This video of a hearing impaired infant hearing his mother's voice for the first time after a cochlear implant is about as tender a thing as you'll see in a while. If you ever despair of modernity, it's worth remembering that in previous eras, not only would this baby never hear but we would never see him hear. And then there's simply a trapped dog and a great cop - another moment once captured only for one man, and now viewable by millions. Seriously, this is worth watching through to the very end:
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