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3-Year-Old's 'Keen Observation' Saves Elderly Neighbor
Boy noticed papers piling up on porch of NH woman who was trapped in her basement
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An elderly New Hampshire woman who was trapped in her basement is doing well after being saved by the most unlikely of rescuers. Per KWTX, police were called to a home in Hampton on Wednesday after a boy noticed something unusual on a neighbor's doorstep. CBS Boston identifies the youngster as 3-year-old Eyas Tran, who'd been on a walk with his moms when he spotted a newspaper outside the home of his neighbor, referred to simply as Peggy. Eyas' mom Minh says her son likes to bring Peggy her paper, so he picked it up and approached the front door. That's when something else caught his eye. "There was one, two, three newspapers," he says, all piled up outside the door.
His parents became concerned when Peggy didn't answer the door or her phone; her car was also in the garage. They called the police, who found Peggy in her basementshe'd accidentally locked herself down there for three days. A release from the Hampton Police says Peggy was "in good spirits" and was taken to a nearby hospital with only minor injuries. "The Hampton Police would like to thank the young boy for his keen observation," the police department notes. Deputy Police Chief David Hobbs adds, per CBS: "We just want to say to everybody else, be more like Eyas. Check on your neighbors. Look after each other."
malaise
(267,847 posts)Kindness and love matter
MyOwnPeace
(16,888 posts)and a great reminder: Check on your neighbors!!!
safeinOhio
(32,532 posts)think, I need to start taking the paper.
Then I thought, wait a minute, I don't have a basement.
marble falls
(56,371 posts)IronLionZion
(45,269 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Their heads are not full of duties, things to do and other BS.
monmouth4
(9,665 posts)mouth. A 3 or so year old immediately noticed and wanted to know if she put her tooth under the pillow so the tooth fairy would find it. She said yes she did and she was rewarded. (She did get an appt. to have it fixed.). They don't miss a trick.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,752 posts)how doors in her place get locked if she can "accidentally" lock herself in her basement.
I know people who need a key to unlock a front door from the inside. And the key is kept somewhere not very near that door. What if there's a fire? And the part of the house the key is kept is already on fire? Simply having a bolt you can throw from the inside is no less safe than the lock you need the key for on both sides.
Demovictory9
(32,324 posts)door open when entering that closet. I'd read a story about a women who got locked inthe closet and spent hours
breaking through the drywall to get out
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,752 posts)I mean, I couldn't do that myself as I have zero such skills, but I'd have called a handyman withing a week of moving in.
You also have to wonder what people who install doors like that are thinking. Unless, of course, they're put in place to lock people inside, which is a genuinely frightening thought.
Demovictory9
(32,324 posts)and screws would not turn. Gave up trying to DYI... eventually moved.
True Blue American
(17,972 posts)But then no one can get in.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,752 posts)It's the thing about needing a key to unlock the door from the inside, and then not keeping the key right next to the door, that bothers me a lot. I've seen it several too many times.
True Blue American
(17,972 posts)That locks from the inside. I could get out of the garage but not get into the house.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)It was in downtown Doesn't Matter on a sidewalk with a few morning joggers and moms walking with strollers.
I had dropped some change behind this car that I was about to stick a magnetic gps device (all legal for this telling) under. I picked up a couple coins and reached for the others that had rolled under the car *wink*. This little kid saw me slap it under and was pointing and about to say something when his mom looked away from her phone just to see me standing up with my coins. I'm sure the kid told his mom some wonderful story about me messing with the car only to have mom dismiss him.
AllaN01Bear
(17,384 posts)dun da dun dun.
I used to be a PI, too, so I could really appreciate this story.
crickets
(25,896 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,442 posts)Kudos to you young Eyas.
AllaN01Bear
(17,384 posts)LisaL
(44,962 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,831 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)If we are going to have a child in office it could at least be a smart one who cares about people.
cayugafalls
(5,631 posts)He has good parents for encouraging his friendliness. So nice to hear!
Nice to start my day at DU with good news...
iluvtennis
(19,758 posts)rickford66
(5,498 posts)If you don't have one, get one.
appalachiablue
(41,056 posts)Grins
(7,135 posts)People dont carry their cell phone everywhere they go, but they alway have their watch.
Not just any watch - an Apple or Samsung watch with CELLULAR AND GPS!
If she had one of those watches, one tap and the police are called. And, because it has GPS - they also have your location.
If she fell down those basement stairs and unconscious - it may have detected her fall (called a hard-fall detector) - and called 911 FOR HER in seconds. (Google it & read stories. It also monitors your heart.)
Its why I gave up my Rolex. And it tells time!
Note: Its the high end Apple/Samsung watch, so its more expensive. But Verizon, or AT&T, etc. will spread out payments over 2-3 years and then youre done. Cheaper than a Life-Alert.
wishstar
(5,267 posts)We have always spent a lot of time there doing laundry and projects and going in and out from backyard through basement door so the phone there has been essential.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)all under control. Good thing he was so observant.
Trueblue Texan
(2,372 posts)I tell this to patients all the time! Keep your phone with you in the house if you are going to be alone! It can save your life, especially if you don't have an emergency call button!
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,752 posts)In reality, it's not always practical.
I live in a small house, about 900 square feet. Two landline phones, one in the kitchen, one in the second bedroom/den. I also have a cell phone which might be anywhere, depending on when I last put it down. For me, if I can't at least crawl to the nearest phone, I'm probably a goner anyway.
Occasionally you read of someone getting stuck in a bathtub in some way, and not being found for several days. Sometimes crap just happens. And not always to the people who deserve it.
Grins
(7,135 posts)See my comment on why. A cell phone is a good step but not good enough.
I mentioned fall detection and detecting arrhythmia to my GP. As soon as I did he showed me HIS Apple Watch! Said I would not believe number of patients who would see him and bring with them results of heart tests they had done on their own and exercise profiles with them!
He wrote me an Rx to get one!!
Trueblue Texan
(2,372 posts)Very practical! I'm always trying to get people to start thinking along practical lines for fall prevention. It definitely requires a shift in perception, but it is very practical and important that we start thinking along those lines for successful aging.
Demovictory9
(32,324 posts)need emerg phones like commercial ones