When Dayton Diaz’s friend was seriously injured in a wreck, the 13-year-old’s quick actions helped save his life.
The Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District presented Dayton Diaz with their Community Youth Hero Award after he called 911 when his friend Scott Walsh was seriously injured in an accident involving a bicycle and a four-wheeler.
“We got lucky. I think I got lucky enough to know, to call, but yeah. It felt like, like a year, just waiting, sitting down,” Diaz said.
LEHIGH FIRE COMMUNITY YOUTH HERO AWARD
Walsh suffered two skull fractures, a broken clavicle, broken wrist, and several vertebrae fractures in the accident that happened over a month ago…