ERIC:
ERIC: EVERY DAY WE ARE SURROUNDED BY SHEER IS, ORDINARY
PEOPLE WITH EXTRAORDINARY
COURAGE.
COURAGE.
COURAGE. BUT THESE HEROES OFTEN DON'T GET
THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE.
EACH YEAR THE RED CROSS HOST AN
EVENT TO RECOGNIZE LOCAL UNSUNG
HEROES BUT THEY NEED YOUR HELP
TO DO IT.
TO DO IT.
TO DO IT. HERE WITH US IS SEAN MAHONEY
WITH THE RED CROSS.
SUCH A GREAT EVENT THAT YOU DO
EVERY YEAR HONORING THE PEOPLE
IN OUR COMMUNITY MAKING A BIG
DIFFERENCE, HAVING A BIG IMPACT,
BUT MAY NOT GET ALL THE
ACCOLADES AND AWARDS.
TELL US ABOUT THIS GREAT EVENT
YOU HAVE COMING UP.
>> NOT ALL WE HEROES WEAR CAPES
-- ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES AND WE
MAY WORK WITH THEM, GO TO CHURCH
WITH THEM, BUT PEOPLE THAT DO
EXTRAORDINARY THINGS BUT OUR
EVERY DAY PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. ERIC: YOU NEED THE VIEWERS HELP.
THEY ARE THE EYES AND YEARS
WATCHING THE PEOPLE DO THIS
INCREDIBLE WORK.
INCREDIBLE WORK. >> THEY CAN NOMINATE SOMEONE
THEY WORK WITH, SOMEBODY IN
THEIR FAMILY.
THEIR FAMILY. IF THEY HAVE HEARD ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT DESERVES
RECOGNITION IN ONE OF OUR
CATEGORIES, SOME OF THAT
EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF THE RED
CROSS WHICH IS TO PREVENT AND
ALLEVIATE HUMAN SUFFERING, THEN
THAT PERSON NEEDS TO BE
RECOGNIZED.
RECOGNIZED. WE ARE ASKING THEM TO NOMINATE
THEM BEFORE THE END OF JULY ON
OUR WEBSITE.
OUR WEBSITE. THEN ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE
GOES THROUGH -- IT IS A TOUGH
JOB.
JOB.
JOB. ERIC: I WAS GOING TO SAY.
BREAKFAST IN OCTOBER,
NOMINATIONS THROUGH THIS MONTH.
YOU NEED A COMMITTEE TO GO
THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
IT IS INCREDIBLE WORK.
>> IN THE PAST, IN OUR MILITARY
CATEGORY, WE HAD AN OFFICER
CROSSING THE CORONADO BRIDGE,
AND SHE SAW SOMEONE ABOUT TO
JUMP OFF A BRIDGE AND SHE
INTERVENED TO SAVE THEIR LIFE.
IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CATEGORY,
WE HAD A POLICE OFFICER WHO
HEARD ANOTHER OFFICER NEEDED A
KIDNEY, SO HE DONATED HIS
KIDNEY.
KIDNEY.
KIDNEY. IN THE FIRE AND RESCUE CATEGORY,
TWO FIREFIGHTERS WHO WERE IN LAS
VEGAS WHEN THE SHOOTING TOOK
PLACE.
PLACE.
PLACE. A
PLACE. A WOMAN WAS SHOT, THEY BOTH
SAVED HER LIFE.
ERIC: ALSO AN ANIMAL WELFARE
CATEGORY.
CATEGORY.
CATEGORY. I GOT THE PLEASURE TO MEET THE
PERSON WHO IS RUNNING A SHELTER,
ADOPTING DOGS AND PARTNERING
THEM WITH SERVICE MEMBERS.
INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THEY DO.
SOME GREAT PEOPLE OUT THERE
DOING SOME AWESOME THINGS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CATEGORIES.
GOOD SAMARITAN, YOUTH GOOD
SAMARITAN.
SAMARITAN. >> WE HAD A YOUNG TEENAGER
LASTER WHO STOLE THE SHOW.
IT IS AN INSPIRING EVENT,
OCTOBER 11.
OCTOBER 11. SHE WENT UP IN FRONT OF 500
PEOPLE AND TOLD HER STORY.
SHE AND HER PARENT WERE DRIVING
DOWN THE ROAD AND THEY SAW AN
APARTMENT FIRE.
APARTMENT FIRE. THEY KNOCKED ON ALL THE DOORS
AND GOT EVERYONE OUT AND KEPT
THEM CALM AS THE FIREFIGHTERS
ARRIVED.
ARRIVED.
ARRIVED. ERIC: COMMUNITY PARTNER, FIRE
AND RESCUE, HUMANITARIAN, LAW
ENFORCEMENT, MILITARY.
ENFORCEMENT, MILITARY. THAT HAS TO BE TOUGH BECAUSE WE
HAVE A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND MILITARY PEOPLE IN TOWN.
>> THOSE ARE HEROES THAT GO
ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR JOB TO
PREVENT A TRAGEDY.
WE HAVE HAD SOME INCREDIBLE
HEROES THERE.
HEROES THERE. ERIC: THIS LAST CATEGORY IS
GREAT, A NEW ONE.
IT IS CALLED GIFT OF LIFE,
APPROPRIATELY COMING FROM THE
RED CROSS.
RED CROSS. >> THE RED CROSS IS THE NUMBER
ONE COLLECTOR OF BLOOD IN OUR
NATION.
NATION.
NATION. BLOOD DONATION -- ONE DONATION
CAN SAVE UP TO THREE LIVES.
WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE WHO
ARE DONORS OR THAT INSPIRE
OTHERS TO DONATE.
AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY
OTHERS TO DONATE. AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY, ONE THAT
WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THIS YEAR.
ERIC: IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY OUT
THERE, PLEASE GET ON THE RED
CROSS RIGHT NOW.
HERE IS THE INFORMATION YOU NEED
TO KNOW.
TO KNOW.
TO KNOW. THE AWARDS CEREMONY, OCTOBER 11
AT THE USS MIDWAY MUSEUM.
WE NEED YOUR NOMINATIONS RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. REALLY EASY TO NOMINATE SOMEONE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING GREAT
THINGS OUT THERE, AND IT IS TIME
THAT WE HIGHLIGHT THEM.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IN
THE PROCESS.
THE PROCESS. YOU HAVE YOUR WORK CUT OUT