South African firefighters dance as they arrive in Alberta
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- 300 South African firefighters break out into song and dance upon their arrival at Edmonton International Airport.
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A rare moment where one may be proud to be South African. This brought me to tears. Thank you firefighters! I pray that God keep all of you heroes safe. Amen
Rare? May? Please stop
Firefighters are friends anywhere in the world. Respect.
I am proud to be a fire fighter 🤗😍 this got me emotional 😢
Thank you all for coming to Canada to help fight our Forest fires !! Your energy is so amazing!!❤ 1 💚🇨🇦
That seems about the right level of enthusiasm for getting off an Air Canada flight
LOL
Hahaha, and a chartered one at that...
funny
Welcome to Canada 🇨🇦 thank you for helping our firefighters much love and respect!
These guys are the best kind of people.
I am surprised by the mixed reaction on this clip by a couple of Canadians. These ladies and gentleman have come here to help your country. the fact that they do it in a way that is not normal to you is irrelevant. They are dedicated, and they are going to be risking their lives for YOU. So if you feel that they shouldn't be there, then feel free to report at your local fire station and VOLUNTEER for firefighting training and duty. And then stop bitching about your first-world problems...
Well said.
So did the US, Mexico, Israel, and Russia and yet you take these guys instead. Somethings not right.
liberals just wanted to see more diversity lol
+MooseheadDrinker Or maybe Tredeau is trying to make the most BLACKED porno with these guys as a way to promote multiculturism in Canada.
I apologize for the gripers, unfortunately there are some who have an axe to grind against our current PM and will make all kinds of ridiculous and shameful comments in their effort to paint anything he does/approves of as a negative. They're quite an embarrassment since I believe we were all raised better than that.
How inspiring -this shows their solidarity. I think this ceremony helps to bond these men together knowing they are risking their lives and must depend on their comrades for survival. Good on them! We as the members of planet earth should take a page from their book & have such enthusiasm & spirit into all we do!
very well put. camaraderie is survival
i love it the unity and peace within their hearts bring me to tears it so beautiful they all take time together to learn this dance and enjoy themselves. i wish the whole world was like this. maybe we should all take a leaf out of their books
Thanks for helping us out in a time of need, South Africa.
Not going to lie brought a tear to my eye. Safe journey's to the fire fighters and hope you all make it back home safely.
This gave me goosebumps! Incredible.
Thanks to each and every one of them. Canada always appreciates the assistance of it's friends.
Heroes! Risking their lives and putting on a performance like this after a 20 hour flight! Amandla firefighters!
Great camaraderie!!! Thank you and welcome!!
This is beautiful ! The World coming together to help one another :)
Good idea, agree. And we all need to learn to do it MUCH BETTER as you can see. But it's a start!
This filled my heart with pride.
You guys are awesome. I am sorry that your employer and our government let you down. It was still very appreciated that you came to help. - Joe from fort mcmurray
What did our government do to let them down? I haven't heard...sorry to hear it.
God bless them. Thank you is not enough.
Yes Nancy, you will turn a blind eye as the situation in Alberta worsens - "With a shortage of water and specialized equipment here, the South African firefighters often use “firebeaters” - wooden sticks with a leather pad attached - to beat out a bush fire. But at their boot camp this month, the South Africans learned new water-handling techniques for the Canadian fires."
so we all have room to develop..both technologically and in terms of human relations???
Are we just not stoked that a real life feel good musical ending happened in real life? More group dances celebrating happy moments
Bravo, well said, absolutelly priceless and touching.
❤ they are INCREDIBLE ...Lucky audience 🎉
If they're half as good at fighting fires as they are singing Adele, you guys are in for a treat
They are fooking awesome, saw them in 'combat'fighting our own wildfires, they will make a difference...
Love you guys, thanks for coming to Canada :)
You're so fucked "With a shortage of water and specialized equipment here, the South African firefighters often use “firebeaters” - wooden sticks with a leather pad attached - to beat out a bush fire. But at their boot camp this month, the South Africans learned new water-handling techniques for the Canadian fires."
+Nano Shinonome way to kill the mood man.....
@Nano Shitnonome - you posted the same comment on m y Google+ account, with the add-on that I am a "f***ng retarded liberal".
Get your priorities straight you right-wing nut. What has one thing to do with another? Those 300 guys dancing a happy dance is a simple feel good story, nothing else. But out comes the hate-mafia dragging everything into a political puddle.
I don't give two effs how they extinguish fire in South Africa, but I am grateful they are here to help us out, AND show appreciation for being here.
I don't care where you come from you wasted w**k, so stay where you are and hope your shanty-shack is never threatened by fire.
proud of this guys, happy nation regardless . . . . . shayani ingoma bafwethu!
Thank you South Africa 🇿🇦. Love from Canada 🇨🇦
Thanks so much for coming to our country to help.
who in their right mind dislikes this posting??
Arsonists.
thats actually dance to call rain, in africa they dont need firefighter, just dance the fire out
Awesome. Do you know perhaps know the name of the song?
I feel like this isn't true lol
it actually IS! that's how they got their savannas
why do you feel the need to lie?
Hahaha that was good
This makes me so proud! S.A All the way!!!
No wonder the lines at the airports are so long.
What's wrong with you?
SirTriopsKing learn to speak English
+fungussa Try and point out where he isn't speaking English. Go ahead, i'll wait.
Their songs and positive energy staring adversity in the face. Thank you South Africa.
I hope the firefighters won't read some of the comments made by very ignorant people. Be careful about your comments, as you never know who you might need or save your life .
I'd be a little worried if these guys came to fight my fire. Bad enough the local fire service is a town over, but from Canada? My house will have burned down by the time they reach the airport, never mind the 5700 kilometers to fly.
Clearly your unaware of the fire raging near Edmonton I believe the size of the fire was as big as NY city at one point. Maybe pay attention to the news (And yes it's a story that has been covered in America that's how big the fire is). The Taiga/Boreal forest makes up 30% of the worlds forest cover, thank them for saving the air that you breathe. When you speak on subjects you know nothing about it makes you look like an idiot.
molkor01 Thats nice
sounds like Canada should have gotten help from people closer to them for how dire this situation is... America and Russia are neighbors....
and then you have the Caribbean and Central America actually on the same hemisphere....
but nah getting people from the other side of the world was a smart and progressive move!
+fuckakakaka these firefighters were trained in a specific program that makes them qualified to work almost as soon as they hit the ground. they were specifically chosen for this purpose. read up a little man. a Google search is a click away
Heroes ❤ Thank YOU for coming!
'diamonds on the soles of her shoes'
7 years later we're back
Thank you so much. You're wonderful, stay safe.
Too late the fire destroyed everything and it's gone now
I now know who to trust with my life. South African firefighters. These guys look like so much fun to be around.
Zimbabwean farmers agree.
I have watched teams in South Africa fight fires with sacks their skill
s are incredible
Thank you!
i think another lion king is born
haaaaaaaaa subunya
Hahaha
i love this kind of music.
Great to see so many countries coming to help Canada.
In Africa we vanquish the fire demons with song and dance.
that was so powerful.
South African firefighters are there to help fight the fire
Luv these guys keep the spirit
Proud of dem Africans eh!. These people are very experienced fighting bush and forest fires. They are singing the Zulu version of "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps......Alberta Inferno by....."The Fire Chammps". Their song is bound for #1 on Canada's top 40.
No they literally aren't experienced at all - "With a shortage of water and specialized equipment here, the South African firefighters often use “firebeaters” - wooden sticks with a leather pad attached - to beat out a bush fire. But at their boot camp this month, the South Africans learned new water-handling techniques for the Canadian fires."
Nano Shinonome Why did Canada request for, and accepted their help?
@Eugene Gordon: Thank you and well put!
Nano Shinonome: I guess they learnt how to dress, sing, dance and all they ever know about life, from Canada and by Canadians eh? How arrogant!
+The Truth lmao. The only one making that implication here is you. In no way did the person you're replying to ever mention that.
So you import 300 firefighters from the other side of the world and your excuse is that they had "specific" training. So you are telling me that entire USA does not have 300 firefighters who had the same training? Or any other nearby country? Only South Africa has these "one of a kind" firefighters?
Of course the US has 300 firefighters. But it probably doesn't have 300 underemployed recent graduates from a training scheme who are ready willing and able to leave their families for a month to help out.
Mandela would be very proud
And now again very disappointed
After reading these comments for some time I have dissolved into hysterical laughter : The Divine Comedy lives on! We are all so FUNNY!
beautiful
This is gonna get a million views. Can I be the first to say, I have a hot mixtape of this. Ellen when you're watching call me.
Beautiful voices power
Such exuberance! This is very uplifting, and these men and women are highly trained. We need them! Thanks for coming!
Highly trained? Their training comes from putting out brush fires with hardened leather on a stick, and patting the fire out by hand. They have just very recently been trained by Canada themself how to handle modern firefighting equipment in a 10 day bootcamp because they have never handled modern firefighting equipment. If 10 days of training for something they've never experience before is "highly trained" according to you, i've got some bad news.
Canada is dead "With a shortage of water and specialized equipment here, the South African firefighters often use “firebeaters” - wooden sticks with a leather pad attached - to beat out a bush fire. But at their boot camp this month, the South Africans learned new water-handling techniques for the Canadian fires."
The ones chosen for Canada are the fittest and most skilled of the 5,000 in the organization. Also, they have gone through bootcamp training for a month. Get your facts straight.
Wonderful voices! Stay safe. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Wow, the fire is going to dry up when they see these guys coming!!!!!!! Lookout fire!!!!!!
Oh to be a fly on the wall. This kind of display of solidarity gives me hope for the future. I only wish I could do more to help.
At heart they're still warriors
Play it at 1.5 speed.. :D
africain lesson !! Thanks
ty for sharing.i love this
Its time 'Third World' world countries start giving some aid to these 'First World' countries..........
Well they still have a way to go until they can actually start giving help to others.The situation in Africa and other 3rd world countries is critical.
I agree comrade
What a bunch of bad ass's! Im like choked up a bit:)
This is so great!
Thank you :')
They remind me of the battle of isandlwana
Beautiful People !!!!!
I would like to know the text of the song... it sounds great and lifts your mood... but I'm interested in the words anyway... anybody? :)
Bix nood
Ha ha ha check Ndlovu youth choir it’s a South African choir there’s plenty more
really makes me think , what the f have I been doing to help others?
Thats normal here, after you get off an Air Canada flight you usually celebrate to this extend.
I honestly still think Stop, Drop and Roll would be more effective and less time consuming. Heart warming nonetheless.
Awesome, powerful, wonderful!
I'm loving it❤
love it
So amazing
aaaand just like that i want to go to africa.
And you wouldn't be disappointed. I've had the pleasure of visiting South Africa twice. Beautiful place and people, love them both. I'm grateful they've come to help out back west.
and enjoy the high crime and murder rate.
t. someone that studied and lived in South Africa for 4 years.
Crime and murder happens everywhere in the world. Go to the wrong places here in Canada and you'll be sorry as hell too. As long as you're not going where you have no business being or taking stupid risks, you should be fine. We never had a problem or felt unsafe at any time on our visits.
you know that's kind of like saying "Wow I want to go to the moon"
at least they don't say Aboot
This look fun ❤😢
do they have the same kinda forestation in south africa? I thought russia was better idea.
russia has set fire to all its forests long ago to avoid further forest fires
It's cheaper to bring people from Africa to save Canada because we complain and won't work hard unless we benefit-lol-who knows but it's cool they get to see our country
Haha you think South Africans work hard and don't complain. Every other month there's a strike or 2 here coz most of these idiots don't understand how the economy works and just want more.
how little you know about africa. it's been more than 50 years since they got rid of european rule and they are still 3rd world countries mostly and many can't even feed their own people.
POWERFUL 🔥
Awesome....
what is the name of the song at the end?
i am south african
Seriously interlacing artifacts? C'mon man..this ain't the 90's any more.
Moving as one.
Is this from today?
This one is from 7 years back kr so, look at the lost date. However the firefighters are back again to help canada
fyi, this video is several years old
im black south African i have seen two young layers from Canada training and i was wondering why and now i see this ......mmmmmm maybe we heading in the right direction
Please explain what direction you mean?
exchange of goods
Mzanzi❤
my mans is lit
that's a lot more than a hundred fun and lets pray unrelated fact Eric Prince former Blackwater ceo was training 'elite' commando troops in SouthAfrica recently....
man paranoid schizophrenia is a tough one.
Mike Emmons its only paranoia when they ain't all out to get you
Yan Yu
when did I mention paranoia? please re-read my comment and take it to heart.
you're completely fucked Yan Yu
not as much as your average canadian you got no idea but enjoy your freedumb
Reminder folks: They came here, and didnt do a single thing.
Thats right, they quit the first day.
Good use of money, Trudeau.
God bless our fearless leader 😜
CTV ... wtf is wrong with your camera man? *sigh*
Sorry
makes me miss School we used to kill that song
Damian Varney what song is it?
@@megancrowley8013 These songs help increase our morale, especially when working in groups. Just search for "gwijo songs" and enjoy.
theyre all dancin cus they just transported 5kg of hash each and made bank!
They sound like football hooligans.
Thank you for helping and welcome to Canada! Ignore the gripers on here, they don't speak for all of us, they make a career of complaining and casting doom and gloom about any event/idea approved of by PM Trudeau because they are bitter. Thank you again. ;)
They're going to sing and dance that fire out in no time.
VIRAL ALERT.!!!