save a life

How I did it: I used to work with high school kids, and have had more than one occasion to save their lives. First time, I was in the woods with some kids, when one of them ran over an old wooden door on the ground, which was covering a well. The wood was rotten, she broke right through it, and as she was falling I grabbed her arm without even thinking about it. I'm not that strong, and she was thrashing around, but adreniline kicked in and, with one h… Read how I did it…

How I did it: I had saved lives before beginning 43 things, but I wanted to save more lives. Before my goal I saved a girls life in Kauai, the girl was drowning and I grabbed he swam her to shore when I was 10 years old myself. I also, have talked to many people that were going to have abortions and was able to show them other ways so the babies ended up being born, thank goodness I have my nephew Aiden on this earth because I'm very opinionated.The la… Read how I did it…

How I did it: When your boyfriend decides his life isn’t really worth living anymore and takes a fatal amount of pills, it’skind of tough making the decision to call for help. I can’t say it’s the easiest thing I’ve done, seeing as I’ve feelings of guilt for interference, and taking on his life after he was no longer able to do so was rather stressful but compared to the alternative I’d say it was pretty well worth it. Still, it's hard to feel like… Read how I did it…

How I did it: I signed up at my local volunteer fire dept with the intention of being a firefighter, but in Maryland, you must first become an EMT. The primary coursework took 6 months, with shifts at the hospital ER and qualification rides. After (and during) the training there were many, many shifts riding the ambulance. Most of the incidents we responded to were minor in nature: broken ankle, lacerations, bump on the head... but we did have a major … Read how I did it…

How I did it: My mom suggested randomly today that I donate blood. So I agreed. It's an interesting way, to help someone else. So we went there, went through the privacy details, got pricked with a needle and went on with it. Yay. I almost passed out and was extremely light headed and everyone came rushing over. At the end, the lady phlebotomist came over to me and told me I just saved three lives. If I save a life in the future, that's good, but this … Read how I did it…