Millbury teen hailed a hero for saving grandfather and neighbor days apart

NORTHWOOD, Ohio — A Millbury teenager is being hailed as a hero, twice, after saving both his grandfather and a neighbor in two separate emergencies just weeks apart.

Two week’s ago, 18-year-old Gavin Saltsman and his mom were taking his grandfather, Roger, to the hospital in Oregon with cold symptoms, when things took a turn for the worse. As they were driving through Northwood, Roger went into cardiac arrest and stopped breathing.

“So, we had to pull over at Arby’s, and all of a sudden, he stopped breathing,” said Gavin…

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