Child heroes

Matt Norton, 12, of Ponte Vedra, Florida, heard a truck crash into a pond in his neighborhood last week. He jumped into the cold, murky water, tried the passenger door unsuccessfully, managed to open the driver's door as the vehicle was sinking, and pulled the teenage driver to safety.

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An 8-year-old Fern Creek, Kentucky, girl saved the lives of her mother, her teenaged sister, and her 12-year-old brother when she hid in a closet during an armed home invasion by 2 men and called 911.

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Alexis Goggins, 7, of Detroit, Michigan, performed her act of heroism in 2007. The epileptic and learning-disabled girl threw herself between her mother and her former boyfriend, who was armed with a 9mm handgun. Alexis took 3 bullets, including one that blinded her in the right eye.

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Hannah Hubbel, 6, of Odessa, New York, was in a booster seat last Sunday when the car she was in skidded off the icy road over an embankment and hit a tree, pinning her mother in the driver's seat. She climbed out a broken rear window and flagged down cars on the road to summon help.

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Kyle Forbes, 10, an autistic boy from Houston, Texas, saved the life of his elementary school teacher in October by performing the Heimlich maneuver on her when she choked on an apple.
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Lachlan "Lochie" Nally, 11, of South Australia, performed CPR on his father last January when he saw that his chest wasn't moving after a rollover accident. He then climbed out the window and ran barefoot 3km in the dark to find someone to call for help.
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Derrionna Adams, 12, of East St. Louis, Illinois, helped her 2 younger siblings to safety in 2007 when their house caught on fire. With their parents unable to get to them, she kicked out a second-story window and helped them down, then jumped down herself before firefighters arrived.
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Sarah Harmon, 10, was going on a field trip in Denver, Colorado, with her classmates in 2003 when the teacher driving the car passed out on the interstate. Sarah grabbed the wheel, steered the 70mph vehicle through 2 lanes of traffic and over a grassy area to safety, calmed the other students, and retrieved the cell phone from her teacher's pocket to get help.
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Jackson Baker, 12, of Centennial, Colorado, saved the life of his younger sister in 2007 by performing the Heimlich maneuver on her when she choked while eating carrots.

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Naveah Madyun, 4, of Kearneysville, West Virginia, dialed 911 in October to report that her mother was suffering a severe asthma attack.

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Daniel Marsh, 12, of Davis, California, was heading to the hospital in the car with his father earlier this month because Mr. Marsh was having chest pains. When his heart stopped on the way, Daniel brought the car to a halt and performed CPR, resuscitating his father and allowing him to resume the short trip to the hospital, where they told him he had suffered cardiac arrest.
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Kerry Maclean, 7, of North Port, Florida, recognized that something was wrong as her mother swerved down the road in June of this year. The girl pressed the OnStar button to alert the police, potentially saving the life of her mother - who was going into a diabetic coma - and her baby sister, who was also in the car.

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Ty Kenney, 12, of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, was credited in 2004 with saving his diabetic grandmother's life numerous times and for taking an active role in her care while both of his parents were deployed in Iraq.