911 Hero Award given to two special kids
Published: December 4, 2007
They are barely old enough to understand what it means to be called a “hero”, but that is their new title. 9-year-old Wesley Coleman, and 11-year-old Brenden Lopez are special kids, with special honors. They are this year’s recipients of the El Paso County Sheriff Department’s “911 Hero Award.”
Brenden may be just 9-years-old, but that is old enough to help his mother after a dangerous fall knocked her unconscious. Brenden says, “My mom just dropped to the floor. All I did was call 911 because she didn’t wake up after awhile.” This is part of that emergency 911 call:
Brenden: I think she’s waking up. I don’t know, she’s moving.
Dispatcher: Is she able to talk to you?
Brenden: Hold on, give me a second. Mom, can you hear me? Okay, she can speak to me.
Dispatcher: Okay, very good. Tell her just to lay still. Tell her we’ve got medical people coming, okay?
Brenden: Mom, just lay still, medical people are coming, don’t worry.
(Courtesy: El Paso County Sheriff’s Department)
Wesley Coleman says he was worried when his mother fainted suddenly, but he sounds surprisingly calm answering questions from a 911 dispatcher during the emergency. The call reveals the 11-year-old answering questions about defibrillator’s, and successfully taking his mother’s pulse. Wesley says, “You pick up their hand, and you put both fingers on the wrist. I felt a bump.” This is part of that emergency 911 call:
Dispatcher: What’s your name?
Wesley: Wesley coleman.
Dispatcher: Wesley, you’re doing a fine job young man.
Wesley: Thank you.
Dispatcher: Your welcome.
Wesley: It’s okay mom, the ambulance is coming.
(Courtesy: El Paso County Sheriff’s Department)
Wesley says he learned how to take a person’s pulse from a television program. He says he wants to be a paramedic some day.
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