Saving Lives Stories

Haden Stusak is from Atlanta in the USA. One day, he was playing in his grandpa’s swimming pool with his best friend, Josiah. Everything was normal. They were swimming and having fun. Haden was practicing diving when he saw Josiah at the bottom of the pool. He was drowning. His grandpa didn’t see him. “I was the only person who saw him.” said Haden. Haden, who is six years old, quickly dived into the pool. He tried to take five year old Josiah out of the water. A few minutes later Josiah was breathing again. Everyone called Haden a hero. “I’m not a hero,” said Haden. “I’m just a good friend.”

Nine-year old Lin Hao from China was having a Math lesson with thirty of his classmates when there was a huge earthquake. The school building started to fall down. Lin and his classmates were trapped inside. Lin was able to escape but his friends were still in the building. He went back into the building three times to rescue them. “It was my duty to save my classmates.” he said.

Kiah Kurtzer, who is from Australia, was looking out of her bedroom window when she saw that her neighbour’s bin was on fire. The flames were getting bigger. Fourteen year old Kiah first called the police and the fire station. Then she ran outside to start to put the fire out. She used water from the garden hose to put out the fire. It wasn’t possible for her to do it alone. She shouted for help. Her neighbours ran out of their houses quickly help her. When the firemen arrived, the fire was already out. “I was scared,” said Kiah, “but I think it’s important to help your neighbours.”