It takes a special person to see a life in danger and go out of his way to make a difference. But that's exactly what Kole Devisscher did when he 1 the thin ice of a river to save 10-year-old Chartrand from 2.
The young man was 3 for his bravery by MP Joy Smith. Smith 4 him with a certificate and said Devisscher would be nominated (提名) for the Governor General's Medal of Bravery.
Describing the 5, Devisscher said he thought it was something 6 when he saw a blue jacket in the river. 7 for Chartrand, the teenager decided to back up his truck and take another look.
When Devisscher realized somebody was 8 in the cold water, he leapt into 9. “I got out of the truck and grabbed the tow strap from the backseat.” explained Devisscher.
“He couldn't quite grab onto the rope because his hands were already turning blue. Then I made a loop on the hook and got him to put it around his shoulders.”
Devisscher's dad, Gerry, says his son remembered some of the 10 he learned while snowmobiling over the years. “He was listening. He just couldn't refuse to 11 it. He wanted to help, 12 at that time I was nervous he went out there.”
To honour Kole's 13 and to thank him for saving her son, the mother of the boy gave Devisscher Nathaniel's eagle feather.
“When he called, saying he 14 someone, it didn't sink in at first. Today's the first time I've heard the whole 15 .”
“It's just 16 that a young man like Kole stopped... He got him out of the river and he calmed him,” MP Smith said at the presentation ceremony.
“I think he is an outstanding young man, and all of Canada should be 17 of what he's done.”
Devisscher said he just 18 others would do the same. “It feels good, not everybody gets this 19. It's pretty awesome,” said Devisscher. “I hope someone else would do that for me if I was under the same 20 .”
