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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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ReaderComments (Page 9 of 10)
3-17-2011 @ 9:52AM
Angiebaby said...All these people and news outlets are calling Anaiah Rucker a hero, and I couldn't agree more. However, I did read that when she has hard times, she is reminded she saved her sister's life. While that will always be a star in Anaiah's crown, I hope her mother and and other support sources stop disregarding Anaiah's need to grieve and cry because her experience has been traumatic, Even though something miraculous came from her actions, her sadness, fear and emotional challenges in dealing with an altered body image and stress about what lies ahead, and what went before, are real... and justified.
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3-25-2011 @ 9:02PM
cameal said...I agree wholeheartedly. It's important that focus be put on her as a human being and her feelings about what happened and not just the event itself. She is a human being and as human beings, when something traumatic happens to us, we need to be able to express our feelings about it freely in order to move past it and look to the future.
3-17-2011 @ 10:04AM
Oddie Sumlin said...Just hearing this brought tears to my eyes and the first thing that came to my mind was "Thank You Jesus". A life was saved although one was hurt but she will live and recover. that is one brave child who at her young age didn't think about herself but her sister instead and was willing to give her life to save her little sister's life. She is a guardian angel here on earth. I hope that god bless them and keep them safe.
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3-17-2011 @ 10:28AM
Anonymous said...What an inspiration to others that every day is a gift and it should not be taken advantage of. God bless their family.
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3-17-2011 @ 11:02AM
Shari said...The point of the matter is that pedestrians still have the right-a-way no matter where they cross. They could be in the middle of the highway! The driver should have been charged bus or no bus, rain or no rain. The driver was going too fast where they could not react in time. I would make sure the driver would have been or sued for help of the hospital bills. It is fortunate that the little girl lived and her family will need nothing but love and support in this time. You are beautiful inside and out Anaiah!
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3-17-2011 @ 7:12PM
Penelope said...@Les Hendrickson what the girl says could be true because it happened to me.
I was at a cross walk with a light. I looked both ways and did not step off the sidewalk until all traffic stopped. An 18 wheeler tractor trailer truck decided to move unbeknownst to me and charged into the intersection running me over and dragging me. I almost lost my life.
So before you call someone a liar, especially a little girl, consider what you're saying.
A moving vehicle can come from nowhere and be upon you before you can react. The mindset of someone behind the wheel of a car is never predictable.
In my case the guy was overworked and tired, he never saw me in
the cross walk.
I know what this little girl is going through and she is to be commended for her bravery and love for her sister.
I wish she and her family all the best.
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3-17-2011 @ 11:36PM
Amir said...Anaiah means "Caregiver", "the Giver of life". Truly she has lived up to her name in sacrifice for her little sister. I have a 9 year old named Inayah and I named her this in recognition of the attribute, raising my own child to be a "Giver of Life" a "Caregiver". Life is not necessarily to be enjoyed individually, but it is actually a sacrifice so that others may enjoy their lives. Not always to the debtriment of losing a body part, or a life, but in losing the vanity which destroys humanity.
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3-25-2011 @ 9:11PM
cameal said...en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Anaiah
"God has answered"
3-19-2011 @ 10:55AM
Patricia Laman said...Damn! I meant Les. I get all of you internet ppl mixed up.
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3-19-2011 @ 11:47AM
maria said...OMG thats total bullshit that the guy was not charged for the incident!!!!!!!! That poor little girl must now live with those injuries and possible dissabilities now for the rest of her life because some jackass didnt stop for a schoolbus!!!!!!!! Well i guess thats just how life is now.. someone does the right thing and they get screwed in the end and as frekin usual the one that did it GETS AWAY CLEAN! Well anyway. go ahead on girl, not many people would have done that!
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3-21-2011 @ 10:17AM
jmacdow said...I hope they make a fund for this little girl. She's paying such a big price for saving her sister. Poor little girl.
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3-24-2011 @ 1:24AM
cgood2 said...Years ago I read that children do not have full brain development of all perception of their surroundings until about 13. The speed of the vehicle, the rain, the little sister, all contribute to what she she saw as safe/not safe. Kids are impulsive and don't realize their quick movements are hard for adults to respond to in cars. It's too bad their mother didn't walk them.
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3-21-2011 @ 9:54PM
Lisa said...Praise God she was there to save her sister and she was not killed in doing so
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3-26-2011 @ 9:19PM
Lori Gallero said...What a great sister she was to try to protect her little sister from harm. The fact of the matter is that these are children and cars do move quickly...even with an adult this could have happened and does so very often. Thank God that little girl survived her injuries...she is going to have to live a long time with the aftermath of the accident. I pray God gives her strength and the ability to overcome such a difficult situation. This little girl should be proud that she is a survivor and that she is very much loved. .
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3-23-2011 @ 9:13AM
wilson said...If mom had gotten her rear off the porch and walked her 2 girls across the 3 lane road like she was suppose to this would not have happened.
And yes I blame the mom.
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3-23-2011 @ 9:35PM
seriously? said...the people blaming the mother obviously don't have kids themselves.. i don't either, but i was hit by a van when i was younger and do you realize how DESPERATE most little kids are to be grown up? i didn't want to hold my mommys hand crossing the street. she TAUGHT me to look both ways, she TAUGHT me to double check, and she TAUGHT me independance. if she had walked me across the street at 10-11 years old, when i was hit, i probably would've had a fit. i wanted to be all grown up. i mean good god the mother was sitting on the porch watching, it's not like she was inside the house letting them walk across the street. you people are being beyond ridiculous.
i looked BOTH WAYS twice before i was hit, the van came out of nowhere. it does happen. stop being so ignorant.
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3-28-2011 @ 8:59AM
Titi Nany said...My problem is with the truck driver not being charged. My father was a truck driver and he told me, truck drivers have to be more careful than any other driver because smaller cars OR people cut them off so you are on alert. He/She couldn't see 2- 3 ft tall kids? I cant pass judgment on people on here, commenting against the truth of the story. But I think a 9 and 5 year old crossing a regular traffic street on their own in the rain, even looking both ways slowly or quickly could bring about that result.
Locally a College student on her cell phone ( and on right away) sped up and ran over two little girls (killed them) who were walking with their mom across a street in the cross walk that said WALK. SHE was charged though.
I hope this little girl gets to have a happy life even after this tragic accident
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3-24-2011 @ 4:38PM
allie knell age7 said...she is the bravest girl I would do the same thing with my 4 year old brother. If I knew where her house was I would give her all the money that I was saveing to buy.im 7 and if I did it I would probably be dead.
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3-25-2011 @ 6:15PM
myHeart2yours said...Aniah you are so "Brave" And Blessed, I Aniya :) want you to know your amazing and you inspire me to over come my fears and let God. Jesus is truely with you and you never have to worry about anything!!!! I Love you and admire you take care...
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3-25-2011 @ 8:02PM
cameal said...Her sister is going to grow up feeling so loved and grateful. To know that someone was willing and almost did die for you......wow. I hope her sister does all that she can to live her life to the fullest and show her sister that her gift was not in vain.
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