- Mythical figures and well-known leaders are recognised and honoured by all. Then again, there are those unsung heroes who simply step up when something has to be done. This list honours the young people who make up our everyday heroes—children whose bravery and astute judgement averted calamity and saved lives. Four incidents are discussed below :-
- 1. After a dresser falls on them, a toddler saves his twin brother.
Brock and Bowdy Shoff, twins aged 2 years old, had a video monitor in their room that recorded an unpleasant episode in which Brock went into an open drawer and the furniture fell on the couple.
Before Bowdy pushes the dresser off of his brother, Brock can be seen being trapped for about a minute. Thankfully, Brock did not sustain any significant wounds.
When the accident happened, his mother was in another area of the house, but she didn’t hear any commotion. She later seen the dresser on the camera, but until she watched the earlier film, she was unsure if it had fallen on the boys.
To demonstrate the risk of not securing dressers to the wall, she chose to release the dramatic nanny cam footage.
2. Ethan Ribeiro saved one life.
When his father, Ethan Ribiero of Perth, Australia, suffered a seizure that left him bleeding and unconscious, Ethan was just 4 years old. When he was three years old, his mother taught him how to dial 000, Australia’s equivalent of 911, so that he would know who to call in the event of a fire or other emergency. It’s fortunate that she did because Ethan and his father were at home alone on the day of the seizure. He dialled 000 and spoke with the operator for 20 minutes before being told to roll his father on his side and lift his chin to open his airway.
The emergency personnel brought the young person a plaque and teddy bear as a token of appreciation for his bravery. The child later claimed that he was “only a little scared.” Both of his parents were incredibly proud of their resourceful youngster, and his dad was doing OK. Ethan gave a speech in front of his kindergarten class when he first started school to instruct the other children on how to call 000 in case of an emergency.
- A five-year-old hero avoids a fatal vehicle accident and saves his mother and brother.
When her mother fell asleep behind the wheel of the family SUV one crucial day, five-year-old Lexi Shymanski saved the lives of both her mother and her infant brother. The car veered off the road and collided with a tree as it was being driven in Jasper, Canada, which has some rather steep embankments. Angela, Lexi’s mother, broke her back twice. Peter, Lexi’s younger brother, had a brain haemorrhage. Lexi was aware that action was required.
She unbuckled herself from her seat, got out of the car, climbed barefoot up the steep hillside, and signalled for a ride. If Lexi hadn’t gotten aid, it’s probable that Angela and the baby would have perished because the car couldn’t be seen from the road. The real deal? Because she was barefoot and didn’t have shoes on, Lexi climbed the rough embankment. Angela claimed that the rescue workers needed ropes to climb and descend the steep hill, but Lexi managed to do it without assistance and without wearing shoes. Supergirl!
- After a brutal dog attack, a 2-year-old uses the Facetime app to save his mom.
After suffering a severe dog attack that nearly amputated her finger, an Arizona mother’s 2-year-old son, Bentley, saved her life. When a quarrel started, Laura Toone was out walking both her own dog and a foster dog. When Laura put her hand in between the dogs, she got bit, which caused her to become hysterical. Laura was plainly terrified and worried about how she was going to seek assistance, as did her four-year-old twin girls. At that point, his mother said she knew her youngest was going to assist. Up walks Bentley with a dish towel.
After clearing the phone’s memory, Bentley Facetimed his mother’s closest friend. The friend explained what had happened to Bentley as the friend’s mother and sisters were yelling in the background. She dialled 911, and paramedics were able to save Laura’s finger. Of course Bentley is a hero.
