JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, VA -- When Quamir Terry, 6, called 911 due to his great grandmother, Ruth Brown's unresponsiveness, he didn't imagine that he would be celebrated for saving a life--but he was.
Arlington County and Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall firefighters, JBM-HH Command Sgt. Maj. Randall E. Woods and the International Association of Fire Fighters (Local F253), recognized Terry's life-saving efforts with a commander's coin, two challenge coins, a certificate and a cake.
They even allowed him and his younger brother, William, to tour and check out all the equipment in the fire trucks at JBM-HH's fire station.
"It was fantastic celebrating [this] with him," said Capt. James P. Angerett, JBM-HH Fire Department's lead firefighter. "He is so helpful that even when we gave everyone cake, he wanted to be the one to serve it. That is how helpful he is."
Angerett and his team responded to Terry's 911 call. Angerett said that in his 26 years of being a firefighter he had never encountered a kid like Terry who was so clear headed during a tragic circumstance.
"His composure and his level of maturity was nothing short of amazing," Angerett explained.
On July 21, while Terry was asleep on a couch in a separate room, he was awakened by the cry of his younger brother. He got up and went to see what was wrong with Junior, his little brother. On his way to care for his brother, he spoke to Brown, his great grandmother, who had fallen asleep in a chair. But she did not respond. Terry then went to the room to get his brother and then the two circled back, but grandma was still not responding.
Terry tried several more times to wake up his great grandmother, but she was still unresponsive. He tried to call his mother, who was at work, but she didn't answer her phone. He tried again. Still, Brown was unresponsive. At this point, she had slid out of her chair and onto the floor.
Then Terry called 911.
When JBM-HH fire fighters and emergency responders arrived they were greeted by Terry, who confidently and calmly informed them of his age, address, that Brown was a diabetic and even showed them where she stored her medicine.
Medics received more patient info from a North Carolina relative who called during the unfortunate event. Armed with this information, medics were able to successfully treat Brown, which helped her to regain consciousness.
Because of Terry's calmness and bravery, his great grandmother is alive, according to first responders.
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