITH
EMOTION.
THAT TOUCHING VIDEO
WENT VIRAL.
MAGGIE O'MARA HAS
MORE ON THAT HERO
DRIVER, AND WHY SHE
TOUCHED SO MANY
HEARTS.
8-MONTH-OLD LUCAS
PEARSON WAS BORN
WITH A HEART
CONDITION, AND HE HAS
A HARD TIME EATING.
HE NEEDS SPECIAL
THICKENERS TO BE ABLE
TO EAT OTHERWISE HE
ASPIRATES HIS MILK, SO
WE REALLY DEPEND ON
GETTING ALL OF THESE
SUPPLIES ONLINE SO WE
DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT
TO THE STORE AND BRING
A VIRUS HOME WE JUST
WANT TO MINIMIZE
EXPOSURE.
WITH THIS CONDITION
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY
HIS DOCTORS THAT HE IS
MORE PRONE TO
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS.
SO YOU GUYS DEFINITELY
WANT TO KEEP HIM
INSIDE WHERE HE'S SAFE
DURING COVID 19. YES.
TELL ME ABOUT THIS
CRAZY TIME IN OUR LIVES
RIGHT
RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY FOR TWO PARENTS WHO DO HAVE AN AT RISK
CHILD...
I JUST WISH THEY
UNDERSTOOD HOW
SCARED WE ARE AS
PARENTS AND HOW
SCARED OTHER PEOPLE
ARE AND WE REALLY
DEPEND ON THEM DOING
THEIR PART AS WELL.
WE KIND OF JUST THINK
OF THIS LIKE THINK ABOUT
YOUR NEIGHBOR IT'S NOT
ALL ABOUT YOU, SO IF
YOU ARE WEARING A
MASK IT'S FOR YOU TO
PROTECT SOMEONE ELSE
AS MUCH AS IT IS YOUR
OWN FAMILY... THIS DOES
EFFECT EVERYBODY.
PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY WE
ARE IN THIS TOGETHER,
AND WE ARE.
A FEW WEEKS AGO,
RAQUEL PEARSON
NOTICED SOMETHING
SPECIAL ABOUT HER
AMAZON DELIVERY
DRIVER ON HER RING
DOORBELL CAMERA.
SO I WAS EXPECTING A
PACKAGE FOR LUCAS..
I NOTICED THAT SHE WAS
STANDING THERE AND I
DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE
WHAT SHE WAS DOING
UNTIL I SAW HER DOING
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS...
I WAS LIKE OH MY GOSH,
SHE WAS PRAYING.
SHE HAD LET ME KNOW
THAT THE DELIVERY
DRIVER WAS DOING A
PRAYER FOR LUCAS... WE
HAVE THISE SIGN ON THE
DOOR LETTING THE
DELIVERY DRIVERS KNOW
WE HAVE A HIGH RISK
CHILD AND WE'RE
THANKING THEM FOR
PUTTING THEMSELVES
OUT THERE IN THE MIX
EVERY DAY AND IT JUST
MEANT A LOT THAT SHE
TOOK THAT TIME OUT OF
HER BUSY DAY TO PRAY
AND SEND POSITIVE VIBES
TO LUCAS AND OUR
FAMILY, SO I WAS REALLY
TOUCHED BY IT.
HOW DID YOU FIND HER?
WE POSTED IT ON A
GROUP AND THEN PEOPLE
RECOGNIZED HER AND
THEN SHE REACHED OUT
TO US AFTER SHE SAW THE
POST.
THAT DRIVER WAS
MONICA SALINAS.
SO YOU ARE ONE OF OUR
AMAZING ESSENTIAL
WORKERS DELIVERING
PACKAGES TO US EVERY
SINGLE DAY? MONICA:
AMEN.
SHE WAS BLOWN AWAY
BY THE REACTION TO THE
VIDEO ON FACEBOOK.
PEOPLE JUST STARTED
BLOWING US UP LIKE
CRAZY...IS THIS MONICA, IS
THIS MONICA?
THEY ARE LIKE DID YOU
STOP AND PRAY AT A
HOUSE, AND I WAS LIKE
YEAH. I WAS LIKE YEAH,
THAT'S CRAZY!
PEOPLE LEAVE NOTES TO
THANK US FOR GOING ON
THE FRONT LINE... THOSE
ARE THE THINGS WE
APPRECIATE YOU KNOW
BECAUSE IT'S NICE TO BE
APPRECIATED
THERE WAS A NOTE AND
IT SAID THEIR BABY'S
FOOD WAS ESSENTIAL...
AND EVERYTIME I SEE
THAT NOTE, IT JUST
TOUCHES MY HEART.
WELL I JUST STOPPED TO
DO WHAT MY HEART TOLD
ME TO DO, TO SAY A
PRAYER FOR THE BABY
AND FOR THE PARENTS.
BECAUSE THAT'S GOT TO
BE VERY PAINFUL FOR ALL
OF THEM TO SEE THEIR
BABY HURT AND
STRUGGLE, JUST PRAYED
THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT
THROUGH ANOTHER DAY,
ONE DAY AT A TIME.
YOU GOT SUCH A
RESPONSE,
RESPONSE, PEOPLE WERE SO TOUCHED, WERE YOU SURPRISED BY ALL THE
LOVE THAT YOU RECEIVED.
OH YEAH, DEFINITELY. I
THOUGHT IT WAS
AMAZING THOUGH...IT
WAS AMAZING THAT
SOMETHING CAN BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER.
AND YOU DID THAT, YOU
BROUGHT PEOPLE
TOGETHER WITH THAT
VIDEO! THAT'S COOL,
THAT'S WAY COOL!
THE PEARSONS WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, IT
JUST MEANS A LOT TO
OUR FAMILY...
JUST GENUINE KINDNESS,
IT'S JUST A BREATH OF
FRESH AIR TO SEE STUFF
LUKE THAT AT A TIME LIKE
THIS WHEN PEOPLE
REALLY NEED TO COME
TOGETHER NOW MORE
THAN EVER.--- IT'S REALLY
POWERFUL AND WE
APPRECIATE ANY POSITIVE
ENERGY THAT IS SENT TO
OUR FAMILY RIGHT NOW.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH,
THE GESTURE IS REALLY
APPRECIATED BY MYSELF
AND MY FAMILY.
OH AWWW, THAT MAKES
ME HAPPY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING
ONE OF OUR HEROES ON
THE FRONT LINES... WE
APPRECIATE YOU, THANK
YOU, THANK YOU SO
MUCH!
MONICA SALINAS,
HAPPY THAT GOD CAN
TOUCH PEOPLE LIKE THAT,
YOU
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW. SEVEN'S HERO.