YOU
YOU THINK
YOU THINK ABOUT THE LAST FEW MONTHS WHAT WORD COMES TO MIND. PANDEMIC CLOSED CHANGE SINCE
THE START OF THE PANDEMIC OUR
WORLD HAS BEEN FLIPPED UPSIDE
DOWN. CLOSING STORES SHUTTING
DOWN SCHOOLS AND CHANGING THE
WAY WE INTERACT AS MANY TRY TO
NAVIGATE THE NEW NORMAL. WE'VE
ALSO SEEN SIGNS OF HOPE WHETHER
THEY'RE PHYSICAL SIGNS OR A
SIMPLE GESTURE YOU HAVE CHOSEN
TO MAKE IT AN OPPORTUNITY TO
GENERATE CREATIVITY AND
TOGETHERNESS SO TONIGHT WE WANT
YOU TO SET ASIDE THAT WORD. YOU
INITIALLY THOUGHT AND INSTEAD
REPLACE IT WITH THIS ONE.
INLAND TOGETHER HI EVERYONE AND
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR
INLAND TOGETHER RIGHT HERE ON
CRIME TOO. I'M MARK HANRAHAN.
TONIGHT WE WANT TO SHOWCASE OUR
COMMUNITY AND HIGHLIGHT THE
MOMENTS THAT MADE US SMILE AND
LAUGH AND REALLY APPRECIATE ONE
ANOTHER THE WHOLE CRIME TO TEAM
IS WORKING TO SHOWCASE THE GOOD
NEWS STORIES THAT YOU HAVE
SHARED WITH US. WE START OFF
TONIGHT WITH A STORY OF
SURVIVAL FOR 20 DAYS RYAN
FERGUSON BARRASSO WAS ON A
VENTILATOR AT SACRED HEART
BATTLING THE CORONA VIRUS. HE
NEARLY DIED BUT THE LOCAL MAN
FOUGHT BACK AND WAS FINALLY
ABLE TO LEAVE THE HOSPITAL.
RYAN REGARDS BAROSSA LEFT THE
HOSPITAL THIS WEEK TO A ROUND
OF APPLAUSE. DOCTORS AND NURSES
LINED THE HALLWAY SACRED HEART
TO CELEBRATE THE FORTY FIVE
YEAR OLD'S HARD FOUGHT VICTORY
AGAINST THE VIRUS SPREADING
ACROSS THE GLOBE. I'M GLAD I'M
SITTING HERE TALKING TODAY IT
SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE JUST BEEN
THROUGH KIND OF THE RINGER MAN
YEAH. I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO BE
HERE. IT WAS A PRETTY DRAMATIC
EXPERIENCE FOR RYAN AND IT
BEGAN BACK IN MID-MARCH HE SAYS
AT FIRST HE JUST FELT TIRED
THEN DEVELOPED A FEVER THAT
LASTED ABOUT THREE DAYS. THEN
CAME AN UNRELENTING COUGH THAT
GOT SO BAD HE COULDN'T SLEEP.
AND THEN I JUST STARTED
COUGHING FOR ABOUT FIVE DAYS
STRAIGHT. I CALLED MY DOCTOR
AND SAID DON'T COME IN. WELL
GIVE ME A PRESCRIPTION FOR SOME
COUGH SUPPRESSANT CODEINE. SO
I USE THAT FOR THREE DAYS. BUT
THEIR WORK DIDN'T HELP. AND
THAT'S WHY THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY
I WENT TO URGENT CARE TO GET
THAT COUGH CLEARED UP AND
FIGURE IT OUT. AND THEN THEY
SENT ME TO THE E.R.. THE
BEGINNING OF THE ORDEAL. WITHIN
24 HOURS OF ARRIVING AT THE
E.R. RYAN SAYS HE WAS IN A
MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA ON A
VENTILATOR. HE RECALLS TALKING
TO HIS FAMILY ONE LAST TIME
BEFORE HEADING TO THE ICU YOU
KNOW PART OF THIS CASE THAT
I MAY NEVER SEE THEM AGAIN. AND
HAVING THAT SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME TO TALK TO HIM BEFORE
I WHAT WERE YOU DIAGNOSED WITH
KOVAC 19 BEFORE YOU WENT ON THE
VENTILATOR. NO I GOT TESTED.
WHEN IT GOT TO BE AH THEY TOOK
FOUR DAYS BEFORE MY TEST CAME
BACK POSITIVE. DID THEY EVER
TELL YOU HOW CLOSE YOU WERE TO
NOT SURVIVING. YOU KNOW I THINK
THE WORD MIRACLE PRETTY MUCH
SUMS IT UP 1 PERCENT 2 PERCENT
CHANCE THEY WOULD NEVER GIVE ME
A PERCENTAGE JUST FOR MY MENTAL
STABILITY. BUT IT WASN'T
LOOKING GOOD. LITTLE BY LITTLE
RYAN SAYS HE STARTED TO IMPROVE
BUT NO PART FIGHT WAS EASY. THE
ONLY CONTACT HE HAD WITH HIS
FAMILY WAS BE A PHONE CALL OR
FACE TIME. AND HE DESCRIBES HIS
TIME ON THE VENTILATOR AS
ESPECIALLY TOUGH. THERE ARE
TIMES WHEN I THINK ABOUT I MEAN
I JUST THE BREATHING THE
VENTILATOR BUT THEN JUST
THINKING ABOUT MY FAMILY JUST
CAME THAT STRENGTH TO JUST KEEP
ON BATTLING. THERE WERE TIMES
WHERE I THOUGHT I COULDN'T DO
IT? SO SOMEHOW SOMEWAY I MADE
IT THROUGH ALL SAID AND DONE
RYAN WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR
ABOUT A MONTH. HE SENT US THIS
VIDEO OF HIS NEIGHBORS LINING
THE STREET HOLDING SIGNS AND
CHEERING AS HE RETURNED HOME TO
HIS WIFE AND SONS. IT WAS
DEFINITELY A BIG MOMENT I GOT
TO SEE THEM AGAIN BECAUSE JUST
I WAS EXPECTING TO BE OUT THERE
LIKE A MESSAGE MAYBE YOU MIGHT
HAVE FOUR FOR THE SPOKANE
COMMUNITY ABOUT THE CORONA
VIRUS GIVEN WHAT YOU WENT
THROUGH DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE
BUT WHO IS GOING TO CATCH IT.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST YOU CAN BE
PRECOCIOUS I THINK IT'S FOR THE
BEST. I RECENTLY SPOKE WITH
RYAN TO GET AN UPDATE ON HIS
RECOVERY AND HE TOLD ME A BIT
OF A COUGH DOES LINGER STILL
BUT HE'S GETTING STRONGER EVERY
DAY AND NOW DOING PHYSICAL
THERAPY. HE'S JUST HAPPY TO BE
ON THE MEND IN THE MEANTIME
SEVERAL DRIVERS WITH SPOKANE
TRANSIT AUTHORITY TRANSPORTING
MORE THAN JUST PEOPLE NOW
THEY'RE ALSO DELIVERING MEALS
AND GINA. THIS IS HELPING A TON
OF PEOPLE HERE. MARK SINCE
GOVERNOR INSLEE STAY HOME ORDER
DRIVERS FOR THE SPOKANE TRANSIT
AUTHORITY HAVE BEEN PRETTY
LIGHT ON THEIR RIDES SO THESE
DRIVERS DECIDED TO PUT THEIR
DOWNTIME TO GOOD USE BY HELPING
OUT SPOKANE MEALS ON WHEELS.
NORMALLY THAT'S NOT SOMETHING
THAT WE WOULD DO BUT IN TIMES
OF EMERGENCY WE HAVE THE
LATITUDE TO DO THAT. ABOUT 30
DRIVERS HAVE HELPING THE
ORGANIZATION WITH THEIR
DELIVERIES. ON ANY GIVEN DAY
THERE ARE ABOUT 12 DRIVERS AND
THEIR VANS VISITING SENIORS
DROP OFF THEIR MEALS WITH THE
HELP OF THE SCA DRIVERS.
THEY'VE DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN
5000 MEALS EVERY WEEK AND THIS
ISN'T THE ONLY WAY OUR
COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER
RIGHT. LAURA THAT'S RIGHT.
SHEENA IT IS SO IMPORTANT RIGHT
NOW TO GET FOOD TO PEOPLE NOT
ONLY FOR NOURISHMENT BUT TO
SHOW THAT WE CARE AND THAT
WE'RE THINKING OF THEM AND THAT
WAS CERTAINLY THE CASE RECENTLY
AT THIS SPOKANE VETERAN'S HOME
OF COURSE THE HOME HAS BEEN HIT
VERY HARD BY THE CORONA VIRUS
AND THE CAREGIVERS THERE ARE
EXHAUSTED AND SAD AND SO WE
WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO SHOW
THAT WE CARE. SO WE CALLED HER
FRIENDS AT STC YOU SAID WOULD
YOU BE WILLING TO POSSIBLY
BRING SOME MEALS FOR THE
WORKERS AT THE SPOKANE VETERANS
HOME. AND THEY DID AND THEY DID
IT IN A BIG WAY. THEY NOT ONLY
SUPPORTED THE CAREGIVERS BUT
THEY ALSO SUPPORTED A LOCAL
BUSINESS THEY PROVIDED LUNCH
AND DINNER FOR NEARLY A HUNDRED
OF THE WORKERS THAT THE SPOKANE
VETERANS HOME AND BOUGHT THE
MEALS FROM A DOWNTOWN
RESTAURANT. WHAT A WAY TO SHOW
THAT WE CARE AND SO WE SAY
THANK YOU TO ALL THE BUSINESSES
THAT ARE STEPPING UP THERE TO
LOCAL ARTISTS THAT WE WANT TO
FEATURE THAT ARE USING THEIR
SKILLS AND TALENTS TO MAKE OUR
WORLD A MORE BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
HERE'S AMANDA LAURA. TO SOME
THIS MIGHT BE JUST A PINECONE
OR JUST A ROCK. BUT TO THESE
ARTISTS EVEN A SIMPLE LEAF OR
FLOWER ARE PIECES OF ART
SUPPLIED BY MOTHER NATURE. HI
I'M SARAH EDWARDS AND I'M THE
BARONY AND WHERE THE BOTANICAL
ALCHEMISTS ABOUT A YEAR AGO
SARAH AND AVERY STARTED
CREATING LARGE SCALE FLORAL
DESIGNS IN SPOKANE PARKS. THEY
USE ONLY THE NATURAL ELEMENTS
AROUND THEM ALONG WITH FLOWERS
DONATED FROM LOCAL FLORISTS. AT
TIMES THEY RECEIVE ABOUT 5
BUCKETS OR HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS
WORTH RESCUED FLOWERS. THEN
THEY USE THEM TO CREATE ART FOR
THE PUBLIC TO ENJOY. WHEN
PEOPLE SEE OUR ART I THINK
PEOPLE FEEL JOY. ALL A SENSE OF
CONNECTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THERE LAST
DESIGN AT POLLY JUDD PARK. IT
TOOK THE BOTANICAL ALCHEMISTS
ABOUT 10 HOURS OVER THE COURSE
OF TWO DAYS TO CREATE BOTH
DESIGNS. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU SMILE
LET YOUR EYES WANDER FROM THE
TRAIL AND FOLLOW THE FLOWER
PETAL PATH. AMANDA ROLY I'LL
SEND THINGS BACK TO YOU STARTED
IS KIND OF JUST THIS RANDOM
JOKE. WHAT STARTED UP AS A JOKE
IS NOW A QUARANTINE TRADITION
FOR A AND EXPANDS THE TIME
SHARED ONLINE HAS PROVIDED THEM
AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW
THE PLAYERS OFF THE COURT. STAY
WITH US.