The true heroes of the battle against the coronavirus pandemic don’t wear uniforms or jerseys or anything with a number. They are the people on the front lines trying to save lives in this unimaginable situation.
The Arizona Cardinals put together a stunning video that will give you goosebumps when you watch it. The professional teams in the state celebrate those who are giving their all and risking their lives to save the lives of people in the United States and around the world.
The project and video is the work of Tim Delaney and others associated with Arizona professional teams. The VP of Broadcasting and Digital Content for the Arizona Cardinals Football Club produced a stunning piece.
This was a unique and inspiring project to collaborate on with our friends in town. #AllAZ https://t.co/Z9sFRDKt4x
— Tim DeLaney (@tdelaneyaz) March 31, 2020
Simply stunning stuff.
Arizona has been my home for 17 years now and as a father and local business owner, I'm heart broken to see the impact COVID-19 is having throughout our community. (1/4) https://t.co/OJrob5lG4a
— Larry Fitzgerald (@LarryFitzgerald) April 2, 2020
Please take this seriously, stay inside and keep your distance. To first responders, doctors, nurses, EMTs, firemen, grocery workers, truck drivers, delivery people, & cleaning staff, I want to extend my gratitude for your heroic work by being on the front lines everyday. (3/4)
— Larry Fitzgerald (@LarryFitzgerald) April 2, 2020
Some background from Joefavorito.com:
Tim put this together from his dining room table while working from home.
I called Tim Wednesday to get some additional details as to how the piece came to fruition, starting with an idea last Friday while on his living room couch, followed by several days of emails and calls with the other area teams to garner footage and ideate, followed by a remote voiceover session of the script by v/o specialist Chris McCann from his home in Alabama, followed by an edit not in a studio but on his kitchen table, and a final coordinated distribution on Tuesday morning by all the participating teams on social…
But wait. There’s more. In the video you see a young girl with her mom leaving the hospital. That is Tim’s daughter Anna, now age 11. Anna you see spent two YEARS in isolation herself following a battle with cancer, which makes the tribute to the healthcare workers even more poignant, and makes the video even more noteworthy.
It also gives us what great stories often do. Perspective. The words and images preach patience and celebration, and if Anna can endure her own exile and my niece and her husband can selflessly give like thousands of other healthcare workers and first responders and delivery people and cashiers, can’t we use the pause for good as well.
So there you have it. The backstory is sometimes better than the story itself, although this time I think they feed each other.