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‘Hero’ Teenager Helps Save 76-Year-Old Woman Who Unknowingly Drove Nearly 20 Miles with a Brain Bleed
Yahoo • • health
Key Points:
- Johnson Thompson, a 17-year-old from Tuscumbia, Alabama, noticed 76-year-old Fannie Garner stumbling in a parking lot early on June 30 and quickly intervened to help her.
- Garner, who had suffered a brain bleed and was experiencing a severe headache, was brought a chair and assisted until paramedics arrived; she had unknowingly driven about 20 miles before encountering Thompson.
- After Garner was hospitalized, her family tracked down Thompson to thank him and presented him with a homemade lifesaving award, calling him an "angel" and a "hero."
- The incident restored Garner's family's faith in kindness, and Garner expressed deep gratitude, saying she will never forget Thompson and already has plans to celebrate his graduation next year.
