Some years in the future…
Ireland wins the FIFA World Cup! The hero of the final is goalkeeper Paddy O’Dwyer, who in the penalty shootout makes three miraculous saves.
Of course that night he’s celebrating out on the town and has had a few. Walking home, feeling 10 foot tall, he comes to an eight-story apartment building that’s on fire. There are fire engines, police, ambo’s and onlookers but the fire engine’s ladders can’t reach the roof where a woman is holding a baby as the flames keep heading up towards her.
One of the firies notices Paddy and yells, “Paddy, bloody awesome game today!” Paddy nods. The firie then has an idea. “Paddy, if the woman on the roof throws her baby, could you catch it?”
“No problem,” says Paddy.
The firie looks up at the woman and yells, “Throw the baby! Throw the baby! Paddy O’Dwyer is down here!”
The woman looks down and recognises that it really is Ireland’s hero. So she reaches over the edge and throws the baby.
Paddy never takes his eyes of the falling baby. It swirls in the breeze and as it drifts, Paddy dives under a fire truck, puts out one big mitt and catches the baby’s head inches from the ground.
The crowd went beserk!
Paddy cradled the baby, stood up, bounced it twice and kicked it 50 metres.