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Boy, 9, Saves Little Brother's Life With CPR
Filed under: In The News, Health & Safety: Big Kids
After saving his 2-year-old brother from drowning, Logan Hearn has proven that he takes his big-brother duties very seriously.
The 9-year-old from Joliet, Ill., performed CPR on his little brother Brendan after his mom Tabitha pulled the toddler out of the family's pool, "The Early Show" reports.
She started doing CPR, but Logan, who learned CPR while taking junior life guarding classes, intervened.
"My son," Tabitha tells "The Early Show," "said, 'You're doing that wrong', and kind of told me just to move out of the way, and did the procedure like it should be done, and it was working!"
"I closed his nose, tilted his head back, blew two breaths in, and then pumped his chest, and then I stopped, because water was just pouring out, and a small amount of food," Logan says.
Logan's parents are amazed by what he was able to do.
"Even as an adult, I don't know if I could do that. I could try to do CPR, but to have that composure, and to have that patience, you know, is just amazing at that age," Logan's father, Brent Hearn, tells "The Early Show."
Logan isn't new to life-or-death situations -- he had a liver transplant when he was 7-and-a-half months old, getting a part of his mother's liver. He's also been off anti-rejection drugs for three years as part of a clinical study, Logan tells "The Early Show."
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 5)
8-24-2010 @ 2:10PM
cavukan said...Spellcheck strikes again: "I closed his nose, tilted his head back, blew two breasts in" interesting image, but perhaps breaths would be better. Breasts is a perfectly good word -- which is why it slipped past spellcheck -- but not in that sentence. Anyone looking for a good proofreader? I'm available.
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8-24-2010 @ 2:22PM
demidnight1 said...Are you an idiot? They Are quoting him and maybe that is what the boy said. Why are you so critical? Can you not just enjoy a good story? Or do you always pick everything apart? No way to go thru life!
For the family - I am so happy to hear of some good news and congrats to that little boy to keep his composure and save his brother's life!
8-24-2010 @ 3:21PM
girl said...umm way to be insesitive, this boy just saved his little brothers life and all you care about is the spellcheck? wow.
8-24-2010 @ 3:30PM
Bronxgirl said...You're a jerk. A little boy saves his brother life and all your worried about is how he has a misspell. What have you done besides correct somone's spelling?
8-24-2010 @ 3:51PM
Bebop said...Isn't it interesting that all of the people reacting to the wording error had errors in their own posts. Maybe you made the flunkies angry.
8-24-2010 @ 4:08PM
mommytoanangel said...Wow!!!! How about you just stop trying to make jokes out of something thats not funny... I mean really if the little guy would of died would still have made your jokes.... If yes you have no heart
8-24-2010 @ 4:21PM
Margie said...I agree, who care if you are a good proof reader. Not the point Bucko. Since you missed the point who would want you as a proof reader.
8-24-2010 @ 4:46PM
Crimsonrayne said...O.o Goodness, an awful lot of anger over someone pointing out a funny typo in an article that, if proofreading had been done, we never would have seen. Seems to me that someone seeing that article should be in a better mood. Are you offended that the typo was found or that the word was repeated? People seriously need to learn to smile and stop being so nasty to each other.
8-24-2010 @ 4:54PM
Emilie said...Oh, lighten up people. It's funny that it says breasts. And yes, it's great that he saved his brother's life too.
8-24-2010 @ 6:08PM
divahazrosa31 said...u re so ego
8-24-2010 @ 5:08PM
yvette said...It absolutely amazes me, that after reading a story about a 9 year old child saving his 2 year old brother from what was certain death by drowning, that "Cavukan" takes away only a typo error. I noticed the word but so what? The story of this young man, who has endured so much in his short life so far, and was so heroic in meeting standards that adults often do not meet, pushed the error aside. Then, as "Demidnight" pointed out, I saw that the word was included inside quote, unquote....How DARE you critize a child who mispronounced a word on live TV, under nervous conditions for any one of any age and simply for being a CHILD! FYI "Cavukan", children, writers, editors, computers and even YOU make mistakes. But how lucky we are to have people like YOU to point them out since the majority of us are more concerned with the content of such amazing stories such as this one. Good luck finding the "editing" job. Maybe a real work load of any kind will help re-focus you and give you less time to pick out the mistakes of others and then "voice" those stupid opinions on public forums that should be devoted to giving accolades to this beautiful child!
To Logan....You are a true hero and I can see a bright future for you, as it seems that the field of medicine is calling your name. You will most certainly pursue a career in helping others as you have already begun. Your parents have SO much to be thankful for in you and so many reasons to be proud of you. I wish you all the luck in life and hope you continue to be as blessed as you are now. The world is a MUCH better place with you in it!
SO many hugs to you big guy and love from afar!
yvette huggins
charlotte NC
8-25-2010 @ 10:35AM
Ms Jordan said...Watch the video. Hear what the boy said carefully. He has a slight lisp and it could have sounded what the author wrote. To me, it sounded like, "bres." Great job Big Bro!
8-24-2010 @ 5:26PM
J said...If you watch the video the boy says "breaths" so the so-called professional journalist did make a pretty big mistake.
8-24-2010 @ 5:42PM
Karen said...Are you an Idiot he's a child he cannot say the word right, But he saved his brother, Duh, What have you done lately???
8-24-2010 @ 5:48PM
mike said...your just slacking in breast attention.
Way to go Logan
8-24-2010 @ 5:53PM
Dusty 754 said...Too late. It appears that the word has been fixed as I read breaths in the story.
8-24-2010 @ 5:57PM
talamox said...I bet nobody likes you, right? Twerp
8-24-2010 @ 6:18PM
Lana said...maybe you should read it again and get your mind out of the gutter it says "breaths".
8-24-2010 @ 6:21PM
Marti said...Do you want to know what I think is funny? Probably not, but I'll tell you anyway. Even the self-proclaimed proofreader (neesee) had a mistake in his or her post. None of us are immune, so why bother pointing out the errors in the first place?
And it has been my experience that it is the egotistical ones that get all excited when an error is made; they just can't wait to point it out.
8-24-2010 @ 6:49PM
h.gustin said...Idiot screening failed here, they let your dumb ass talk. Maybe you can't spell it looks like breaths to me. You're a sicko! That took him a lot of courage to do that on his little brother and now you squashed it with your ignorant stupidity. So, do you now feel better and more of a man that you had to go as low as taking the spotlight from a nine year old who deserves it? Let me guess your single, fat, ugly and have nothing going for yourself, huh? You probably don't even know how to perform CPR.