A kind man and his friend rescued a baby bird that got trapped in a storm drain; and then were able to reunite it with its mother last Friday. Lukman Nurudeen, 36, and his friend Talwo Mudah, 33, from Louisville, Kentucky’s video of the awesome rescue quickly went viral.
The two men had been walking towards their apartment in a nearby complex when they heard a bird crying frantically near a storm drain. The men spotted the mother bird “pacing back and forth” near the drain and figured she must have had an interest in what was inside of that drain. And as the men approached, they knelt down and saw the tiny baby bird at the bottom.
Nurudeen is an animal lover, and the sounds of the desperate baby bird struck his heart deeply – so deeply he could not walk away and felt obligated by his conscience to help.
it was struggling, and we were there. That was enough reason.
Nurudeen lifted the drain grate and carefully climbed into the drain. He scooped up the baby bird very carefully, climbed out and placed the tiny one on the street. The men moved away and watched the baby reunite with its mother as she snuggled on top of it.
To Nurudeen, he hadn’t done anything spectacular except to help a tiny bird who needed a kind hand.
The video, posted on TikTok has garnered more than 5.6 million views with the sweetest comments. It’s interesting why Nurudeen said he videoed the incident. As the men were walking home and came upon the birds needing help and making sure the baby bird was safe, they decided to video the entire event, just in case someone reported them for lifting the drain cover and trying to do something illegal or suspicious.
Sometimes it seems it’s difficult to be a Good Samaritan.
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