{"id":173206,"date":"2026-02-28T22:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T22:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/173206\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T22:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T22:47:08","slug":"miracle-matt-reunites-with-the-orlando-firefighters-who-saved-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/173206\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Miracle Matt\u2019 reunites with the Orlando firefighters who saved his life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In Orange County man nicknamed \u201cMiracle Matt\u201d was reunited this week with the firefighters who saved his life almost a dozen years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Matt Manzari survived a life-threatening electric shock in 2014 while trimming trees for a church.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident occurred when Manzari struck a power line, resulting in severe burns across his entire body.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The reunion marks more than a decade since the close call that changed his life.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite the severity of the burns and the intensity of the shock, Manzari remained conscious until emergency personnel reached the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">First responders provided critical care that allowed him to survive the injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Since recovering from the accident, Manzari has established a career as a motivational speaker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He now travels across the country to share the story of his survival and recovery from the life-changing incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"537\" height=\"108\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beda08358d6db9816e7b0d066edd22cf.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Orange County man nicknamed \u201cMiracle Matt\u201d was reunited this week with the firefighters who saved his life&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[82236,82209,139,141,140,82237,76283],"class_list":["post-173206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-electric-shock","tag-matt-manzari","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-severe-burns","tag-the-firefighters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}