Palisades family digs through devastated home’s rubble to find their most precious item — a teddy bear

Some things may not come with a hefty price tag but hold immense sentimental value. These items are priceless for those attached to its story, and people may go to great lengths to protect them, even in the face of disaster. So when a Palisades family had a chance to return to their house after the fires had been extinguished they sifted through the rubble to find a teddy bear that had been their son's much-loved possession for a long time, as per USA Today.

"Most of the stuff that I want to see, I am not going to see. I know," the young man, Sean Nguyen, told the outlet as he sifted through the rubble of his house in search of his old teddy bear. Wearing gloves and a mask, he searched for quite some time. "The most important thing that he was going to try and retrieve and the thing that he said he wanted to be able to take with him if he had the chance, was his teddy bear," his father, Jack Nguyen, shared. Jack recalled how his son had been deeply attached to the bear for years. "When he was young he was so attached to that teddy bear. Now he is an adult and the first thing he said is, you know, he wanted Booboo, his bear," the dad recounted.

The father was on the verge of tears as he shared the story of his son and the teddy bear, expressing how desperately the boy wanted to have his beloved teddy bear back. Struggling to control his emotions, he said, "None of the other stuff matters." As he spoke, the camera captured the ruins of a car and the remains of a shattered home. "It's all just keepsakes and you know, the pictures. My daughter was a very talented artist and she had painting throughout our house. They are all gone," the father continued. Sean gazed at the rubble with disappointment, as his dad added, "It's not about me, it's about our kids."

Many people took to the comments section of the video to express their thoughts on the situation. @rosegombos2120 wrote, "ST. Anthony, St. ANTHONY Please come around something has been lost and can't be found, AMEN." Another user wrote, "I remember the man in Gaza with a teddy bear that he bought for his kid, left alone with that teddy after the bomb attack." @imatimetraveler5670 remarked, "I still find this fire to be impossible... it's like saying don't BBQ in your backyard, drop some coal on the ground that's it, every one to 30 miles is doomed. But this is sad it happened."

@overcomer7412 shared, "When you know you’ve lost everything, and you can just wish that one thing wasn’t lost, you choose something that has longstanding sentimental attachment for you. It isn’t saying the teddy bear is more important than people’s lives or your house or car. It’s wanting to hold something that once brought you great comfort, in the hopes it could do the same again."