The Wise Preschooler

WBZ's Jordan Rich says this preschooler saved her teacher. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the Upside with Jordan a dose of good news,
because it's a big world out there. Here's the story
out of Tennessee at a daycare center with a little
four year old girl named Kendall who did something rather special.
She saved the life of her teacher. Witnesses say the
teacher collapsed suffering a seizure, and while the rest of
the kids were confused and scared, Kendall knew what to do.
She ran to get help, telling the local news. I

(00:22):
told the teacher the other teacher that my teacher was sick.
While paramedics arrive revived the teacher, who had stopped breathing,
took her to the hospital, where the good news is
she's recovering. Little four year old Kindall turns out to
be the hero of the day, and her mother was surprised.
She says, quote, I never thought to introduce what to
do if an emergency arises, so it was a shock
to see that she knew exactly what to do in

(00:43):
a situation like that. Reacting swiftly under pressure, the four
year old rescued the teacher. I guess the bottom line
is we should never underestimate anyone, even a little one
who definitely has some courage and a good deal of
street smarts. And that's the upside with Jordan WZ Boston's
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