Calgary Kids Step Up in Crisis： 911 Calls Lead to Lives Saved & Civic Recognition
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Summary
The calls you just heard were placed by some of the bravest, most inspiring young people in our community. Today, we gather not only to recognize their actions but also to share in the pride, admiration and gratitude that we all feel for the choices they have made moments of crisis.
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9-1-1 what is your emergency uh we uh we found a house that seems to be on a fire
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on fire uh we don't know we just saw a lot of smoke and so yeah oh we hear fires okay so the
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fire department's being sent stand in line i'm going to tell you exactly what to do next okay
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okay i hear fire stuff coming fire department's well on the way here so just make sure you just
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don't try to put the fire out okay uh my name is especially well all right so so again fire
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department's on the way so just keep all bystanders away from the area meet the firefighters in a safe
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location just don't approach or enter any hazardous or dangerous areas all right thank you all right
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i'll let you go help us on the way if anything worsens in any way call us back immediately for
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further instructions it is truly an honor to stand before you today and to calgary 9-1-1 here's
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award set the calls you just heard were placed by some of the bravest most inspiring young people in
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our community today we gather not only to recognize their actions but also to share in the pride
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admiration and gratitude that we all feel for the choices they have made moments of crisis
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the children we're honoring today rage and age from 5 to 15 years of age and yet regardless of that age
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when they faced something most adults might find overwhelming like vehicle collisions medical
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emergencies structure fires people in crisis or other dangerous unpredictable situations
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these children chose not to stand idly by they chose to act when others might have frozen in fear or
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looked the other way these heroes stepped up they picked up their phones they dialed 9-1-1 they gave
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locations descriptions and updates that allowed first responders to arrive quickly they stayed calm
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comforted siblings parents and even strangers they thought clearly provided information and reassurances
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that provided the difference between danger and safety and in some cases between life and death
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what makes their actions even more remarkable is that none of these young people woke up that
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morning expecting to be heroes or change someone else's life they were on their way to school they
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were at home relaxing they were enjoying a bike ride on a beautiful spring day they were sleeping soundly
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but when the moment came they showed they showed wisdom bravery and courage well beyond their years
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they proved that heroes are not defined by age size or experience but by heart character and the
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willingness to help others um so me and my friends just got out for lunch and saw a lot of smoke so we went in
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oh yeah to go and investigate and we saw a house on fire so we called them and yeah that was it
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it was a bit like scary ish i was like kind of shaking it's a little cold up too middle of december oh yeah
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i was on a nice bike night i was about to meet up with my friends but when i was
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i was sleeping and there was just some water i threw down just one rock and then it kind of it kind of
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kind of slipped outside and my thingy dog's tank the side of the wall