In the days following the rescue of Rebecca Lewis ‒ a kidnapped 4-year-old girl ‒ at Baptist Memphis, more than 1,000 stories were written or broadcast about this extraordinary event. CNN, Inside Edition and People Magazine are among the news outlets that reported on it, and Kaytlin Brown, the clinical assistant who alerted security after she saw Rebecca with the man who kidnapped her, will appear on an episode of The Dr. Oz Show.
This act of heroism is the embodiment of our culture of empathy. Empathy was at the heart of everything the Baptist Memphis team did that day, and I’m so proud of everyone involved. I’m also proud because I know this could have happened in any hallway in any Baptist facility, and the outcome would have been the same.
Most of you won’t rescue a kidnapped child, but what you do is just as important. You make the extraordinary look ordinary by doing your jobs so well, and you are all heroes to the people we serve. Like the team at Baptist Memphis, you don’t do it for rewards, recognition or fame. You do it because you care.
Thanks to the coverage of this event, millions more people now know what I’ve always known: the Baptist team is truly special.
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