John was presented with his award at a ceremony which recognized the bravery of ten people had saved the life of another. John was studying in the room he heard screaming. When he and his father rushed outside, a man ran from scene. They discovered that Anne Slade, mother of three, had been cut (repeat) with a knife. She was lying in her front garden (bleed) very heavily. Her hands had almost been cut .
It was John’s quick action and knowledge that saved Ms Slade’s life. He immediately asked many people bandages, but when nobody could put hands on any, his father got some tea towels and tape from their house. John used these to dress the most severe injuries to Ms Slade’s hands. He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds the police and the ambulance arrived.
“I’m proud of what I did, but I was just doing what I (teach),” John said.