Brave Nine-Year Old's Heroic Act Saves Sister
Language
Reading Level
Listen to Article
To say that nine-year old Anaiah Rucker is a hero is an understatement, because there are truly no words to describe this young girl, who saved her younger sister from sure death, while putting her own life on the line.
February 4th, 2011 began as a typical morning in the Rucker household. After breakfast, Anaiah and her five year-old sister Camry, left for the school bus stop, situated across their house, while their mother watched from the balcony.
It was raining heavily, so both girls had their hoodies on, which is probably the reason they did not notice a truck that was approaching, as they tried to run across the road.
By the time Anaiah saw it from the corner of her eye, it was too late to prevent an impact - However, it was not too late to save her sister from fatal injury. Without giving it a second thought, Anaiah pulled Camry out of harm's way, and ended up bearing the entire brunt of the impact herself.
The nine-year old collapsed on the ground and stopped breathing for a few minutes. Fortunately, Loretta Berriman, a school bus driver who had watched the horrifying event as it unfolded, ran to her rescue and performed CPR, until she felt a heart beat.
The two sisters were rushed to the hospital, where young Camry was declared free from major injury. Anaiah, on the other hand, had broken both her legs, fractured her neck, damaged her spleen and destroyed a kidney.
Surgeons worked for over ten hours to save the big-hearted girl's life, and while they were able to repair her right leg and neck, her left leg was too shattered and had to be amputated the day following her accident. It took a month of rehabilitation before this brave little girl was released from the hospital and brought home to a heroes' welcome by her schoolmates and other residents of Madison.
Despite her severe injuries, Anaiah doesn't believe that she did anything heroic, because if she hadn't taken the hit, her little sister would have probably not survived, which, would have been worse. What an amazing big sister!
Wish to help pay Anaiah's family pay her medical bills? Contact United Bank at Madison, Georgia
Resources: news.yahoo.com,morgancountycitizen.com
Cite Article
Geography
Learn Keywords in this Article
922 Comments
- J.B.Aover 13 yearshaw sad (snif,snif) :( :( but good she survived! (: (:
- jessicaover 13 yearstufe girl.
- Claireover 13 yearsWow that was so heroic of her. When I first read she lost her left leg I couldn't believe it. So she pretty much gave up a limb for her little sister, who would have died if she had gotten hit. That is so amazing.
- Madisonover 13 yearsYes as the last the last sentence said what a awesome big sister.
- gdawg and alexover 13 yearsi think thats very sad :(:(
- Jacobover 13 yearsThat is heroic.
- Brysonover 13 yearsI think that is sad but My dad and sisters would have done it for me and I would of done it for them. It had to be painful to be hit by a truck.
- Katie and Cheyenneover 13 yearswow thats Awesome that girl is a super hero for her sister!!! Katie Wow that is so nice and sweet that that girl risked her life for her little sister I know one thing and that is that she is going to heaven.Cheyenne
- MaKenzieover 13 yearsI thought that very nice of her big sister saved the little sister. That must of hurt when she got hit with the truck.
- KYZERS CLASSover 13 yearsAnaiah is very inspiring to our class. To be such a young girl and take so much away from yourself to save another's life.
