Konrad helping people in Pakistan to deal with floodings.

["Burned in Blood" Konrad Raab]

OOC: I'm going to do these stories for a bit both here and in SupremeCW to show how much Konrad cares for Climate Change and how he's willing to go to countries like Pakistan to help with the floodings, seeing the human side of him. Here's Konrad at the worst place in Pakistan for the floodings, Sindh. I will write some here as well as SupremeCW. Enjoy this first piece I've written.

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Sindh, Pakistan. Thursday 10th November. (Off-Camera)

I've only been here for two days since my arrival on Tuesday because I wanted to help people that deserved support, and I've always wanted to help clear up the mess that has happened in Pakistan. I spent all of my time yesterday speaking to the prime minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, about what I could do to help, and he looked at me with a worried face that I was about to see the worst climate change disaster I've ever seen. I also brought a ton of money, toys for the children and clothes.

Today at nine in the morning, I got to the place deemed the worst city in Pakistan that was heavily affected by the flooding, Sindh. When I arrived, I saw so many sad faces, even water at least two feet high. I immediately met with a couple of guys who the Pakistan government said would be my helpers. They were guys named Ajimal and Mohammed, who were very skinny because of a lack of proper food and drink there was here.

As I met my helpers for the next week, I looked around and saw how much they needed my help and how much they were suffering. I aim to speak to these people at some point with a notebook I brought with me to keep notes of what happened that I keep to myself. It's the worst flooding I've ever seen in my entire life. I saw how many people were sick. It was one of the times I couldn't stand on my feet, feeling pain and seeing how many people on this island alone have been neglected. I had to stand on my feet because the water was a dangerous hazard.

Konrad Raab: "Goodness me."

Because it was a Muslim country, I had to be careful about what I had to say during my time here and even my actions. Hence why I never wanted anyone to come with me on this trip. But the two helpers they seem so happy that it was like, finally, someone outside of Pakistan came down to help, and Ajimal, although I was fully protected with gloves and a mask, patted me on my shoulder.

Ajimal: "We appreciate you coming from Germany to come and help us."

Konrad Raab: “No problem. You guys need a lot of help. Shehbaz told me the details of what happened here. Climate Change has been a massive passion of mine since last year, and I promised myself I would go to that country that needs my help and clean up what needs to be done."

Mohammed: "As you can see, many workers are too sick to help. We had a lot of fresh water, but now, there's barely any left to a point people have to use this dirty flooded water to clean themselves, but it's caused a lot of people to be sick."

Konrad Raab: “I can tell. I'm sorry that I came so late. I've had a wrestling and NASCAR career to deal with. I want to punish myself for not coming here earlier to help."

I did as much hatred as I put into wrestlers. I hated myself for delaying coming here, especially since I saw many residents using the toilets a lot, and it wasn't a pleasant sight. However, I did come to bring some goods with these guys as I knew they were desperate for food and water. It wasn't enough to provide for the long term, and I knew I needed to give them more, but it was when Ajimal saw the bag of food and water.

Ajimal: "Wow, is that all for us?"

Konrad Raab: "Yes. I want to talk to the residents here, but my lack of Pakistani language will be an issue."

Mohammed: "Oh, we can help you with that. We're English speakers. We will get more male and female helpers on what we're doing today. Thank you so much for giving us food and water."

Konrad Raab: "What's the plan for today?"

Ajimal: "We're going to build some tents and then search on the water to find residents who need our help, hopefully. Sometime in the week, we will rebuild a bridge that collapsed because of the glaciers that melted. Sadly, a lot of people died here."

Konrad Raab: "Yeah, Shehbaz Sharif told me a lot about that yesterday. So, shall we get started?"

Mohammed and Ajimal nodded at me, and we started gathering all the materials they had collected. Because they were an emerging country, they didn't have enough money to buy proper tents, so we had to make do with building some wood and materials of clothes from people who died in the flooding. I wanted to do the hard work of planting the wood down on the ground, placing the roof part of the wood together, and putting the clothing material on the roof to have some shade.

It was baking, although with two metres of water, it didn't feel like it had hot weather; it was the leading cause of climate change disaster here. I've never seen anything like it, and part of me wished if they were wrestling fans, I could take them to America and have them trained as professional wrestlers. I would take them in because even I wouldn't want to be here with how many years it will take to clean up the water in this part of town.

As I was building tents, I saw a piece of fruit on the ground, and so with my gloves that I put on for my safety of not catching Diarrhoea. Mohammed looked at me as I picked the fruit up, and he turned around as I started to be tearful, knowing I could hear the words help us from people, but also in my mind surrounding my head too. It sucked that I had to return to wrestling work sooner than later.

Mohammed: "We were a nation that grew many apple trees and vegetables. All this place filled with apple trees growing and vegetables planted from the ground we sold to the public and for people to eat here. Well, the flooding has destroyed our lives work. We grew apple trees yearly, but now, the apples and vegetables are gone."

Konrad Raab: "Wow, it must've been amazing what you did here for a living. I'm so sorry you both lost your jobs here. I can't imagine doing work like that and then having everything taken by the floods by climate change. I can see why many countries wanted fruit and vegetables from you guys. Sorry, I get back to work."

Surely enough, I did, and it was just as well because, luckily for these guys, I had more food and water to provide them from America I brought out of my own money. I couldn't help but feel sorry for everyone in Pakistan who've lost their jobs, their life savings and even family and friends. I wanted to talk to the residents so badly about what happened so I could protest about climate change and how floods affect countries like Pakistan, the US and even Europe sooner than later.

I continued building, and by lunchtime, three of us, including at least, I say, thirty-seven more workers who were well enough to come and help build at least five hundred tents, but I knew I had to do this kind of work tomorrow and the next few days I'm in Sindh. It was nearly covered under water. So much so that if it wasn't contaminated, you could swim in it. Anyhow, they got a boat ready.

Ajimal: "We're ready to go and find more people to help, and you could talk to them on the boat if we find anyone to help."

Konrad Raab: "I'll be straight there."

How I was holding my tears back was beyond me, and I was here to help, but I could only be here for so many days due to wrestling. But there was a way in my mind that I could come back here for the Christmas and New Year break and help this country more because these people need me. I even hear and see tears in people's eyes, both in reality and in my mind. The more I thought about it, the more I felt powerless to help everyone here, but I felt like I had to, and being here already made me feel better and forget about the issues I have with wrestling.

I got on the boat with Ajimal and Mohammed before they set off, and I knew they'd got questions to ask me about Climate Change and everything else. I know it, and when I thought about when the questions arose, they certainly did five minutes later as it was pure silence on the boat, looking for bodies or people that needed assistance.

Mohammed: "So what made you want to take Climate Change seriously?"

Konrad Raab: "To be honest, it started last year when Germany had flood issues. I always wanted to do something to help the world, but I couldn't figure out what. When that problem occurred, as I live in the US, I knew this was perfect as I was changing my diet to being a vegan anyway, and I refuse unless, in serious circumstances touch plastic. I got serious fast, and that's how I knew putting Climate Change awareness was something I had to do. It hit me hard when I went to Germany and saw every house debris everywhere, even needing forklifts and cranes to remove pieces of debris."

Ajimal: "I don't think I've heard of celebrities like yourself coming to help more than just giving money. I admire that affected you heavily that you want to make sure everyone takes climate change seriously."

Konrad Raab: "I may hold them back, but I'm sad and teary."

Suddenly as I was feeling sad and in pain from Pakistani's losing everything, I saw a family walking on water. I immediately raised to Mohammed as there's no chance I'm letting any family, especially with children, out of my sight or ignoring them."

Konrad Raab: "They need our help, go and sail there right now."

Ajimal saw the family I spotted as I guided Mohammed to sail straight there as he did before he stopped, and all three of us put a large tent wooden pole to prevent the boat from going away. We assisted the family of four on the boat, and a little boy and girl were crying. I hugged them, although the mother and father didn't like that. Ajimal spoke to them in the Pakistani language, possibly about me helping them out. They were on the boat safely by the three of us, and the mother and father nodded at me in approval. They were saying something over and over again, but I was lost.

Mohammed: "Oh, they are saying thank you so much for helping us. Ajimal explained that you're here to help."

Konrad Raab: “No problem at all.”

I got my notepad and pen out of my pocket after we sat on the boat to sail ashore to a safe place, and then I asked a question to the family, who barely can come to terms with what had happened here, and I'd feel the same if I was in their position. But I had to for what I'm going to combat in the future.

Konrad Raab: "I'm Konrad Raab from Germany, a wrestler, a NASCAR driver and a climate change advocate. Can you tell me what happened here so I can take notes to protest the world to take this situation seriously?"

The problem was they got lost when I spoke English, so luckily, Ajimal was there to translate what I said into Pakistani. I nodded, even if I didn't understand what they were saying to me, but I could tell they were willing to help, no matter how fearful they were.

Ajimal: "They said it was terrible, heavy winds, heavy rain at one hundred and twenty speed of nothing but water and wind. They lost both of their parents in the floods and felt hopeless to save them, although their parents said to save themselves for their kids, to live their lives. They lost their homes and have been crying for help. Their home is completely damaged from the rain, and they have been searching for someone to help them for months. Both kids are crying from hunger and thirst."

I wrote everything he said down, and the kids were crying because they were hungry, which was severe. I had never felt responsible for something like this before, especially when both kids cried for their mum and dad to give them food. I'd even let them eat me if I was eatable, honestly.

Konrad Raab: "I'm so sorry you both lost your parents in such a terrible situation. I can't imagine how hard it must be to have your kids crying for food. I brought some food and water for the time being. I came here to help this country as much as possible while I'm here."

Ajimal translated everything to them to understand what I said, and all four family members hugged me, especially the mother, who kissed me on the cheek to say thank you. I pulled out a doll and a car to give to the children because I did have toys in my pocket to provide them, and they were saying food in Pakistani language, and I gently said to them.

Konrad Raab: "Where we're taking you, you will get something to eat, I promise."

Mohammed: "You're doing well with kids there, Konrad. So kind to give them a doll and a car. He isn't wrong, kids; we will get you fed and have healthy water to drink for the day."

I wasn't going to tell them that I had kids because it wasn't relevant to the situation, nor did I want to talk about anything I do with my jobs because this was far more important. I came not only to help but to get away from discussing wrestling and NASCAR stuff unless people wanted to, but I was more focused on helping people. We took them ashore and then went back into the boat to collect at least ten more families that had been lost for many days.

How they were surviving was beyond me. I asked the families the same questions as I did with the first lot of the family. But we also saw a lonely man trying to survive by swimming in our boat. I held his hand, and he pulled up to get on the boat. Of course, I got to introduce myself again with the same questions, but this guy would say something nobody wanted to hear. As he spoke, Ajimal translated what he had said.

Ajimal: "I lost everything and lost all of my family members, even my little brother, who was eight years old, in the flooding. There was lightning, whistling heavy winds, and rain pouring down a lot. So much I lost everything, and I've been searching for months to get to safety. I feel completely responsible for the death of my family. It's my fault."

That was a significant turning point: the young teenage boy lost all of his family and blamed himself for the loss. Ajimal tried to get the kid to relax, but I shook my head, knowing it reminded me too much of my adopted son, except his parents didn't die in the flooding.

Konrad Raab: "It's not your fault your family died in the flooding. I understand how scary that must've been, but you can't blame yourself, especially since it's a natural disaster. I'm here to help people like yourself and understand the severity of what happened here as a Climate Change advocate. I'm sure you did everything you could to get them to escape. I can't imagine how hard it is to survive by yourself. I'm also sure that someone will take you in to be adopted. I know it's hard now, but trust me when I say things will get easier. Great people who will surround you and talk to you. You won't be alone, I promise."

Mohammed nodded, and even Ajimal did as well as they could tell I was speaking from experience as Ajimal translated everything I said. The boy hugged me, saying thank you in the Pakistani language. I also gave him a car, a toy, one of the cars I drove in the Xfinity Series this year. We got him ashore, and a family took the boy in immediately. I continued building forty more tents before it got dark at six in the evening. Mohammed and Ajimal told me to stop working, so I did after putting the final pieces in the tent.

Mohammed: "We thank you so much for all your help today."

Konrad Raab: "That's what I'm here to do, and I'll continue to work with you both tomorrow until I need to head back to America. I will get everyone to take this situation seriously. It pisses me off nobody else has tried to help you guys. Take care of yourselves."

Mohammed and Ajimal waved at me as I stepped into a car driven by a driver that's a part of the Pakistan government and headed back to Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan. He drove me back to the hotel I was staying in and went up to my bedroom on the second floor. As I closed my hotel room door, for the first time in my life without anger, I started having tears on my face after trying to hold them back for so long.

Konrad Raab: "These poor Pakistanis. They need my help. I'm glad I came, but I can't help but feel sorry for them. Nobody cared about them; nobody gives a shit about their lack of food and drink. Nobody cares about a lack of a home or anything. Nobody cares about them being sick. I want to do everything I can to improve their lives by helping to build more tents and houses in other areas. I want to build bridges and have the world talk about me doing something no wrestler or NASCAR driver would dare to do."

I'm very proud of all the changes I made with my home and changing my diet to being a vegan. Even some NASCAR drivers have considered going vegan, my best friend AJ Allmendinger being one of them. Of course, I was talking to myself, but I had never felt sad for other people in a long time, but I couldn't punish myself, knowing I was doing something good as a Climate Change advocate.

Konrad Raab: "While the NASCAR community is more than willing to help Climate Change, the wrestling community is taking Climate Change one big fucking joke. That shit needs to stop with these fucking idiots, and for them to rise and take this shit seriously. I will do that myself since nobody in wrestling gives a shit unless it affects them.

I tried to stop crying but couldn't because I saw how sick these Pakistanis were. I was glad to be here, but there was one point I needed to make.

Konrad Raab: "I will stand up in Supreme Championship Wrestling someday and speak about it. I will stand up and get wrestlers who live in America to raise awareness of Climate Change in their cities being affected by flooding and hurricanes caused by Climate Change. Maybe I will go on camera someday in Supreme Championship Wrestling and speak up on this shit because nobody can ignore it any longer. It will only worsen with humans, animals, and even the planet dying. I'm going to state on camera that I went to Pakistan to help the country after the floods, and then, maybe they'll pay fucking attention to me."

I was in tears when I said it, with a bit of anger tone in me. But I knew it would take my actions in Pakistan even to have Supreme Championship Wrestling to take notice. I watched the Vampire Diaries series on my tablet before I turned everything off while in tears. I cried off to sleep because I wanted to do much more than I could while I was in Pakistan, waiting to do more work the next few days until I had to return to America.