Teens honored for saving life of DeKalb County grandmother
Fire officials honor teens for life-saving efforts
Dekalb County fire officials honored a pair of teenage boys for their heroic efforts in saving their grandmother s life.
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A DeKalb County grandmother is counting her blessings. Thursday, she got to publicly thank her two brave teenage grandsons for saving her life.
DeKalb County Fire Rescue honored the teenage boys for their heroic efforts.
Last month, 67-year-old Barbara Wilkes started bleeding severely from an artery near her dialysis graft. So, 15-year-old Talib and 13-year-old Nathaniel Simmons acted quickly to apply pressure to slow the loss of blood and keep her stable until medics arrived.