Van ISD fifth grader saves teacher during a stroke

[@kayde4483]

What a wonderful story! God bless her and those wonderful supportive townspeople.

[@maninblue88]

I second that! When I was 14 back in 2003, I was actually present when my grandmother had a stroke, so I know firsthand how scary of an experience that is for everybody involved. Thankfully, my grandma made it through that experience and lived for another additional 4 years before passing in 2007. Way to go, little brother! 👍❤

[@nikoknightpuppetproduction369]

May she have a full recovery. Amazing community, with an amazing 5th grade hero. We need more news like this. Great people doing great things for others.

[@BillyAlabama]

Beau is a true hero! Get well soon. 😀❤️

[@LisaRobson]

Get well soon Mrs Moore and thank you to the student who noticed something and went to get help. It could have had a very different ending if her students were not looking out for her.

[@peterfraney7931b]

He did not go to get help until she told him to. She could have asked anyone, so he is not really a hero.

[@mmmmlllljohn]

@@peterfraney7931bHe did step up and was checking on her by suggesting he should get some help. Some people will watch a bad situation but few will act as adults but these were just kids with an authority figure.

[@karennagel-smith6648]

In a world where you can be anything, be kind! No one is too young to learn basic first aid & CPR!

[@sharongibson1161]

Incredible story !!❤❤ Wishing her a full recovery 😊

[@annmahoneyleslie1894]

Thank you for sharing and a big thanks to Bo, the young student who was paying attention. God bless you all and may you continue to heal. 🙏

[@peterfraney7931b]

He did not go to get help until she told him to. She could have asked anyone, so he is not really a h

[@Fcope-p4w]

God bless her & her hero student ❤

[@peterfraney7931b]

He did not go to get help until she told him to. She could have asked anyone, so he is not really a h

[@Chronically_JBoo]

Every second counts. I'll be praying for her

[@Babs27]

Wishing you a speedy recovery! Beau is the best!

[@GoodWillPrevail]

Get Well Soon, Ms.Moore! May God be with you and give you strength in your recovery.

[@Joy21090]

A similar thing happened at my former school. A student was talking to the Counselor when he noticed her face had become asymmetrical. He immediately got the Nurse who immediately dialed for emergency medical service.

[@NormanSilv]

I m a retired firefighter who teaches life saving skills. I'll bet this young person had exposure to that information.

[@theCPRgals]

I am retired EMS, and I teach first aid Classes. Everyone should take a class and learn how to help save a life! Thank you for serving with FD, and being an instructor!

[@NormanSilv]

Thank you too. My heros are Caregivers and Teachers. Without a well educated and healthy nation where would we be?@@theCPRgals

[@KJ11999]

​@@theCPRgalsDo you mind asking at what age should it be for children to have those classes please? That would be great for you to start your own business teaching that kind of class many people need.

[@gilg2560]

Like what? Getting a nurse at someone’s request? Get over yourself!

[@OceanLover1188]

@@gilg2560 what are you even talking about?

[@saraheart2804]

What a great story.

[@donnazillner5139]

What a teacher and community!!❤

[@bluejedi723]

awesome kid! Glad she's okay. Can't wait for her to return to classroom :)

[@jeffreybroge9002]

Well. being such a good Human and being loved by her students saved her life. GOd Bless and good luck with your recovery------------

[@mihkhailgaudette4370]

Coming together you all did it right for your teacher and for your class too! Best of luck with your recovery your students have something to be glad about...they were there and helped you handle it all!

[@peterfraney7931b]

He did not go to get help until she told him to. She could have asked anyone, so he is not really a h

[@bettyhardy2817]

Bo you are a great person Your teacher is very blessed to have you Let’s us all learn from this to help others Sending love and prayers to the families and community God Blessed

[@Marcie0613]

Beautiful. I just had a stroke a few weeks ago. It is so scary.

[@KJ11999]

HALLELUJAH 🙏 Thank God for the young man and bless him Lord.

[@GGG-f1b2f]

Great lady, Ms, Moore and the super kids, that is a beautiful place on earth, keep safe. So enjoyed the happy outcome. Way to go!

[@kimberlyk3928]

Parents are doing a great job with this young man!

It’s great to hear about some random students helping out their teacher, who had a stroke! One particular student’s parents must be extremely proud of him.

[@Potatoe-f6u]

Looks like she's recovered really well. That's great.

[@trinitywright7122]

Sweet brave young man. Thank you

[@trinitywright7122]

Wow. She's doing great. God had you woman

[@gilg2560]

What’s brave about going to get a nurse?

[@lisanidog8178]

I’ve had minis strokes for 37 years. My parents took me to the hospital when I didn’t answer the phone from home. Paralyzed on the left side unable to speak and the nurse at the hospital made me walk with her to the MRI. I couldn’t and just leaned against a wall waiting for your to come back. MRI was clear. I have aphasia sometimes I have trouble speaking or writing and with so many mini strokes my short term memory is gone. I know how rough it can be. Shame no one helped me until it I was in a bad way.

[@juneduffy5220]

What a refreshing story. What a great TEACHER and STUDENT. God Bless and Protect the teacher and student. Amen 🙏

[@dant-h-fp9qe]

hero rhank God tnank Lord for earos like Him and Merry Christmas to Him an all His Familly and friends and all the teachers familly and friends al, the teachers teacher suds and the orincipal

[@vass169]

attentive caring students!

[@darlapremeaux7006]

Thanks you for saving that woman 👩 from having a stroke

[@gilg2560]

She actually still got the stroke.

[@marmeone]

So happy you are doing well. Thank you for sharing. We all need reminders.

[@maryoleary2037]

Great ending to a story that might not have had a good outcome. The boy is very articulate and polite, but I'm not sure he is a hero. The teacher asked him to go and get the school nurse and he did. The boy was following a request made by the teacher, nothing more, nothing less. But he still is a wonderful young man. All the best to Mrs. Moore for a full recovery.

[@monicaruby8888]

@maryolearly2037 Remember that before being asked, he noticed something wrong and offered to go get the other teacher-Mrs. Moore turned down his initial offer of help, so he was definitely paying attention and insightful.

[@gilg2560]

@@monicaruby8888he made that up for the news story

[@monicaruby8888]

@@gilg2560 How do you know this?

[@garrybrown3165]

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." part of a quote attributed to Albert Einstein. Potential opportunities from this story are to promote first aid starting in grade school AND to promote healthy lifestyles to reduce the incidence of stroke (healthy eating, physical activity, adequate rest, monitoring of blood pressure and blood sugar, routine health screening). GJBrownDO 11/25/2023 11:10 Eastern

[@jeanetomblin5562]

What an inspiring story to see out of our former hometown! God bless Mrs. Moore & Beau.

[@PamCarter-b3r]

This is one of my best friends

[@shawneelove8035]

BEAUTIFUL STORY GOD BLESS YOU ALL

[@carolluther1625]

Get well Mrs. Moore! God is with you and may He truly bless you!

[@kaleidoscopeeyes3355]

This story completely missed an opportunity to describe to people the symptoms someone displays during a stroke, the FAST test and protocols to ensure timely treatment and hopefully to avoid irreversible brain damage.

[@aliciakillen1940]

They sure did!! A pity

[@nadineellis7372]

Get well soon Mrs Moore, for students to be asking when are you coming back, it shows you have really touched their lives positively

[@janedoe5229]

I remember in the 2nd grade. My class was at the restrooms and we were told to stand in line and wait for everyone. The teacher was in the restroom getting the students out. We saw other children running down a concrete ramp to the playground. One boy fell face down and didn't move. His classmates stood around and looked at him and didn't do anything. Our class saw the boy fall and we obediently waited in line. But one girl from our classroom, Jennifer, she just bolted to get the nurse. She didn't ask anyone if she should go. She didn't tell anyone where she was going. She just took off running as fast as she could. The nurse came running. This was mid 1960's. They gave Jennifer an award in the auditorium for her quick thinking and saving that boy.

[@SMcCaskill]

Beautiful!!! I have been to Van and it's a beautiful little town.

[@afreinicke]

HEAVEN ON EARTH TO KNOW YOUR BLESSINGS

[@rosealeebrown6830]

Wonderful 🎉 story!!! ❤❤💯💞🎊

[@tristanseoparsan3470]

Love goes out to her and all that tried to save her

[@daviddavid9837]

What a blessed boy. What a blessed teacher to have that boy nearby.

[@IceLynne]

I used to live in Van! Awesome story 🤗 God bless them both.

[@nillyk5671]

This child has lived a thousand lives before. He sounds and behaves so maturely. Their parents must be so proud of him.

[@elliesouza717]

Ummmm....no.

[@pernicecartwright8420]

God-bless ❤

[@johnd8167]

A similar instance happened at another east TX school, a HS teacher was having a stroke and a student noticed. Now the teacher is back, and seemingly unaffected.

[@leedebarros7434]

God is good. God saved her for a purpose.

[@longfellow5276]

God gave her the stroke!

[@paloma_lopez]

People get strokes for different reasons she say herself she wasnt extersising . Most people have terrible diets now in days , God didnt cause this its our bad choices that mess us up over the years plus she looks older . Get your facts straight . God gives u a body u decide what u put in it and if u take care of it or not .

[@dianewolfthal704]

@@paloma_lopez And similarly God did not save her. The trained nurses and doctors, that is, science did.

[@questionitall3500]

Bless little Bo Penny and all his classmates!

[@theCPRgals]

Great job, Master Penny. My prayers are with you, Mrs. Moore. I teach CPR and First Aid - and have for close to 30 years. Everyone can learn how to help save a life. "Children" are smarter than we realize, and they can learn to recognise medical emergencies and learn how to get help quickly! As an EMT for 20 some odd years (now retired), I have seen so many young people help save parents, siblings, friends, teachers, ... EVERYONE should take a CPR and First Aid Class (every two years). As I always say - The question is not IF something is going to happen, rather WHEN is something going to happen - and What. Will You Be Prepared?

[@danielbrown7115]

Just love east Texas folks. Just a sorta sweetness about them.

[@sharinaross1865]

Nice story

[@maryjarrell5824]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@michaeld8573]

Beau is a true HERO. it's good to see students who actually care about their teachers.

[@kathleen7825]

God Bless The Earth Angels For Humanity 🙏💗🙏💗

[@jessekendall4658]

Such a adorable accent from a very well spoken and smart young hero.

[@CowboyDave139]

Awesome ❤

[@Sonic-2624]

I 💙🩵 this kid so much for saving this teacher!

[@teresacorley7874]

What a very mature fith grader so proud of you

[@SuperMissblueeyes]

I wish I had a teacher like her growing up & I'd be proud if I had such a smart & responsible son like that young man (I can't have kids for medical reasons).

[@tinawinston4125]

God bless you, both!! To the teacher, thank you for your testimony of God's Grace and thank you to the student who God used to save her life !!! 🎁🎁🎁

[@tambramccauley2132]

awesome story

[@nadineellis7372]

Wonderful story, I have learned to not take things for granted including my own life, I have also learned to be more assertive of the person's I around and maybe even if I noticed something is wrong and they are saying don't call anyone, I am ok, I'll still call someone, bo you are the best, thank you

[@js1js135]

I’m crying❤

[@gilg2560]

Snowflake

[@gmaellen5530]

Bo looks like an old soul! I can already picture what he’ll look like when he’s 30 ! 😌😌😌

[@1961-v9k]

I fainted back in March and fractured my skull causing a brain bleed. I know not a stroke, but causing similar symptoms, I remember nothing of what happened, even the week before was obliterated. The Neurologist told me that is what happens when your brain is injured. It empties in order to reboot and heal, just like a computer. I still have sequencing and attention memory problems.

[@janettesessarago4690]

🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

[@twingytwango6971]

Why is he a hero, because the teacher asked him to get the nurse?

[@elliesouza717]

Do you feel better?

[@victormeza7859]

GOD BLESS ALL CHILDREN PROTECT. THEIR. INNOCENCE ❤

[@talapeanutbutter4250]

HE may have already used her. She may have changed Beau’s future by what happened. Maybe he’ll grow up to be a great educator like her or who knows? Maybe a neurosurgeon!

[@elliesouza717]

Or he'll grow up to be what HE chooses

[@wallyohrel9086]

Now you can teacher pet.🍏😅

[@lauriekerze3461]

Those darn injections. Sorry.

[@dhdurhueur-qe5pn]

Take your halidol

[@elliesouza717]

Pull your head out of your backside. You are aware people had strokes before any vaccines, right?

[@rhondaphillips432]

I DO WISH YOUR STATION WOULD HAVE RECORDED AND PLAYED WHERE SHE WAS GIVING THE LORD THE CREDIT HE DESERVES

[@RonFitCoaching]

I had a stroke 3 years ago Stay strong. Workout,run and eat healthy. I've run 🏃‍♂️ 3 1/2 marathons since.

[@ianmintz12806]

This fifth grade boy is a hero! Way to go little dude!

[@xxmandyDxx]

Aw when she said she heard him running to get the nurse 🥹

[@gilg2560]

Fake story! The kid goes to get the nurse at her request and that somehow makes him a hero? What about the nurse or the doctors that performed the surgery? Stop giving kids false accolades!

[@elliesouza717]

Good grief. GROW UP

[@Missydee-72]

This should be a part of every school’s curriculum at least once a year.

[@jameshardy3995]

I go there

[@patrickscroggin1438]

That boy did more for education in one day than Gov Abbott has done since he took office! Way to go, young man.

[@gilg2560]

How? By getting the nurse ?

[@elliesouza717]

And this has nothing to do with him or any politician

[@sagbrady8414]

I was saved with having 3 strokes by a women who rushed me to the hospital

[@rebeccahiggins2369]

🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

[@veramae4098]

"...totally east Texas ..." to help their neighbors. As long as those neighbors, who are women, know their place. 👎👎

[@Julia29853]

What a nasty comment, you are probably from some leftist town, an ugly bitter feminist. Yuck 👎to your comment

[@elliesouza717]

And has nothing to do with this

[@tomarvanites2252]

vaccine strikes again.

[@diamonddave2622]

A fifth grade teacher at my school had a stroke... He's in prison now...

[@Truchrissy76]

God bless them but is it just me or does little man seems to have a old soul lol

[@LiseWrigley]

Going vegan helps too. All of the best to Mrs Moore.

[@Julia29853]

No it doesnt, it makes things worse

[@iMatti00]

I don’t wanna be a downer, but I hate how you called a little boy hero. He didn’t sacrifice anything of himself to say the teacher. He didn’t have to weather a storm and walk for miles. He just got the nerves. And that’s good that he did it, but on a scale from 0 to 10 it doesn’t even make it to One. And wouldn’t the children that originally prompted the teacher to go get help first be the ones who deserve recognition?

[@elliesouza717]

I hate it when people say, "I don't want to be..." and then do or say whatever it is they "don't want to be". Bull! If you didn't want to be that you simply wouldn't be. How sad that you are like that about a child! Yes, he's a hero. He did something fantastic and helped save her life. Sorry you aren't getting enough recognition.

[@iMatti00]

@@elliesouza717- Children also argue because they are very simplistic in a complex world. Unlike you those children are so positive that their brain has developed enough they have any value whatsoever. Namely teenagers. Birds of a feather. And just in case you have any intellectual curiosity and actually want to improve that little thing between your ears, I also don’t want to make children sad but I cannot let them grow up believing in Santa Claus. And I don’t want to hurt children, but they need to be disciplined. But hey, that’s a little too complex for you at your current development. 😂

[@iMatti00]

Children also argue because they are very simplistic in a complex world. Those children are so positive that their brain has developed enough but really they have any value whatsoever. Namely teenagers. Birds of a feather, eh? And just in case you have any intellectual curiosity and actually want to improve that little thing between your ears, I also don’t want to make children sad but I cannot let them grow up believing in Santa Claus. I don’t want to hurt children, but they need to be disciplined. But hey, that’s a little too complex, eh? 😂

[@Transmutegarmonbozia369]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@robinpriego4453]

🤍🤍🤍🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🥰🥰🥰💉💉💉