Three-year-old  Saves Dad.

Posted by Sierra on August 23rd, 2010 at 2:40 pm

Three-year-old Alessaundra Tafoya has made her parents very proud. In fact, the preschooler is winning praise from her community and the news media, too, for being such a brave little girl this past weekend.

The tiny tyke was home alone with her dad when he collapsed. Instead of panicking, she walked two blocks to the local fire station, and brought firefighters home to help him. Doctors said he would have died without immediate medical care.

What’s most amazing  about this story, though, isn’t that a three-year-old had the presence of mind to help her dad, or the ability to walk two blocks to a fire station. It’s that the adults around her prepared her to do it, and let her.

Not only was Alessaundra able to walk down the street alone , she knew where she was going. Her parents have been teaching her about public safety, pointing out landmarks like the fire station on family walks and letting her know that firefighters and police can help her if she’s ever in trouble.

Of course they never imagined she’d save her dad’s life with that information. But they gave it to her because it occurred to them that a three year old girl might be able to help herself or someone else in an emergency.

(Source:blogs.Babble.com)