KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City Royals scout was in the right place at the right time, saving a woman’s life in Taiwan earlier this week.
Royals Scout Nathan Miller lives in Taiwan and is used to spotting talent on the baseball field. However, this week, a woman running toward danger caught his eye.
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After a day of scouting at the ballpark, Miller went to the beach. He spotted a woman running straight for the ocean and strong waves.
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“It’s very dangerous,” Miller said. “No one swims, no one goes in that water.”
Miller said that after a couple of minutes, the woman lost control. She was being thrown around by the waves.
“It looked like she was going to try to get out. She couldn’t get out,” Miller said. “Then, she got thrown up on some rocks and was getting bashed around.”
Miller said he doesn’t swim well, but he ran to help.
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“She was sucking water in. She was completely rolling in the waves,” Miller said. “I got in to about to my chest, which I would’ve never done if there weren’t rocks around for me to hold on to. Even that, which I thought was a relatively safe spot, I was getting bashed around and it was really good fortune that she got pushed close enough to me so that I could grab her.”
He pulled the woman to safety. When he got her to shallow water, others on the beach ran to help.
This situation caught the attention of online media in Taiwan and people on the beach, who captured video and pictures.
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Emergency crews arrived. Miller said police told him the woman was attempting to take her own life. The father of two escaped with several cuts and bruises.
Miller recalled a familiar feeling– he almost died when a deadly earthquake hit Taiwan more than 25 years ago.
“I was pretty young and panicked and I put myself in more danger than I should’ve been. This time when those chemicals came, when that feeling came, I was calmer, I was lucid, and I knew what I was doing,” Miller said. “I wasn’t panicking, and that felt good; it’s good to know that you have that in you.”
Miller owns a restaurant in Taiwan. He said since the save, people have come out in droves, showing support.
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