Page 42 - Exercise 1B

Page 42 - Exercise 1B

YOUNG LIFESAVERS

These two young people both saved someone’s life in an accident.

Mark Taylor, 13, London

Last November, Mark was on holiday in Scotland with his father. ‘One day we were climbing a mountain. said Mark, ‘when a rock fell on my father’s leg. They had a mobile phone. But his father dropped it down a deep hole in the rocks when the accident happened. Mark ran 6 miles to get help. When he found a telephone. He dialed 911. Twenty minutes later a helicopter arrived. And it took Mark’s father to hospital.

Jackie Wolfe, 15, Manchester

One day last year, Jackie was travelling in a taxi with her aunt and and her cousin. The taxi was taking them to the hospital. Suddenly, as they were going around the corner to the hospital, the driver had a heart attack. Luckily Jackie was sitting next to the driver. She quickly grabbed the stirring wheel. And then stopped the taxi.