ARLINGTON POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS
ARLINGTON POLICE,
FIRE SURPRISE
7-YEAR-OLD WHO
HELPED SAVE
SISTER’S LIFE
“I know that we
definitely averted
disaster, and
it’s most likely
because of his
immediate action.”
7-year-old Carter Woodruff is living proof that heroes come
in all sizes.
While he and his 2-year-old sister Harper were playing,
he noticed that she’d placed a small, shiny object in her
mouth. It didn’t take him long to figure out that the object
was a circular lithium battery. But before he could get her
to spit it out, she’d swallowed it.
Carter immediately ran to the other room to tell his dad
what happened. He also brought him a similar battery, so
he could better explain what she had swallowed.
“He was brave,” said Rebekah Woodruff, Carter’s
mother. “A lot of kids might have been afraid and
run the other way.”
LT. RICHARD FEGAN
Arlington Fire Department
His parents rushed Harper to the hospital, where
doctors were quick to praise Carter’s actions.
According to the National Capital Poison Center,