- Kids these days, man.
They all got hair and they don't even appreciate it.
Spoiled.
Welcome everyone to a brand new Top Ten.
My name is Matthew Santoro,
and today we're going to be discussing
some incredibly courageous bite-sized people.
Now we've all heard of those people in the news
who do brave things to save others,
or perhaps we even know one of them ourselves,
for example, you know, that one person
that kills the spider in the room.
Bae, I'm lookin' at you.
But when you hear about them,
they're almost always a fireman, a policeman,
or other brave adult.
It's rare that we ever hear about anyone that's very young
that's able to act quickly and think rationally
in a horrible scenario.
Well, that is until today,
where we will be honoring the most spectacular stories
of children who have saved lives
and acted truly heroic.
So, here they are,
Ten Incredible Children Who Became Heroes.
Number one is Elspeth Mar.
At only six years old, you wouldn't expect a child
to react calmly when a friend's life is in danger,
but that's exactly what this young girl did.
On May 1st, 2012,
after her classmate Aniyah began choking
on a piece of apple,
first grade student Elspeth Mar calmly stood up
from her seat
and performed the Heimlich maneuver.
Her actions were successful in saving Aniyah's life.
What's even more amazing is that after the apple was out,
Elspeth calmly returned to her seat as if saving a life
was just part of her every day routine.
She later explained that she learned how
to do the Heimlich maneuver
after watching a show on the Disney Channel.
Ahh, way to protect your future customers, Disney!
That's smart.
I get it, that's smart.
That's marketing, that's good.
Number two is Michael Bowron.
On October 10th, 2009,
on the edge of the Australian outback,
Justin Bowron and his son Michael were driving home
when a tire on their mover truck blew,
causing the vehicle to roll over several times.
Justin's scalp was torn open
and when the truck finally stopped moving,
he found himself pinned underneath it as he bled out.
But with unbelievable calmness and bravery,
eight-year-old Michael crawled from the wreckage
with his father's instructions,
hot wired a radio to a spare battery and called for help.
Might I add that Michael was also injured,
but decided that his father was in worse shape
and fought through the pain to save his life.
Oh my God, impressive much?
This kid is like if Einstein and Supergirl had a baby.
Well, you know, they're running out of superheroes
to make movies about, so,
you know, it could happen.
Einstein Superbaby.
♫ Ba ba ba daaa ♫
Number three is Augustin Robinet.
On February 9th, 2010,
Vanessa Robinet was at home
with her six-year-old son Augustin
when she started having strong contractions.
Realizing she'd never make it to the hospital,
she had no choice but to call on her young son
to help deliver his new sibling.
After a thankfully short labor,
Augustin found himself holding his baby brother Matlas.
When asked if he was at all afraid during the ordeal,
the boy said he wasn't because he had always been told
that all women are in pain when they have a baby
so he expected it.
This has got to be the most gangsta six-year-old
I have ever heard of.
Hey yo, pops.
Yeah, I just delivered my baby brother.
Now I'm goin' out to gamble on some Yu-Gi-Oh,
and when I get back I expect a cookie for this.
And a nap.
Number four is Kamal Nepali.
In the city of Pokhara, Nepal
on June 24th, 2008,
a two year-old toddler fell 20 meters through a crevice
and into the Seti River Gorge.
Rescuers spent nearly 22 hours trying to reach the infant
unable to fit through the narrow gap in the rock.
Then, just as all hope was lost,
12 year-old Kamal Nepali arrived.
Being very slender,
Kamal managed to convince the rescue team
that he was the best person to go into the gorge
and brave the unstable rock formations,
and so he was lowered down to the toddler.
It took 30 minutes for the boy to navigate his way back up
with the infant,
but made it through successfully,
and is now considered a local hero.
This kid deserves a medal!
And the rescue team deserves a slap in the head
for allowing them to be convinced
by a 12-year-old to do that.
The hell is wrong with you people,
letting a 12-year-old tell you what to do?
Going down gorges, that's dangerous, man.
Number five is James Persyn.
On January 16th, 2013 in Shepherd, Michigan,
14-year-old James Persyn was looking
after his two young siblings while his father stepped out,
when suddenly a woman ran up
and started banging on their door.
She had just escaped a man who was bent on killing her
by jumping out of his moving car,
and the attacker was close behind.
Letting the woman in,
James instructed her and his siblings
to hide in the bathroom while he retrieved a hunting knife
and called 911.
Then, instead of breaking in,
the man outside decided to light the house on fire.
But, unbelievably, the teenager kept his cool
while the authorities and fire department arrived,
and all of them were saved.
This kid literally survived the plot of a horror movie
and did it calmly.
Actually, that's kind of unsettling.
His parents might want to get him evaluated.
That's not normal.
Number six is Jeremy Wuitschick.
On April 9th, 2012, a school bus was driving down
a Milton, Washington street,
when its driver suddenly had a heart attack.
Gasping for air, the man lost control of the vehicle
and it began swerving out of control.
However, acting on instinct,
13-year-old Jeremy Wuitschick leaped from his seat
and ran directly to the front, grabbing the wheel.
Unable to reach the break pedal,
he used the curb at the side of the road
to help stop the bus, carefully steering into it
and bringing the vehicle to a complete stop.
Though he doesn't call himself a hero,
Jeremy saved 16 lives that day
and has been praised by his school and town.
This kid is little Batman!
Minus the smoker's voice, of course.
Batman's gotta lay of the cigs.
Number seven is Timmy Miles.
On January 27th, 2011,
Gaylynn Miles had just picked up
her three children from school
and driven them to a frozen pond
near the Zuni Mountains in New Mexico,
where she decided to drug her children and herself,
knocking them all out.
Shortly after, the eldest child,
13-year-old Timmy Miles awoke to find the car on fire.
Thinking quickly, the teen pulled his brother
and his sister out of the vehicle,
but could not save his mother who died in the blaze.
To make this story even more heartbreaking,
Timmy and his siblings had to return to the smoldering car
once the fire was out and had to spend the night in it,
as it was the only shelter that they had from the cold.
Authorities would later state
that the boy's actions were incredibly heroic
in the face of such tragedy.
And let's be compeltely honest,
nobody's going to judge him
for not saving his murderous mother.
You know, pretty sure nobody questioned that call.
Number eight is Maddie McRae.
During a violent storm on November 12th, 2008,
11-year-old Maddie McRae was in an SUV
with her two siblings and mother,
when suddenly rushing water slammed into them,
knocking them and another vehicle with three passengers
into a river in Tillamook, Oregon.
After finally coming to a stop against a sunken tree,
and with water rushing into the vehicle,
Maddie managed to squeeze through a small hole
in the windshield.
Crawling across tree branches and dropping onto the shore,
the young girl had to scale an electric fence
and brave the raging storm
as she ran to a farmhouse to call 911.
Amazingly, emergency workers arrived
just in time to save the occupants of both cars,
and praised Maddie's quick actions.
You know I cleaned the leaves off my grandma's
fence, once.
Really helped her.
There's varying levels of heroes, guys, come on!
Number nine is Nathan Thompson.
In November of 2007,
Nine-year-old Nathan Thompson was in his bedroom
when he heard a struggle happening in the other room.
Upon entering, he watched in horror
as a drunken intruder used a kitchen knife
to repeatedly stab his mother.
Without any fear for himself,
the boy threw himself on the man's back,
distracting him long enough for Mrs. Thompson
to escape with Nathan's sister.
The attacker then turned on the young boy,
breaking his jaw and slashing his face with the knife,
leaving a permanent scar.
Incredibly, the entire family survived the ordeal,
and Nathan was given an award for bravery.
Okay, but seriously, who attacks a kid?
Hugh Clark was the name of the man responsible
for the break in,
and got eight and a half years jail sentence for it.
I also think he should have to forever be required
to wear a medal that says,
"I have a tiny little penis."
You know, just because.
Number ten is Alexis Goggins.
On December 1st, 2007,
Alexis Goggins, a seven-year-old first grader,
and her mother Seliethia Parker were getting
into a friend's vehicle when the group was abducted
by Parker's ex-boyfriend.
Enraged, the man shot Seliethia,
but before he could fire again,
Alexis threw herself on her mother,
begging him not to kill her.
Shockingly, the girl was shot six times,
receiving bullets to the face, arm and torso.
However, miraculously,
both daughter and mother survived the attack
and the shooter was arrested shortly after the incident.
Alexis has been blinded in her right eye,
lost several teeth, and has had to endure seven surgeries
due to injuries that she sustained.
However, she is called angel by many in her community,
and bravery like hers is very rarely seen in adults.
Plus, let's be honest, she's probably the coolest kid
in her community right now.
I mean, she's got some major street cred.
She got shot and survived.
She's like 50 Cent!
I stubbed my toe, and I cried like a baby.
So, you know,
more power to her.
And now you know about some incredible bite-sized heroes.
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