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Austin 'Feel-Good' Story: Flood Rescue
from #273 - Snap, Kapital, Pop | The Tim Dillon Show · #273
4 min
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Tim frames a news story about first responders rescuing a flood victim (and a puppy) near a homeless encampment on the Blanco River as a heartwarming tale, while noting the darker context of homeless people being swept away.
- Austin is the epicenter of comedy in America, funny from the moment you land until you leave.
- Tim notes even the shootings and street attacks in Austin are funny.
- The Kellogg's company going to war with cereal makers, an unexpected conflict Tim didn't know existed.
- This is a light, fluffy feel-good story without the darkness usually present on the show.
- Body cam video shows Star Flight senior flight nurse Jennifer Roberts rescuing Frank Fell from a swollen Blanco River in San Marcos.
- Storm waters rushed the Blanco River, washing away the homeless encampments living on the riverbed.
- Tim redirects focus from what happened to the other homeless people to the rescue of Frank Fell by first responders.
- Tim questions what kind of feel-good story celebrates one homeless person being rescued while others are washed away by the river.
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