# Kid saves toddler **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-saves-toddler/193653 "2003-08-07T19:58:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [August 7, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-saves-toddler/193653/1 "2003-08-07T19:58:43Z")
Oh wow… [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003362494,00.html](http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003362494,00.html) [I found this offline elsewhere and the Sun’s article was the first I found online] Granted that the reports are slim and the whole story is yet to be known… My prayers are with them both and their families. What an outstandingly brave thing for a child nine years old to do. And (paradoxically) well done to the parents for having inculcated such selfless behaviour in their son. Assuming nothing sinister, this young man - and mark that he made a man’s decision - deserves a high award. Sadly, given that ‘critical’ is often Britdoc-speak for ‘can die any minute now’, the George Cross is likely to be posthumous. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-saves-toddler/193653/2 "2003-08-07T22:04:38Z")
From the article… > [@](#): > > The boys had been crossing a road hand-in-hand when they were hit by the seven-ton recovery vehicle in Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear. Uh, just what are two, apparently unrelated, kids of that age doing crossing a street by themselves? It’s just that nine year olds don’t often hang out with toddlers of their own accord. Personally, I think if I were the parent of a kid in that situation, I’d like to have it inculcated in their mind that the thing to do is…RUN!