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Don’t Lose Hope - Humans Are Good

Derek Simmons was enjoying a beautiful day at the beach with his family when he noticed something odd.

Who was enjoying a beautiful day at the beach? Derek Simmons was enjoying a beautiful day at the beach. Who was Derek enjoying a beautiful day at the beach with? Derek was enjoying a beautiful day at the beach with his family. What did he notice? He noticed something odd.

A group of people near the pier were pointing at something in the water.

Who was pointing? A group of people near the pier were pointing. What were they pointing at? They were pointing at something in the water.

He and his wife thought it was just another shark, but they walked toward the commotion anyway.

What did he and his wife think it was? He and his wife thought it was just another shark. Where did they walk toward? They walked toward the commotion.

As it turned out, it wasn’t a shark.

Was it a shark? No, it wasn’t a shark.

It was something much more dangerous.

Was it something much less dangerous? No, it was not something much less dangerous. It was something much more dangerous.

Nine people were caught in a riptide.

How many people were caught? Nine people were caught. What were they caught in? They were caught in a riptide.

That group included a family of six with two small boys and a grandmother, as well as three would-be rescuers who got pulled in while trying to help.

Did that group include a family of six with two small boys and a grandmother? Yes, that group included a family of six with two small boys and a grandmother. Did it also include three would-be rescuers? Yes, it also included three would-be rescuers. What happened to the would-be rescuers? The would-be rescuers got pulled in while trying to help.

They were trying to swim to safety but the current was too strong and they were being pulled away.

Where were they trying to swim to? They were trying to swim to safety. What was too strong? The current was too strong. Were they being pulled away?

Yes, they were being pulled away.

The lifeguards had already finished work, so it was up to Derek.

Who was it up to? It was up to Derek. Who had already finished work? The lifeguards had already finished work.

He had to think fast.

What did he have to do? He had to think fast.

The nine were getting tired and would soon be lost at sea and possibly drowned.

Who were getting tired? The nine were getting tired. What would happen soon? They would soon be lost at sea and possibly drowned.

He gathered as many people as he could on the beach and got them to hold hands in a line.

What did he gather? He gathered as many people as he could. Where did he gather them? He gathered them on the beach. What did he get them to do?

He got them to hold hands in a line.

Soon, he had a human chain of more than 80 people.

What did he have? He had a human chain. How many people were in the human chain? More than 80 people were in the human chain.

It reached about 100 yards from the beach into the ocean.

How far did it reach? It reached about 100 yards. Where did it reach from? It reached from the beach into the ocean.

Derek and his wife, Jessica, went out beyond the chain on their body boards and began towing the exhausted swimmers to people in the chain.

Who went out beyond the chain? Derek and his wife, Jessica, went out beyond the chain. What did they go out beyond the chain on? They went out beyond the chain on their body boards. Did they begin towing the exhausted swimmers to people in the chain? Yes, they began towing the exhausted swimmers to people in the chain.

The 67-year-old grandmother had a heart attack in the water and appeared to have died by the time they got to her, but the human chain pulled her back to shore too.

What had happened by the time they got to her? She appeared to have died by the time they got to her. What did the human chain do? The human chain pulled her back to shore.

After about an hour, all nine were passed back along the chain to safety.

When were they passed back along the chain to safety? After about an hour, they were passed back along the chain to safety.

Even the grandmother survived, saying that she had a vision of her late husband and it wasn’t her time yet.

Did the grandmother survive? Yes, the grandmother survived. Who did she have a vision of? She had a vision of her late husband. Was it her time? No, it wasn’t her time yet.

Complete strangers were on the beach hugging and high-fiving.

What were complete strangers doing? Complete strangers were hugging and high-fiving. Where were they hugging and high-fiving? They were hugging and high-fiving on the beach.

It was a beautiful end to a stressful day at the beach What kind of day was it? It was a stressful day at the beach.

Some famous philosophers have said that humans are selfish by nature.

What have some famous philosophers said? Some famous philosophers have said that humans are selfish by nature.

They believed that even when a person does something that appears to be selfless, there is always an ulterior motive.

Did they believe there is always an ulterior motive? Yes, they believed there is always an ulterior motive.

But according to recent psychology experiments, when making snap decisions, people’s first instincts are to be cooperative and helpful, not selfish.

When making snap decisions, what are people’s first instincts? When making snap decisions, people’s first instincts are to be cooperative and helpful, not selfish.

Only when we have time to think and deliberate, do we become selfish.

When do we become selfish? Only when we have time to think and deliberate, do we become selfish.

Derek Simmons and the 80 rescuers he gathered certainly had little time to think when they put their lives at risk to save the lives of strangers.

Who had little time to think? Derek Simmons and the 80 rescuers he gathered had little time to think. Did they put their lives at risk to save the lives of family? No, they didn’t put their lives at risk to save the lives of family. They put their lives at risk to save the lives of strangers.

Derek later said, “It was a wave of humanity that brings some things back into focus, that maybe we haven’t lost all hope in this world.” Did Derek say, “maybe we haven’t lost all hope in this world.”? Yes, Derek said, “maybe we haven’t lost all hope in this world.”