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3-Year-Old Heroically Retrieves Phone to Save Injured Great-Grandmother

After a fall left her unable to move, Sharon Lewis relied on her young great-grandson Bridger Peabody, who braved the dark to fetch help.

  • Sharon Lewis, 73, fell outside her Strasburg, Colorado home, hitting her head on a concrete step and sustaining a serious injury.
  • Her 3-year-old great-grandson, Bridger Peabody, retrieved her phone from a car in a dark driveway after neighbors couldn’t hear their calls for help.
  • Surveillance footage captured Bridger encouraging himself, saying, 'Don’t be afraid,' as he ventured into the dark to retrieve the phone.
  • Lewis was taken to a hospital where she received 22 staples for her head injury and is now recovering well.
  • Lewis and her family praised Bridger’s bravery, with Lewis calling him her hero, though Bridger humbly insists, 'I’m just Bridger.'
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