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Sisterly love took on a whole new meaning for Anaiah Rucker last month, when the 9-year-old girl saved her little sister's life by letting herself get hit by a pickup truck.
Anaiah and her 5-year-old sister, Camry, were crossing the street to catch the bus for school when the accident happened, ABC affiliate WSBTV in Madison, Ga., reports.
"I love her more than anything," Anaiah told the station from her Atlanta hospital room. "I pushed my sister out of the way so she wouldn't get hit."
Morning Express reports Anaiah nearly died from her injuries, which included two broken legs -- the left leg was amputated, a broken neck and spleen damage. She also lost a kidney.
Anaiah tells WSBTV it was raining that day, that she looked both ways and thought they were clear to enter the street.
"I saw the truck and I was like, 'No!' " Andrea Taylor, the girls' mother who was watching from her porch, tells WSBTV. "I seen my daughter kinda snatch my 5-year-old back, and if it wasn't for that, my 5-year-old would have ... I don't think she would have made it."
The truck driver was not charged in the incident, according to the network.
WSBTV reports Anaiah is scheduled to be released today, and police cars and fire trucks from Madison will provide an escort home where it will be Anaiah Rucker Day.
Hailed as a hero, Anaiah tells WSBTV her motives were simple.
"I thought she was too young," she tells the network. "She's my sister. I love her."
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3-16-2011 @ 3:20PM
MaryMRevis said...OMG!! God BLESS you sweet girl. Your love for your sister and family is what our Lord and Savior teaches!!! We all must be willing to die for each other. I don't know you..but I LOVE YOU sweet girl and may your life be full of joy and happiness!!!!
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3-16-2011 @ 3:35PM
VIC POWERS said...what kind of heartless S.O.B.'s would use this comment section to hawk web sites and such?... you are lower than whale shit in the bottom of the ocean for such cold, disgusting behavior!... and the big sister did do a heroic act for her little sister... well done sweetheart!... well done indeed!
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3-16-2011 @ 4:51PM
Sabrina Snyder said...I wondered about that myself. Why would someone do that?
3-16-2011 @ 6:44PM
Pengian said...Its not them doing it. Most likely, their email adresses were hacked, and the fraudulent sites that got the email are just using it to try and spread the work about their fake products. Dont blame them, just ignore it.
Also, I feel so horrible for what happened to the 9 year old girl... She is definately going to have some challenges as she grows up missing a leg, but with time, I really hope that she learns to cope with the missing leg and make a great use of the life that God saved for her.
3-16-2011 @ 3:37PM
tamara turner said...What a courageous little girl, my heart goes out to the family.
Does anyone know if they have a fund set up for the little girl.
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3-18-2011 @ 12:44PM
AJ said...Yes, there is a fund set up at United Bank in Madison, GA. Checks are to be payable to the Anaiah Rucker Fund. God bless!
3-16-2011 @ 3:54PM
chris said...Why not say where was the mother the girls are 9 and 5, not to mention the Mother is acting like well get over it you saved your sister. She is just to nonchalant for me, I would have been crying all the time blaming myself if that were my kid. In this day and age people are double crazy than when I grew up. You have to be there.
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3-16-2011 @ 4:28PM
Jill said...The mother is putting on a brave face for her daughter. What else can she do. I do believe the Mother IS really crying inside!
3-16-2011 @ 3:51PM
dwayne said...well she is being a parent on routine day. most people can just take time to realyze that i will never be able to wear your shoes. the mom of the nine year old is now leaning on God not only to help her but also help the nine yaer old live the way she is for the rest of her life. instead of saying where was the mom, and that what wrong with kids today is wrong. prayers go into your closets and lift that family up. all others keep sweeping around your own front doors.
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3-16-2011 @ 4:23PM
t said...poor child so beautiful, God bless her and hope that she is taken care of and that she knows the love and happiness she deserves, and all these jerks on here being mean or posting for other sites, get lost.
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3-16-2011 @ 3:56PM
Olivia said...May angels watch over this girl for the rest of her life. What a selfless act of love. I'm sitting here crying like a baby.
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3-16-2011 @ 3:57PM
Rebecca said...It's a tragedy. Ananiah is an intelligent, brave nine year old little girl. I wish her all the best in life.
I have to agree with some of the comments. Mom needed to make herself available to walk her daughters across the street to the waiting school bus. Too much responsibility is put on older siblings, when the older siblings are still at a young age.
Why can't we have more parenting classes?
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3-16-2011 @ 4:12PM
Jacques said...That child achieved more in one moment than everything I have tried to accomplish in over 50 years. There will never be enough heroes like her in human history.
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3-16-2011 @ 4:27PM
Jim said...God will make your life good for what you did for your sister. Just give God a chance by keeping Him in your live.
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3-16-2011 @ 4:23PM
Tom said...The little girl is a hero for sure. My prayers go out to her for a speedy recovery....This young lady could teach us adults about LOVE.. God Bless
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3-16-2011 @ 4:17PM
Angela Diaz said...Anaiah, you have done what many would not, sacrificed yourself for another. A purely selfless act, showing the great love you have for your sister. Your rewards will be many, if not on this earth, the highest honors await you in heaven. You will forever be in the hearts, minds and prayers of the many lives you have touched by your generous act of love.
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3-16-2011 @ 4:20PM
Jane said...Come on, Parentdish, enough with the spam already. I want to read about this little hero, not trashy spam. Why don't you screen these before you put them out for all to read?
It doesn't take a brain surgeon to know that there may be children running around in the morning and afternoon going to school and coming from school. Drivers need to watch more carefully during those times. Whether a bus is stopped or not, there are children around and you need to be more careful.
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3-16-2011 @ 4:20PM
James said...Thank God she survived. Brave little girl.
I agree, however, that the problem is that some parents
just werent meant to be parents.
Since so many people compare humans to animals, how many times have you seen ducks sitting on a porch while there duckings are crossing the road? Um Never!
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3-16-2011 @ 4:24PM
stupid said...Are you comparing this child and her family to animals stupid? You're an undercover fuggN racist
3-16-2011 @ 4:31PM
David said...So many things to write about. First, what a wonderful thing for the girl to do. That's what love means. Caring for another more then yourself. I hope she is well taken care of.
Next, to the people who wrote tht it was god's will and the one who said Satan put them there..get a grip. Neither of those things are true and it's ridiculous to think so.
Lastly, to the insensitive annoying advertisers who try disguising their hawking their products by adding a line or two from the statement..you're pathetic. You obviously have no sense of decency seeing as getting customers to buy your products is so important to you that you'll selfishly promote it anywhere.
Oh and one more..it was not the mom's fault.
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