The Shelter Island Ambulance Foundation was at the IGA on Saturday, May 22 for a meet-and greet with Islanders. Standing, from left, Mike Martin, Deb Brewer, Jim Preston and Don Regan. Inside the ambulance, from left, Arden and Tucker Ward. (Credit: Beverlea Walz)
It was one of those terrible moments every parent fears. Not just that Arden Ward’s son, 4-year-old Tucker, had fallen and struck his chin on the edge of a coffee table, but the real fear was when the wound wouldn’t stop bleeding.
Remembering the frightening incident that happened one evening five years ago at a friend’s house, Ms. Ward said she knew “this isn’t going to need a Band-Aid. It’s going to need a hospital.”