12-Year-Old Praised for 'Tremendous Courage'; Role Model for Peers
Patrick Canney received a plethora of congratulations and praise from local officials for the boy's lifesaving actions this past weekend.
The sentiments expressed by public officials and police and firefighters were all the same -- Dracut youngster Patrick Canney saved lives last Saturday and it is all the more impressive that he's just 12 years old and can't even legally drive yet. "Patrick, your presence of mind last Saturday may have saved your own life, as well as the life of your dad, your sister and any other motorist that may have been in the road that day." Mayor Ted Bettencourt said Thursday afternoon. "You were cool under pressure and showed tremendous courage each step of the way." Bettencourt invited Patrick and his family down to City Hall for a special ceremony in which Bettencourt and other local officials, including Lt. Gov. Tim Murray who was in town on …
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Saber Walsh
8:47 am on Friday, September 14, 2012
This is a remarkable young man, and having Officer Fitzgerald watching out for him as he did is why Peabody can be such a great city to be in. Most people freeze when confronted with danger, and to have him take such quick and effective action is just amazing. He has been tested in a way that some people never are in their entire lives, and surpassed "the average" person and really, really showed… more ›