# A very brave wee lassie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-brave-wee-lassie/747330>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 27, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-brave-wee-lassie/747330 "2016-02-27T19:53:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-brave-wee-lassie/747330/1 "2016-02-27T19:53:25Z")

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A 10 year old girl [sacrificed herself](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/kiera-larsen-10-year-old-girl-dies-after-throwing-herself-in-front-of-car-to-save-toddlers-lives-a6897596.html) to save two toddlers.

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**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-brave-wee-lassie/747330/2 "2016-02-27T20:17:28Z")

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_Alissa Jenkins, mother of one-year-old Adison and two-year-old Emma, the two girls Kiera saved, told Fox 5: “She will forever be my kids’ guardian angel._

The kids need a guardian angle when they have a mother too stupid to watch her 1 and 2 year old toddlers playing near a street.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-brave-wee-lassie/747330/3 "2016-02-27T21:24:18Z")

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Seriously, what the fuck are a 1 and 2 year old doing playing outside in or near a street without adult supervision?

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**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-brave-wee-lassie/747330/4 "2016-02-27T22:44:44Z")

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Here’s another good lass, a 9-year-old called Lily Barber:

> **[Young sisters receive bravery award after lifesaving 999 call](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/25/lily-eva-claire-barber-bravery-award-999-call-wigan)**
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> Lily, nine, and Eva, six, use mother Claire Barber’s phone to call emergency services after she falls unconscious in her car in Wigan

On the call, when she says “I know CPR, but I’m not very good at it”, _gulp_…