Heroes Come in All Sizes
SPRINGFIELD - When his mom rolled off the bed and hit the floor, 8-year-old Jacob Clini knew three things: she was not moving, she needed help and he had to find a telephone.
Remembering what his teachers and his cousin had told him about 911, Jacob picked up the phone, punched in the three numbers and saved his mother's life.
His mother, Denise Leclair, one week removed from delivering twins by cesarean section, was rushed to the hospital following the Dec. 22 incident.
She was found to have a ruptured spleen and would spend the next 30 days hospitalized, including three days in intensive care. The reason for the rupture is unclear.
"It is no doubt he saved his mother's life," said acting Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet.
"This young man was remarkable with staying calm and controlled in a frightening situation," he said.
The second-grade pupil at Glenwood Elementary School was honored in a ceremony at police headquarters yesterday with the department's 911 Citizen Hero Award.
With his arm around Jacob, who measured up to his waist, Fitchet said, "Heroes come in all shapes and sizes."
All human beings are part of the tapestry of the universe, part of a pattern which connects. Nothing exists in isolation, in separateness. When I realize this network of grand relationships, I lose the illusion of my separate self. -- Satish Kumar
Remembering what his teachers and his cousin had told him about 911, Jacob picked up the phone, punched in the three numbers and saved his mother's life.
His mother, Denise Leclair, one week removed from delivering twins by cesarean section, was rushed to the hospital following the Dec. 22 incident.
She was found to have a ruptured spleen and would spend the next 30 days hospitalized, including three days in intensive care. The reason for the rupture is unclear.
"It is no doubt he saved his mother's life," said acting Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet.
"This young man was remarkable with staying calm and controlled in a frightening situation," he said.
The second-grade pupil at Glenwood Elementary School was honored in a ceremony at police headquarters yesterday with the department's 911 Citizen Hero Award.
With his arm around Jacob, who measured up to his waist, Fitchet said, "Heroes come in all shapes and sizes."
All human beings are part of the tapestry of the universe, part of a pattern which connects. Nothing exists in isolation, in separateness. When I realize this network of grand relationships, I lose the illusion of my separate self. -- Satish Kumar
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