Miracle in the News: The Voice Before the Blast - the Nashville Christmas Bombing | Ep. 68

Summary

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The Miracle Files - True Miracle Stories

Episode 68: Miracle in the News: The Voice Before the Blast — the Nashville Christmas Bombing

Date: May 11, 2026
Hosts: Emily Jones & Holly Worthington

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Episode Overview

In this riveting episode, Emily and Holly revisit the Nashville Christmas Day bombing of 2020, unraveling the events with a faith-based perspective. They focus on hidden miracles within the chaos—how timely warnings, courageous police actions, and inexplicable intuition saved lives. Using firsthand accounts and 911 audio, the hosts highlight the power of listening to divine promptings in moments of crisis.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Backstory of Anthony Warner (01:28–06:23)

• Anthony Warner's Life:
  • Raised in Nashville, worked various IT jobs, and had a minor criminal record (“served just two years of probation for [a marijuana conviction],” Holly, 01:28).
  • “This man lives a pretty uneventful life for a while, but there are definitely warning signs.” — Holly (01:25)
• Relationship with Pam Perry:
  • Described as complicated; the media calls Perry his girlfriend, but she claims they were essentially friends.
• Signs of Distress and Mental Struggle:
  • Camping trip where Warner threw explosive materials in the fire and showed Pam a strange device, ranting about conspiracy theories and “reptilian people.” (02:31–03:44)
  • “He is definitely struggling with some mental health issues at this point.” — Holly (03:48)

2. Missed Warnings & Police Involvement (04:06–05:39)

• Pam’s Attempts to Get Help:
  • Noticed Warner’s erratic behavior and bomb-making activity, called the police and described her concerns: “My conscience was tearing me up.” — Pam Perry (04:06)
• Police Limitations:
  • Police responded but couldn’t find sufficient evidence to intervene as Warner’s yard was fenced off.
  • “Man, you hear about that all the time. Like...I tried to warn ‘em, but...hindsight's 20/20 obviously.” — Emily (05:30, reflecting on system limitations).

3. Warner’s Motivation and Foreshadowing (06:00–06:39)

• Spiritual and Psychological Struggles:
  • Warner was obsessed with ending his “reincarnation loop.”
  • Fixated on the song “Downtown” by Petula Clark—played repeatedly and later featured during the bombing.

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4. Christmas Morning, 2020 — The Attack Unfolds (07:29–17:06)

The Scene (07:29–08:59)

• Early Christmas morning, Nashville is quiet. Police officers James Wells and Amanda Topping are winding down their shift.
• 911 calls report gunshots inside a building—officers respond expecting a shooter, not a bomb.

The RV and The Eerie Warning (09:11–10:38)

• Officers find an RV parked on Second Avenue, broadcasting chilling warnings:
  • “This area must be evacuated now. All buildings...must be evacuated now. If you can hear this message, evacuate now.” (09:35)
• The RV’s loudspeaker alternates between evacuation messages and “Downtown.”
  • “It’s like one of those scenes from a movie where there’s something really scary happening, but they’re playing a happy sound...” — Emily (10:38)

The Evacuation (12:26–13:56)

• Officers, realizing the severity, start evacuating residents door-to-door.
• As the warnings become more urgent, Officer Wells describes a powerful inner prompting:
  • “I literally hear God tell me to turn around and go check on Topping...it felt like I only took three steps, and then the music stopped...I just see orange, and then I hear a loud boom.” — Officer James Wells (13:09)

The Miracle—Police Testimonies (14:20–15:26)

• Officer Topping also describes a sudden urge to move away:
  • “I don’t know what told me to do this...As I start walking towards him...I just saw the biggest flames I’ve ever seen, the biggest explosion...” — Officer Amanda Topping (14:27)
• The two officers grab each other and shelter in a doorway, narrowly escaping harm.

Civilians Saved (15:26–18:41)

• Buddy Gainey and Family:
  • Visited Nashville, were in a condo nearby, awoken and evacuated.
  • “We got to street level and it was like a war zone...my wife and daughter didn’t have shoes on...I’m just in shock and terror.” — Buddy Gainey (16:31)
• David Malloy:
  • Out walking his dog, initially thought RV’s warnings came from police.
  • “The officer was in the middle of the road...telling me to evacuate...and right then, boom.” — David Malloy (18:13)

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5. Aftermath & Reflections (17:06–22:19)

• Warner perished in the blast—highlighting the tragedy of untreated mental illness.

  • “It just makes you think about how many people are probably out there...struggling with their mental health.” — Holly (17:12)

• A Miracle of Survival:

  • “The miracle isn’t that nothing terrible happened...the miracle is how people were protected inside the chaos.” — Holly (20:01)
  • Only three injuries, no lives lost due to rapid police response.

• Theme of Listening to Divine Prompts:

  • “The miracle is the voice that spoke to Officer Wells just seconds before disaster.” — Holly (20:05)
  • “...It’s so important that we listen when we receive those feelings and voices from God.” — Holly (20:13)

• Why Downtown?

  • Warner had personal, emotional ties to downtown Nashville; childhood memories and attachment to Second Avenue and the song "Downtown."

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Notable Quotes & Powerful Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote | |-----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 03:48 | Holly | “He is definitely struggling with some mental health issues at this point.” | | 05:30 | Emily | “Man, you hear about that all the time. Like...I tried to warn ‘em, but...hindsight's 20/20 obviously.” | | 09:35 | RV Announcement | “This area must be evacuated now...If you can hear this message, evacuate now.” | | 13:09 | Officer Wells | “I literally hear God tell me to turn around and go check on Topping...then the music stopped...boom.” | | 14:27 | Officer Topping | “I don’t know what told me to do this...I just saw the biggest flames I’ve ever seen.” | | 16:31 | Buddy Gainey | “We got to street level and it was like a war zone...I’m just in shock and terror, you know?” | | 18:13 | David Malloy | “The officer was...telling me to evacuate...and right then, boom. Windows were blowing out everywhere.” | | 20:01 | Holly | “The miracle isn’t that nothing terrible happened...the miracle is how people were protected...” | | 22:19 | Buddy Gainey | “Had we not been in the interior condo but on the street side, we could have been severely injured...Only by the hand of God.”|

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Important Timestamps

• 01:28–04:06: Anthony Warner’s background, warning signs, and Pam Perry’s concerns.
• 07:29–10:38: Setting the scene on Christmas morning, officers arrive, and the RV’s eerie warnings.
• 13:09–15:26: Miraculous warnings—Officer Wells and Officer Topping’s accounts of being prompted to move moments before the explosion.
• 16:31–18:41: Civilians rescued, personal testimonies of Buddy Gainey and David Malloy.
• 20:01–20:13: Hosts reflect on miracles and divine guidance.

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Conclusion & Host Reflections

• The episode ends with Holly and Emily grateful to surface overlooked miracles—“focus on these miracle stories where so many miracles happen.” — Emily (21:28)
• Emphasis on the importance of recognizing miraculous interventions in every life, the need for mental health awareness, and listening for God’s guidance in times of crisis.
• “God had a hand in me not parking the car in front of the building that night so we could escape after the explosion...it truly is a miracle we survived. And only by the hand of God.” — Buddy Gainey (22:19)
• Final encouragement to “look for His light in your own lives.” (23:13)

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For listeners seeking hope, faith, and real-life inspiration, this episode weaves chilling true events with uplifting stories of protection and courage—the Miracle Files at its best.

Transcript

[Holly Worthington]

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[911 Caller / Dispatcher]

911 1.

[Holly Worthington]

What is the address of your emergency? My entire building just fell down and it's collapsing.

[911 Caller / Dispatcher]

I live at 162nd Avenue North. Please come. The roofs are collapsing in. Okay. Yeah. Ralph, come on. Ralph, come on. Stay with me. You're doing great. Stay with me. Okay. It's.

[Holly Worthington]

I think it's an explosion.

[Emily Jones]

This is the Miracle Files. I'm Emily Jones.

[Holly Worthington]

And I'm Holly Worthington. We're two sisters who love a captivating true story, but we're also seeking more light in our lives.

[Emily Jones]

So we're on a mission to find and share unforgettable, uplifting stories of God's miracles. We hope you'll join us on this journey. Welcome back to Miracles in the News. All right, Holly, what do you got for us today?

[Holly Worthington]

Okay, well, one of the coolest things about Miracle in the News is that we don't just look at current events, but we also sometimes look back and find new stories from the past that have not been highlighted that much. And now, looking back, you can get this full picture, the backstory of what happened that people didn't even know about at the time. So this is one where it's like, wow, in hindsight, it is so incredible.

[Emily Jones]

Okay, so how far back are we heading?

[Holly Worthington]

So our story starts back in 2019 with a man named Anthony Warner. He was raised in Nashville, Tennessee, and he worked in various IT jobs. He previously owned a company where he was licensed to install burglar systems or burglar alarms in the 1990s. Aside from a felony marijuana conviction in 1978, which he served just two years of probation for, he has no other criminal record. Okay, so this man lives a pretty uneventful life for a while, but there are definitely warning signs.

[Emily Jones]

Okay.

[Holly Worthington]

One Nashville woman, Pam Perry, knows Anthony Warner quite well, and she goes on a camping trip with him, and that's when things start to feel very off.

[Emily Jones]

So are they, like, a romantic couple? Are they just going out as friends?

[Holly Worthington]

She is a little unclear about that and says they're basically just friends, but the media calls him her boyfriend. So I don't know. We're not. We're not exactly sure about that.

[Emily Jones]

It's complicated. I'll just leave it at that.

[Holly Worthington]

Complicated is probably a good way to put it.

[Emily Jones]

Okay.

[Holly Worthington]

But they're on this camping trip, and Anthony starts throwing various materials into the fire that explode once they hit the flames. And we're not not talking like little sparks. Like, these are pretty sizable explosions. And at first, Pam thinks maybe he's just kind of a pyro who loves playing with fire. But then he pulls out a strange looking device.

[Narrator / Reporter]

And there was more troubling developments on those camping trips. Perry took a photo of the device Warner is carrying. You can see there's a kind of screen on it. And through that screen, Perry says Warner would rant about what he could see.

[Emily Jones]

Interesting. Okay, so it's almost like a tripod that he's got attached to his hip. And at the other end, there's some sort of screen, like iPad. I don't know what it is. Yeah, but what's on the screen? Like, what's he watching?

[Holly Worthington]

Honestly, I don't know. And I don't know that there was anything even on the screen. Like, Pam couldn't see anything on the screen, but through the screen, he says that he's seeing all these things, like all these conspiracies. And he goes on these long rants about how people aren't who they say they are. And there's these reptilian people that he can see in the woods and.

[Emily Jones]

Reptilian people.

[Holly Worthington]

Yeah, yeah.

[Emily Jones]

Okay. Like lizards. Like lizards, clearly. Okay. Yeah.

[Holly Worthington]

He is definitely struggling with some mental health issues at this point.

[Emily Jones]

Yeah, yeah.

[Holly Worthington]

So later on, Pam goes to Warner's house and she notices cameras are everywhere. And when she tries to go inside, he stops her. She says she can't come in because he's making things and doing experiments.

[Emily Jones]

Making things.

[Holly Worthington]

Yeah. So she also begins to notice some strange activity going on in Warner's rv, and she becomes so concerned that she eventually calls the police. My conscience was tearing me up.

[Narrator / Reporter]

This police report from August 21, 2019, identifying her as Warner's girlfriend quotes Perry of saying that Warner was making bombs in the RV at his house. An attorney employed by both she and Warner also told police Warner knows what he's doing and is capable of making a bomb.

[Holly Worthington]

Yeah. So this is also how his attorney described Warner on this 911 call, who

[911 Caller / Dispatcher]

is, I think, also got some mental and emotional problems, who is allegedly building bombs in his house.

[Emily Jones]

What would you do if, like, someone you loved or cared about, you knew they were building a bomb or, like, preparing to attack somebody?

[Holly Worthington]

Like, well, I don't even know if you would think they were preparing to attack somebody. You might just be like, this is a weird hobby, you know?

[Emily Jones]

Right.

[Holly Worthington]

But she definitely did the right thing.

[Emily Jones]

Yeah.

[Holly Worthington]

In contacting the authorities.

[Emily Jones]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Holly Worthington]

And police do go to Warner's house to check it out, but they can't make contact with him and the property's fenced off. So when the police aren't let in and aren't able to see any kind of criminal activity going on, it just kind of stops there.

[Emily Jones]

Man, you hear about that all the time. Like people. Hindsight will be like, I tried to warn em, but I mean, hindsight's 20 20, obviously.

[Holly Worthington]

Yeah, true. And sadly, Warner seems to be totally losing his mind at this point. He's decided he doesn't want to live anymore, and he believes in reincarnation and he wants to end what he calls the reincarnation loop. So he believes it will take a gigantic amount of energy to happen all at once in order to end his reincarnation.

[Emily Jones]

Wait, so he does not want to be reincarnated?

[Holly Worthington]

Correct.

[Emily Jones]

He just wants to be done?

[Holly Worthington]

Yeah, yeah, he doesn't want to be reincarnated. Okay, and one of the eeriest details. This still gives me chills. Pam says there's a song that Warner's obsessed with and he just keeps playing it over and over and over. It's Petula Clark's song Downtown.

[Emily Jones]

Like downtown. Da da da da da da. That one.

[Holly Worthington]

Downtown Everything's waiting for you.

[Officer James Wells]

Yes.

[Holly Worthington]

I don't know the words, but I know the song.

[Emily Jones]

Okay.

[Holly Worthington]

Yeah. So he plays this song all the time and it's like he's scattering breadcrumbs of hints of what's to come.

[Emily Jones]

Okay.

[Holly Worthington]

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[911 Caller / Dispatcher]

Right.

[Holly Worthington]

Meanwhile, downtown Nashville is quiet because hardly anybody's out.

[Officer Amanda Topping]

Right.

[Holly Worthington]

Officer James Wells is near the end of his shift with the Metro Nashville Police Department. Wells and his partner, Amanda Topping, they're working together, you know, trying to wrap everything up, get things done so that they can go home when 911 calls start pouring in.

[911 Caller / Dispatcher]

91 1, what is the address of your emergency? 178 Second Ave. North. There have been three rounds of gunshots inside the building. First about seven or eight minutes ago, and then about five minutes ago. What floor are the shots on? I can't tell. Okay. It's a four story building. Four story building. Okay.

[Holly Worthington]

Did you see or hear anything else?

[911 Caller / Dispatcher]

No, they're in the building. Okay. Do you want to talk to officers when they come out? No, I'm too scared to come out of the apartment.

[Emily Jones]

Oh my gosh. You can hear the terror in this man's voice. I would be terrified too.

[Holly Worthington]

It gives me goosebumps.

[Emily Jones]

So scary.

[Holly Worthington]

Yeah. So the shots seem to be happening on second Avenue in downtown. So thinking they're responding to a shooting, Wells and Topping head in that direction. But when they arrive, they find something much stranger. There's an RV parked there on the street and it's broadcasting the creepiest messages over loudspeakers.

[911 Caller / Dispatcher]

This area must be evacuated now. All buildings in this area must be evacuated now. All buildings, even visit area must be evacuated now. If you can hear this message, evacuate now. If you can hear this message, evacuate now.

[Holly Worthington]

What?

[Emily Jones]

That is so creepy. I know he must have like some AI voice that is repeating, evacuate now.

[Holly Worthington]

But he must have. Yeah. And can you imagine hearing that echoing through the empty streets in on Christmas morning?

[Emily Jones]

I mean, I think probably the first thing that would hit you is just being shocked because what is this voice? And the more it plays, it just gets creepier and creepier. Yeah, like terrifying.

[Holly Worthington]

Yeah. And even more creepy than those warnings. You can't hear it in the clips, but the loudspeakers also start playing music and you can probably guess what song.

[Emily Jones]

Gosh. Downtown?

[Holly Worthington]

Yes, downtown.

[Emily Jones]

Wow. It's like one of those scenes from a movie where there's something really scary happening, but they're playing like a happy sound and you feel like you're in the twilight zone.

[Holly Worthington]

Yeah.

[Emily Jones]

And it makes it even more terrifying. Like, I can't imagine being on the streets while this is going on.

[Holly Worthington]

No, I know these poor people that Are hearing this. Got to be just terrified, I'm sure. So additional 911 calls start. Just coming in from concerned residents. Anyone in the area?

[911 Caller / Dispatcher]

91 1. What is the address of your emergency? It's 2nd Avenue North. We have a recording out here saying there's a limited time to evacuate this area. On one on Second Avenue north in downtown Nashville. Is that you guys? Second Avenue Second. 166 Second Avenue North. There's a recording out there that's saying there's a limited time to evacuate this area. There's a large bomb inside this vehicle. Let me check and see what we got. Please send a police up here. Meanwhile, I'm getting dressed. Can you please send the police up here? Yeah, we definitely can't. 166 Second Avenue North. It looks like we have them right now in a panic. Okay, we do have officers out there, like, right near 178, which is. Right, right. Are they reporting anything about this recording that we're hearing? We got, like, a call about shots being heard. Yeah, shots. But now there's a. There's a sound down there that says there's a limited time to evacuate this area. There's a large bomb inside this vehicle that is playing over and over and over outside.

[Emily Jones]

Oh, my gosh. My heart. I can feel it beating in my chest.

[Holly Worthington]

Yeah.

[Emily Jones]

That is so scary.

[Holly Worthington]

So scary. And at this point, officers aren't able to even find a shooter, but now they're concerned that there's a bomb.

[Emily Jones]

Oh, my gosh.

[Holly Worthington]

So Wells and the other officers immediately start evacuating people from the nearby buildings. They go door to door, waking people up, telling them to get out. Now. Then another warning comes from the RV saying there are only minutes left. Officer Wells says that he's trying to think about, like, everything at once. Do I move closer? Do I need heavier gear? Is there another device somewhere? Like, how do you prepare for that moment?

[Emily Jones]

I don't know.

[Holly Worthington]

And while he's processing all of that, he's about to head toward the RV when he hears something very clearly. It's no longer just the voice on the speaker in the rv.

[Emily Jones]

Officer Wells.

[Holly Worthington]

Here's a voice from God as I'm

[Officer James Wells]

getting ready to walk toward them, walking back toward the rv. This might not be politically correct, but this is my truth. I literally hear God tell me to turn around and go check on Topping, who was by herself down on Broadway. And. As I turn around, for me, it felt like I only took three steps, and then the music stopped. And as I'm walking back towards Hopping. Now I just see Orange. And then I hear a loud boom. And as I'm stumbling because it rocked me that hard, start stumbling. I just tell myself to stay on your feet, stay alive. And I just take out in a full out sprint.

[Emily Jones]

Oh, my gosh. I was not ready for that.

[Holly Worthington]

That scared me so much. I knew that was coming, but my heart is still racing. Like such an intense moment.

[Emily Jones]

Well, an incredible. Like you can actually see him walking towards where this bomb is about to explode.

[Holly Worthington]

And then you see him just turn and walk back and.

[Emily Jones]

Wow.

[Holly Worthington]

Yeah. So Officer Topping has witnessed all of this and this is what she said.

[Officer Amanda Topping]

I don't know what told me to do this. It was really weird. But I decided to change my direction, go on the other side of the road, start walking towards Wells. So as I start walking towards him, you know, he starts walking towards me. You can see on the camera too, the footage. I've seen it. And I told him I didn't think anybody would ever believe him, how close he was. And I was probably about 10 steps away from him.

[Holly Worthington]

15.

[Officer Amanda Topping]

And we're just walking towards each other and I just saw the biggest flames I've ever seen, the biggest explosion. I mean, and I just saw Orange and then him, and I saw him stumble and I felt it. I felt the heat, the wave. And like he said, I've never grabbed somebody so hard in my life. I grabbed him, he grabbed me, and we just ducked into a doorway because we didn't know what was coming afterwards.

[Holly Worthington]

Wow. Wow.

[Emily Jones]

I'm sure that moment had to feel so surreal. And you can hear the emotion in her voice as she's recapping that moment.

[Holly Worthington]

Yeah. And you can tell that God was with them and was guiding them and helping them through this. So powerful. Yeah. Yeah. So there's been a massive explosion, powerful enough to practically demolish dozens of buildings, blow out windows, send debris flying throughout downtown Nashville. Buddy Gainey and his family are visiting Nashville at the time and are staying in a condo near where the bomb is located. Officers are screaming for them to get out and get to their car when the bomb goes off.

[Buddy Gainey]

So here's Gainey, the entire building shaking and glass and debris, you know, crashing in the apartment. And I just yelled to my girls down the hall and my wife said,

[Emily Jones]

we gotta get out of here.

[Commercial Announcer]

Once into the streets, Buddy says police

[Holly Worthington]

officers were screaming for them to run out. You can see Buddy and his wife captured here in this body cam footage.

[Buddy Gainey]

We got to the street level and it was like a war zone. My wife and you Know, she and my daughter Quincy didn't have shoes on. And so she's just kind of, you know, we're all in shock that she's really kind of frozen there. You can definitely hear in my voice that I'm just in shock and terror, you know?

[Emily Jones]

Yeah. You can see he's actually carrying his wife out because she doesn't have shoes. And I'm sure there's broken glass everywhere.

[Holly Worthington]

Everything is in total chaos, as you can see. And unfortunately, Anthony Warner, the bomber, has perished in the explosion.

[Emily Jones]

That's really sad, because clearly this is a person who has mental illness. Just makes me really sad.

[Holly Worthington]

That's tragic. And it just makes you think about, like, how many people are probably out there who are alone and feeling lonely and are struggling with their mental health or whatever it is, and no one even knows about it. So mental health is no joke. Try to be aware. Try to be aware of those around us.

[Emily Jones]

Right.

[Holly Worthington]

But as tragic as his story is, this story is also so miraculous because even though buildings have been damaged all around, windows are broken, missing walls, missing fronts of buildings, you know, there's shrapnel all over the place. Unbelievably, everyone has escaped.

[Emily Jones]

Wow.

[Holly Worthington]

And because those officers acted so quickly and had already evacuated so many people, there were only three injuries and no lives lost.

[911 Caller / Dispatcher]

Wow.

[Holly Worthington]

One of the civilians on scene, David Malloy, was walking his dog when the explosion happened, and he was stopped by another police officer just in the nick of time.

[Commercial Announcer]

The man hearing the warning from that rv, but thought it was a message

[Buddy Gainey]

of safety, not danger. The recording that I was hearing, I just assumed it was coming from the police car. The officer was in the middle of the road of Second Avenue, walking towards me, telling me to evacuate. And I said, why do I need to evacuate? And right then, boom. Windows were blowing out everywhere. And the building right adjacent to ours, all of their windows in the front blew out, top and bottom, everything.

[Emily Jones]

Wow. Those police officers saved that man's life.

[Holly Worthington]

Yeah.

[Emily Jones]

And it's incredible that they all were able to get out. Yes. And, like, if somebody had taken an Ambien and was a heavy sleeper or, you know, somebody's in a wheelchair or, I don't know, like, any sort of reason, like, they had not gotten out. This could have been very different.

[Holly Worthington]

So much worse. It could have been so much worse. Yeah.

[Emily Jones]

And the thing that. The thing I keep thinking of is, I mean, this man, this bomber, he. It seems like he didn't want to hurt anyone. He told everyone to evacuate. He gave them time to get out Right. And yet if he really didn't want to hurt anyone, why didn't he just go someplace, like, you know, out on an open field or in the desert or somewhere where there was nobody else there? Like, why did he go downtown? Like, if you really didn't want to hurt anyone?

[Holly Worthington]

When I read about that. Because I had the same question. Apparently, when he was a child, he had some really fond memories of going downtown, and he'd also worked on Second Avenue, so he had some emotional attachment to that place. And I think that's part of why he loved the song Downtown, honestly.

[Emily Jones]

Okay, so, yeah, I guess that makes sense.

[Holly Worthington]

Yeah, I guess it does. To hid to his mind, it made sense, clearly. I think what really stands out to me about this story is the miracle isn't that nothing terrible happened, like, something terrible did happen.

[Emily Jones]

Right.

[Holly Worthington]

But the miracle is how people were protected inside the chaos.

[Emily Jones]

Yeah.

[Holly Worthington]

The miracle is that people were warned in time. The miracle is the voice that spoke to Officer Wells just seconds before disaster.

[Emily Jones]

Right.

[Holly Worthington]

And I think all of us can look back on times in their. Our lives when something told us to wait or call someone, leave early, take another road, turn around, you know, whatever it might be. I think it's so important that we listen when we receive those feelings and voices from God.

[Emily Jones]

Yeah. I know. I've had that voice warning in my life, but it's so cool to watch this video and literally see the moment that God spoke to this man.

[Holly Worthington]

You can see it.

[Emily Jones]

And, you know, if he had stayed on that path, he probably wouldn't be here today. Like, God is so good.

[Holly Worthington]

Yes. And sadly, we also know that Anthony Warner was listening to a wrong voice.

[Emily Jones]

I know that's true.

[Holly Worthington]

And so we have to have that discernment as well, that we make sure we're listening to God's voice and not to voices that are destructive to us.

[Emily Jones]

Wow. What a remarkable story. Like, I have never heard this story, and I can't believe I've never heard this before.

[Holly Worthington]

Neither had I. And I asked my husband, Blake. You know, he watches the news all the time. Me, not so much, but he's always watching the news, and he hadn't heard of it either.

[Emily Jones]

Seems like one I would have heard of, but.

[Holly Worthington]

Yeah.

[Emily Jones]

I mean, it's like, if there were more people that had died, maybe they would have made this a bigger deal in the national headlines, because that's kind of what the news does.

[Holly Worthington]

Yep.

[Emily Jones]

I'm just grateful that we have the chance to focus on these miracle stories where so many miracles happen.

[Holly Worthington]

Yeah.

[Emily Jones]

And these are the things that should

[Holly Worthington]

be mandated by negative stories. We just hear so many negative, horrible things, but there's so many good people in the world. So many amazing miracles happening all the time.

[Emily Jones]

Absolutely.

[Holly Worthington]

Well, thank you everyone for joining us today. We hope that this episode has uplifted you and reminded you that miracles are still happening today. If you like this episode, please share it with your friends and family. Leave us a review. Keep looking for miracles in your own lives. And there's one quote I want to leave you all with. Buddy Gainey, the man who was visiting Nashville with his family, later posted pictures on Facebook. And here's an excerpt from what he said about it. Emily, can you read that?

[Emily Jones]

Sure. Okay. He said, had we not been in the interior condo but on the street side, we could have been severely injured or killed. God had a hand in me not parking the car in front of the building that night so we could escape after the explosion. The RV was parked less than 200ft away. When you see these pictures, it truly is a miracle we survived. And only by the hand of God.

[Holly Worthington]

Only by the hand of God.

[Emily Jones]

Amen.

[Holly Worthington]

So many amazing miracles.

[Emily Jones]

Yeah.

[Holly Worthington]

Have a wonderful week, everyone. Thank you for joining us. If you have a miracle to share, contact [e-mail] or find us on social media. We release new episodes each Monday.

[Emily Jones]

Yes, so don't forget Miracle Mondays. Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and YouTube for amazing video content as well.

[Holly Worthington]

Join us next time as we discover more of God's miracles. And don't forget to look for his light in your own lives.

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