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Boy Scout Honored For Role In Saving Life Of 2-Year-Old

BY LAURIE HAHN, Times-Union Staff Writer

A Syracuse teen-ager was recently recognized by the Boy Scouts for saving the life of a 2-year-old boy.

Ryan Christner, 14, received a citation for “Meritorious Action in Saving the Life of Another” from Jim Molebash, district director of the Anthony Wayne Area Council, BSA.

Don Curry, scoutmaster of Troop 728, chartered to the Syracuse Rotary Club, made the presentation May 30, during the eighth-grade awards at Wawasee Middle School, where Christner’s classmates cheered and gave him a standing ovation.

The son of Jim and Myra Christner of Syracuse, Ryan and his cousins were at their grandfather’s house near Millersburg last July, fishing in a pond. While they were fishing, they saw two small boys approach the pond, and, Ryan said this week, The 2-year-old did a somersault into the pond.

Ryan said he and his cousins weren’t sure at first the toddler was in trouble until the boy started screaming and went under water. Ryan jumped in the water, searched for the 2-year-old, found him and then brought him back to shore. He did the Heimlich maneuver on the toddler, who coughed out water he had inhaled.

While Ryan was rescuing the child, his cousin ran to get their grandfather. After he brought the 2-year-old to safety, his other cousin held the boy to warm him up, and the toddler was later returned to his mother.

Ryan, who had earned his swimming merit badge before the incident, said he was sort of shocked that it happened. He said they later measured that part of the pond and it was approximately 7 feet deep.

He also said he’s working on his Eagle Scout badge and hopes to have it by the end of the summer.

Cub Scout Honored for Saving Sister

SALEM TOWNSHIP, Mich. - They were playing on ice that looked safe, but was actually dangerously thin. When the ice gave way, two Salem Township children fell into the freezing water, but the big brother did not waste a minute saving his sister.

Jackson Rayer was just six-years-old when he saved his sister's life a year ago this month. Both kids had fallen through the ice into the family's pond.

"She was dog paddling in the middle. Then I reached out to grab her and I got her and I pulled her up," said Rayer.

Now, the seven-year-old Cub Scout is getting his Badge of Heroism from the Boy Scouts. It's a very rare honor and his father, Michigan State Police Det. Sgt. Rob Rayer is extremely proud.

Rayer's sister, Jessie, is now in kindergarten and ever so thankful for big brother's man versus wild skills. Mom is also grateful, "Every time I think about it, I get pretty teary eyed," said Margaret Rayer.

From saving life to find it, one day Rayer told us he would like to become a scientist discovering new species.

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7-Year-Old Uses CPR To Save Brother After Crash

Kenny Bagby Says He Learned Technique From Boy Scout Manual

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- On his 7th birthday, a southern Indiana boy helped save his younger brother’s life with CPR after a serious car accident.

The accident happened nearly two weeks ago after the boy’s mother said she did something many parents have done when driving with young children.  Janet Bagby said when she turned around to fasten her youngest child’s seatbelt, their trip ended in an accident. “My 5-year-old, Alex, had taken his seatbelt off and I was turning to put it back on and the next thing I knew we crashed. I didn't even see the other car,” said Bagby.

“I just went like this that way no glass would get in my face or anything,” said 7-year-old Kenny Bagby. The Bagbys had just left the park from celebrating Kenny's birthday and were heading up State Road 160 when the crash happened.

Kenny was the only one not stuck inside of the car. After getting out, he checked on his mom and sister. He then noticed his younger brother wasn't moving and took action. “I did the thing whatever lifeguards do whenever you drown and can't breathe anymore. That's what I did, but only three times then he started to breathe. Then I knew he wasn't dead,” Kenny Bagby said.

“He said the Boy Scout manual told him to push on his chest three times, to pinch his nose and breathe in his mouth. So that's what he did,” said Janet Bagby. When he performed the lifesaving maneuver, he was calm, just like Cub Scouts are taught. “You want then to know these things and you want them to know how to do these things, but never use them,” said Cub Scout committee chair Sarra Bremer.  Kenny Bagby said he is glad he used his CPR skills. Alex Bagby remains hospitalized at Kosair Children’s Hospital.  Kenny Bagby will finish celebrating his birthday with a trip to King’s Island with his aunt and uncle.  Janet Bagby is a WLKY employee. We’re keeping Janet and her family in our thoughts during this difficult time.

Copyright 2009 by WLKY.com.

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Scouts tell of dramatic river rescue

Thirteen-year-old Alex Ciraulo was paddling his canoe with a fellow Boy Scout when he saw a man fishing for trout. Then he saw the man flip over and his head go under water. The inner tube he was fishing from kept floating in the chilly water of a remote spot on the Chattahoochee River. “I knew I had to jump in to get him,” Alex said Sunday, a day after a dramatic rescue that saved the 56-year-old man’s life.

Troop 1534 out of Buford head outdoors for monthly outings, and the adult leaders make sure the scouts get plenty of training to be ready for anything. That training — and pure gut instinct — kicked in when six scouts and two adult leaders stopped to help a man’s life.

Alex tried unsuccessfully to flip the man over. Fellow scouts Tyler Meuller and Jimmy Corbett also jumped in the water. It took the man’s adult son and two scouts to pull him to safety, and he fell unconscious. “His head was still in the water while we dragged him,” Alex said.

By this time, an adult scout leader had called for emergency teams to respond. But the remote location on the river, between Ga. 20 and Settles Bridge Road, made it difficult for authorities to reach the scene initially. “The great thing was that he came to and he started talking,” said Scoutmaster Todd Newman. Newman said some of the boys involved with the rescue may receive badges for their heroics.

“He was a mess, but he was alive.” said Josh Swargzell, who waved his paddles to help guide a rescue helicopter to the right spot. Josh, 12, said a day after the rescue, he could still hardly believe he’d played a part. "Was I really there?” Josh said he asked himself. “Did this really happen or was I just really bored and imagining things?”

But for the man whose life was saved, the rescue was very real. The unidentified man, who walked himself to the ambulance to be transported, is expected to make a full recovery. “I would’ve been clueless if it weren’t for the Boy Scouts,” Josh said.

 By Alexis Stevens
 

 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

 

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