The Day I Was A Hero

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The Day I was a Hero What exactly does the word hero imply? Webster’s dictionary says it is a man of valor, nobility, etc. or a main male or female character in a story. My heroic deed was something I will never ever in my whole entire life forget. In December of 2003, my Dad and I decided to go on a trip to Bowling Green, in Warren County Kentucky, to get my mom’s Christmas present. As we arrived at our destination, I saw a little old lady walking across the mall parking lot, which was covered with ice. “Do you think I should go help her?” I asked my dad. “Of course,” My dad said. As I walked across the parking lot to help her, down to the ground she went. I ran over to her and helped her up. When I got to her, she was crying and complaining of shooting pain in her right leg. I asked if I should call an ambulance, but she wanted to try and get up before we called for help. Knowing that her trying to get up on her own could cause more damage, I decided to call 911 any way. My dad, the little old lady, and I all sat there in the cold until help arrived. It was extremely cold, so my dad got a blanket out of his truck that my little sister Caroline had left in there the night before. When Warren County EMS arrived, the paramedics said the little 71 year old lady, Geneva Tucker, had a broken hip, and if she had tried to stand on it (assuming the pain wasn’t to intense), she possibly could have caused the hip to break into multiple tiny fragments that could have caused an embolism to the heart or brain, possibly causing a vegetative state or even death. The female paramedic asked me how I knew that she had a chance of causing more damage if she would have stood on it. I told her that taking Emergency Procedures at school had taught me that if there is a possibility of injury, I should leave the victim alone until help arrived. She
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