{"id":44265,"date":"2017-09-23T11:53:02","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T11:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=44265"},"modified":"2017-09-23T11:53:02","modified_gmt":"2017-09-23T11:53:02","slug":"9-year-old-girl-scout-honored-for-saving-mom-from-overturned-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/lifestyle\/9-year-old-girl-scout-honored-for-saving-mom-from-overturned-car.html","title":{"rendered":"9-year-old Girl Scout honored for saving mom from overturned car"},"content":{"rendered":"

9-year-old Girl Scout honored for saving mom from overturned car<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

9-year-old Girl Scout honored for saving mom from overturned car :- Last April Melina Lakey was riding home from a movie with her parents when their SUV clipped a drainage ditch and rolled over six times, landing on its roof.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 9-year-old was pulled to safety by her dad, Jeff Lakey, who was driving. When Melina saw that her mom, Ashley McCollum-Lakey, was stuck in the passenger seat, she ran back to help.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the airbags deploy you can\u2019t see any of the doors, so she lifted them up so I could find my way out,\u201d McCollum-Lakey told ABC News. \u201cShe said, \u2018Mommy I\u2019m right here. Come to me.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cShe lifted up five impact airbags to get me out, through glass and debris.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Melina, a Girl Scout from Pendleton, Indiana, was honored Thursday for her heroism by the Girl Scouts of the USA.<\/span><\/p>\n

She received the Medal of Honor, one of two Lifesaving Awards given by the Girl Scouts for \u201csaving life or attempting to save life without risk to the candidate\u2019s own life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Girl Scouts of Central Indiana, the 45-county council that represents Melina\u2019s troop, has awarded only one other Lifesaving Award in the past decade, according to a council spokeswoman.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt really good,\u201d Melina, a fourth grader who has been a Girl Scout for the past five years, told ABC News. \u201cIt felt like everybody cared.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Melina, who was 8 at the time of the accident, took control after rescuing her mom by calling 911 on her parents’ cellphone. She and her mom, who is her troop leader, had spent that April day at a local fire department with fellow Girl Scouts learning first aid skills and what to do in an emergency.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey said that if you\u2019re ever in a big accident, always call 911,\u201d Melina said.<\/span><\/p>\n

She added, “Even though you think [an accident] is not going to happen to you, it still will. They taught me everything I needed.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Melina and her dad escaped the accident with no injuries. McCollum-Lakey suffered a shoulder injury and some bruising but credits her daughter with saving her life.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMelina didn\u2019t think twice,\u201d she said. \u201cShe knew there was glass and debris and she just wanted to make sure that she knew mommy and daddy were OK.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Melina, whose favorite Girl Scout activity is hiking, also received a congratulatory letter from Girl Scouts of the USA CEO Sylvia Acevedo.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYour extraordinary courage, incredible confidence, and your willingness to take decisive action in the midst of an emergency has not only saved a life, but also serves as a shining example for Girl Scouts everywhere of fortitude and dedication,\u201d the letter read in part. \u201cYour heroism and sound judgment have earned you a place in the pantheon of heroes who have come before you, and left an indelible mark on the Girl Scouts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Source :-\u00a0http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Lifestyle\/year-girl-scout-honored-saving-mom-overturned-car\/story?id=50001959<\/span><\/p>\n

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