In January 2013, Evelin Matamoros was walking out of a restaurant in Miami when she was approached by an armed robber who demanded her purse.

“Ryder Trauma Center has been around for many years. As part of our job in law enforcement, we have been in Ryder for traumatic cases, and I’ve seen miracles happen,” said Diaz.

In August 2015, firefighter Tennyson “Mackie” McFarlane was responding to a routine house fire in Kingston, Jamaica when a propane tank exploded inside the structure.

When Robert Billue left work on a Friday afternoon in April 2015, he was looking forward to the start of the weekend with his family.

In September 2013, Danielle Press suffered life-threatening injuries in a boating accident off the coast of Key Biscayne – the very place where her father is police chief.

Just days before Christmas in 2012, 15-year-old Aaron Willis was riding bike in Wynwood when a gunman in a car drove by and shot him in the back.

In December 2012, Tiffany Davis, who was eight months pregnant at the time, was leaving a convenience store in Overtown when she was shot in a drive-by shooting.

In June 2012, 16-year-old Yasser Lopez and his friends went spear fishing at a Miami lake – a way to celebrate the last day of school.

Something went terribly wrong on November 18, 2011, when Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Lieutenant Kevin McCrea was leading a fire demonstration for a group of Brazilian firefighters.