Rescue 911-Episode 517 "Special Olympian Hero"

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Some of the most awesome people are those with Autism and Down Syndrome. It's a shame that most people judge them and stuff before they know them.

I have Autism/Asperger's Syndrome.

[ABroadwaystar2534]

the moral of this story is never underestimate what people with handicaps are capable of, they may surprise you!

[dusdincorleone]

buhhhp kingggg hahah i love him

[primerobot]

People with handicaps are people too and deserve the same respect as everyone else and no matter what handicap or disablity we have in life EVERYONE deserves to be treated with RESPECT

[weatherfreak123]

that guy is fucked up

[ninar05]

my sister in law has down syndrome i have two kids both kids didnt had it but i got tested anyways

[iiAmQeX]

when i was pregnant with my youngest i had high chance of downs baby.and i was scared ,but then i saw a little girl in cafe with downs ..she was beautiful ,funny ,,brave ,smart ,while i was ignorant to the condition ,i made up my mind that day ,no tests ,to take what god gave me ,my daughter wasnt downs ,but if she was ..i would have felt no different to her than my other kids ,cos she wouldnt be different eric ..you are an inspiration

[huckhound2110]

Look, I have mild autism and that doesn't stop me from going to school, and do the things I love to do. I saved my mom once, from hypervenalating, about a year ago. Either if you have autism, or Down Syndrome, you can still learn, adn do things others love to do.

[animeflowergurl]

@huckhound2110 I have Austim as also. i saved a friend from high school when she choked on a gumball. we are smart but we are not given enough credit

[huckhound2110]

@animeflowergurl Tell me about it! Look at us, autistics! The two of us have done so much, and look at the result. We don't get that much credit at all.

[tikidweller]

@animeflowergurl I'm autistic myself and I work with adults who have developmental disabilities. I really want to run a first aid workshop for them because I believe it's important for everyone to know what to do in an emergency.

[xXxXBleedPurpleXxXx]

@huckhound2110 i work with a boy with severe autism and he's very smart, caring, and just fun to hang out with, he gets up and goes to work every day just like everybody else, he just has a job coach to help but he's a damn good worker.

[clmillerbunny]

Go Eric!! :)

[TEACHERTIGERSHAH]

I work with students with special needs some with Down Syndrome. They never seized to amaze me.

[davinp]

ABC Family's The Secret Life of the American Teenager features a young man with down syndrome

[davinp]

Here is another Rescue 911 segment featuring down syndrome boy: watch?v=p-NtOiTKqy8

[vickiormindyb]

I hate when they call a 1033 for a medical problem, but they can't get anything out, so we don't know if we're coming onto a dangerous scene or not (like one involving a crime), so we have to be prepared for positively anything. A 1033 where I work just means Officer Down for what could be a shooting or medical emergency. We don't know until we arrive, and officer shootings are always dangerous. I mean, who knows what an idiot who thinks it's smart to shoot a cop is going to do next?

[Morgan4746]

@vickiormindyb i agree. im a emt volunteer and pt. nurse in maryland and it's reduculious,

[vickiormindyb]

We treated a guy for anaphylaxis once, who refused to ride in the ambulance after I told him he can't smoke in the rig b/c of oxygen tanks.

So he drives himself, not knowing he was risking everybody on the road; if his vision had blurred he could have hit and possibly killed someone. Not to mention suddenly stopping breathing and crashing into something or somebody.

We followed him to the emergency dept. and he was surprised we did.

[AFGSANFORD2]

This is one of the very best Rescue 911 episodes cause this shows that people like Eric are very special and can be productive citizens. I would really like having someone like Eric in the workplace to work with.

[5910Aileen]

i got a new found respect about down-syndrome people :D

[vickiormindyb]

I like the phrase Down's Syndrome better than Mongoloid-and always have preferred it over that word.

Incidentally, and totally unrelated, syndrome means 'a collection of symptoms that haven't been classified into a disorder.'

The doctor training us in paramedic school, told us the difference between the words disorder and syndrome.

[vickiormindyb]

I have to carry an epinephrine kit everywhere I go too. In fact they tried to tell me it was a knife when it showed up on the scanner at the airport. I told the guard what it was 3 times and he still didn't believe me. I had to tell him to ask an airport medic to verify it before they'd even let me go.

[vickiormindyb]

They never see anything bad about people? Maybe every journalist should have it. They never see anything GOOD about people.

[21yossi]

i cant belive this story, except if this guy is a very high functioning

[xXxXBleedPurpleXxXx]

@21yossi two weeks ago, my lower functioning down syndrome client, noticed his little niece wasn't breathing, while his perfectly capable brother ran around FREAKING out, he picked up the phone, called 911, gave the address had to repeat it a few times because of his "stutter" but they got there, and they were able to bring her back. dont assume because someones not like us they can't handle certain situations. ESPECIALLY when it comes to their loved ones.

[1989yossi]

@xXxXBleedPurpleXxXx im not a doctor so a guess your right about it!

[xXxXBleedPurpleXxXx]

@1989yossi not a doc either, but work for a program for adults with developmental disabilities so you get to know them and what they are capable of

[vickiormindyb]

@xXxXBleedPurpleXxXx I wish more people who worked w/ them thought like you. My sister has severe brain trauma from a near-drowning and two mental illnesses.

People treat her worse than they would garbage, and some of them work w/ her.

I had to constantly talk to them just to get them to modify her medication dose. I'm a paramedic and I know an overmedicated person when I see one.

[xXxXBleedPurpleXxXx]

@vickiormindyb i expect so much out of my guys, because i know what they are capable of, and even if its a struggle, you give them a task, and they get it done, it may take time, but what a feeling of accomplishment when they do. my one guy with downs is literally one of the best workers they have, he busts his ass from the moment he walks in the door til i come to pick him up, and even then he's like i just want to get 5 more done. they are my heros.

[wadyano]

how could no one answer from headquarters?

[DJCPro]

@wadyano out of range, they were 2 towns away

[wadyano]

@DJCPro how can a town not have any emergency response personel? at least arrange your own volunteer team as a town.

[cilluzza08]

Awww this story was amazing!!!!!

[Paramedic18791]

I sometimes work in group homes where peoble with handy cap live.

5 days ago a man with down syndrome saved my live when I nearly bled to death due to an arterial injury on my arm. I was drilling a lock when the drill bit broke and i lost control over the machine and sewered an artery on my right arm. If he didn't call for help I would have bled to death.

I am so grateful that man was there and saved my life

[inuyashaslvr]

@Paramedic18791 you are VERY lucky

[animeflowergurl]

Erik is an amazing young man. my mom and i are family friends with a single mother of three boys and her oldest who's 14 has down syndrome and i've known him since he was 3 years old. he's like a little brother to me

[Br0kenLaught3r]

this story defently made my day

[JrRedneckRickem]

its people like eric that make this life better. whoever make fun of special people are mean selfish immature assholes. eric is one of a kind and we need more people like him

[weatherfreak123]

@JrRedneckRickem SHUT THE FUCK UP BITCH

YOU A ASSHOLE

[kierain92]

@JrRedneckRickem I too have special needs but have never had to be a hero! yet

[allforever19]

I LOVE ERIC!!!

[VenusSatanas]

this was an AWESOME story, he's a HERO!!

[LGTheOneFreeMan]

The title made me lol. I clicked it because I thought of "Special Olympics."

[banditt18]

i agree tom cause it's actually been proven that a majority of handy caps are actually in more ways then one smarter then the rest of us just dont have the ability to show or tell us in our ways so yea those who like to make fun or talk smack about em needs there heads smacked

[skatergun1998]

@banditt18 i agree im only in 7th grade but by that age every1 is laughing but i think its wrong theyre just the same as us

[Tomthetoolman100]

any one who calls these people names needs a smack in the head

[michaelhong2008]

I am proud of that young man. Though he's handicapped, he's still able to take situation under control to save his brother life. He's a life saver. Go Eric

[michaelhong2008]

I am proud of that young man. Though he's handicapped, he's still able to take situation under control to save his brother life. He's a life saver. Go Eric

[ZMommaL56]

What is Gene's last name? I couldn't hear properly. Disabled people can help.

[sweetlife031]

@ZMommaL56

Ummm...his last name is Hiney :)

I know I'd never live that down lol

[ZMommaL56]

@sweetlife031 That's kind of a silly last name.

[DimeraFan28]

Smart Kid.

[SundaeTheKitten]

I hate bees sooo much.

[PaulieMac77]

people say the handy capped learn from us i some how think its the other way around WE learn from them

[athenacat96]

He's also a great volleyball player :-)

[athenacat96]

Eric seems like a very well- educated man! :)

[msdarkstar1012]

There was a girl at my high school with Down Syndrome, and we made fun of her. I feel so so terrible. i'm not like that anymore

[singingbabe26]

Eric is one awesome man.. And there is no disability that keeps a person back.. YOU ARE SMART only yourself keeps you thinking you are dumb. It hurts to know that people are so mean that can't see that others have strengths even when they are different

[lakelandchief]

Did not know you can get a reaction from bees that quick. I have physical disabilities. Do not like the word "Handy cap" we are all the same or try to be.

[CarrieMarie007]

yea, you don't want to fuck with that mac daddy.

[pman1018]

Remember Chris Burke (Corky Thatcher) from "Life Goes On"? He's got Down Syndrome, but still a damn good actor. I've met and made friends with people with lots of types of disablilities. I have Asperger's Syndrome, by the way.

[gregorkrause]

I have aspergers too., (seriously).

[GrumpyGal82]

@gregorkrause so do i.

[gregorkrause]

@GrumpyGal82 wow cool.

[ZMommaL56]

My friend Warren Benton is both allergic to bees and has Down Syndrome. So does Teresa Longo his girlfriend. I just have ADHD and autism.

[TheMultiHope]

Go Eric! Go Eric!

[zzzzdreamzzz]

I work with physically and mentally disabled people and I have been AMAZED at how smart, caring, and how much more common sense they have compared to the completely abled idiots i know.

[allycat478]

Eric is sooo nice to his bro :)

[rdpue]

as fast as gene detereated he probibly wouldnt have been able to drive for help. He was smart to send his brother for help when he realized his dispatcher wasnt answering the radio when he tryed to call for help.

[bartman1238]

i just saw that epsidoe of ranway bus they didn't say the kid have A.D.D i don't where you got your infro from

[firemanupton]

any one have the episode where a guy was bushhoging an got attacked by bees

[BrianSacco29]

This proves you should never underestamate spaical needs people. They are very special. I know because I teach Martial Arts to specail needs people.

[DJCPro]

Eric is the man!!!! and a good fire department friend. Very happy to know the family, great people.

[Morgan4746]

@DJCPro you know the people and family of this episode.

[DJCPro]

@Morgan4746 Yes, Eric is in the same Fire Dept. as myself and Gene is a now a Detective.

[steph66002]

my granny and mom r allergic to bees and wasps but my mom is worse since she needs an epi pen but im always worried that she will get stung and not be able to get to her epi pen she did have an accident a couple of years ago where she was riding on a tractor and ended up getting stung by wasps when they accidentally ran over a wasps nest she had to be taken to the hospital and had trouble breathing but she had her epi pen that helped save her life

[ladyfirefightern]

BIG HUG TO mentaly handicap!!!

[momy012]

I Love this video because i know at have the same thing like eric in this video. thank god they like eric

[HoneiiDiiva]

the volume is a bit low ;-(

How I love Rescue 911 it inspires me more to work in medicine. I'll prob be a RN/NP or PA.

[Hiptlou]

Down syndrome people are amazing!They are so smart! My brother has down syndrome.

[Rachiann]

Ill tell you something people really need relize that people with down syndrome are angels. I know someone personally with down syndrome and she is the head of the BUDDY WALK for our area and she is just a amazing person. This is one amazing person, he saved his brothers life.

[bulson08]

WOW Eric is just amazing, being mentaly handicap and to do all that is just amazing

[rambo670]

i like the fact that the special kid is a volunteer firemen thats an insperation

[alvofirefighter]

I think Eric should teach other handy cap people

what to do if someone needs help and if they need to call 911 they will know what to do.

[TheXmisfitx]

this is exactly why i hate bees! there evil!

[OneSkiWonder]

I don't mind honey bees because they don't sting unless you're attacking a hive or they feel their lives are in danger. All the other types of them can burn in hell.

[brilliant1990]

God put handy cap people on this earth so that we could learn from them.

[msdarkstar1012]

@brilliant1990 He is amazing! and i'm glad both brothers have such a good bond now

[raphsgirl4ever]

@brilliant1990 Thank you for that I my slef iam jandy capped and it like people think we can do nothign you an sweet person to say that

[refuckulate420]

@brilliant1990

That's absolutely retarded. I thought god gave us free will? Guess not. Oh wait, god doesn't exist.

[brilliant1990]

@refuckulate420 , Yikes.

[KatonNeko]

Amen to that.

[realinterrobang]

@brilliant1990 Being handicapped is NOT ABOUT YOU. We're people too; we don't exist just to teach the "normals" moral lessons. You and everyone else who thinks like you, stop objectifying handicapped people.

Personally, I don't believe in gods and I don't think there's any reason why any of us are here, but even if you DO believe in the Great Sky Fairy, handicapped people are STILL NOT ABOUT YOU. Learn it.

[HelluvaBadShot]

@realinterrobang that is true, but the world DOES revolve around me

[brilliant1990]

@realinterrobang, Ah I that your confusing what I am saying, but if not have a good day:)

[AFGSANFORD2]

This is a great episode showing just how good mentally challenged people can be good productive citizens. Way to go Eric!

[sketchyinc]

The young man with down syndrom is smarter than this bull headed man!

I hate stuburn people.

[sketchyinc]

I don't know why the bee sting victim was trying to be macho and not admit that he needs help.

[NDW85]

Well, maybe Gene had been stung by different types of bees before in the past and had never had a reaction before. It's just a hunch, you know.

[FaRtBoMb42]

these are the srories that just make you want to smile.

[motown505]

he should have listened to his younger brother he was making smart decsisions

[oakberry61woohalol]

I hate bees but they are very clever insects.

[catloverKD]

There are only 2 things about this segment that bug me one is that the doctors called Eric a mongoloid and that it took them 24 hours to diagnose him. and the other is the denial, if he knew he needed to go to the hospital he should've just gone

[Emorkia]

sadly, mongoloid was the acceptable term in the fifties.

[MomentOfReason]

How awesome is that, that the boy with Down's sydrome was able to take charge like that?

[DorvellTStewart]

Even more than "Blind Hero" from episode 117!

[BrendanIsCool]

who else thought in the beginning that the episode would be about the gentleman with down's syndrome whacking the other guy with a plank of wood?

[GoScotz]

special olympics are awsome ppl

[anamallover]

I HATE BEES LOL

[happy7117]

How about the guy cutting that feild who gets covered with bees----literaly covered--like a horror movie.

And when he gets to the hospital they show him with bees in his nose and mouth!!

The doctors lift off his shirt and there are bees that fly around the ER room!!

I kid you not.. Charles Day, and the guy cutting the field were horror stories seriously!

[DorvellTStewart]

Amen!

[DorvellTStewart]

God Bless you Erik! Well done!

[davinp]

Their is another Down Syndrome segement: #601 Down Syndrome Teenager saves his choking father

ABC Family airs a show called The Secret Life of the American Teenager which features a guy with down syndrome

[happy7117]

Yep. His name is Brad. I sort of know what happens in the segment, but I don't want to spoil it for anyone who wants to see it.

[Rescue911Trooper]

Gene is police officer?

[Jerkerd]

That's right! Even 'diffrent' people have the capabilities to do good things! I wanna see more clips like this!

[happy7117]

Did anyone else find the sound Erick makes at :31 unintentionaly funny? I find myself replaying that sound he makes over and over.

[happy7117]

One thing that bothers me is when the mother or grandma says in the beginning that those with Down's Syndrome never see the bad side of people--they only see the good side of people.

That's a great way to think, but it sort of bothers me too.

If your never to see the bad side of people, or look for nothing but positives in others, one might be easily taken advantage of.

[KatieJean1985]

I've heard that about people with Down's Syndrom too. It'd be nice if more people were like that but I agree, it sets you up to a degree to be taken advantage of.

[happy7117]

I mean it's like if a stranger offers a child with Down's a ride home home because he is being nice, a Down's child might say yes.

A Down's person might not see a stranger as a bad person or suspicious person.

[happy7117]

Episode 620: Segment 3 is the one that I'm looking for.

You can see a preview of it after Episode 620 segment 2 dealing with the whales.

[travelplus1]

Interesting

[happy7117]

The only bee segments we have left to see that are not on here are:

1) The man on the tractor that gets covered with bees.

2)The man who gets stung by a hornet--he sits down to rest in the house under a lamp, and the hornet falls in his shirt on his neck-not pretty.

Season 6 ep. that was.

[GarfieldVsSnoopy]

I wonder if Corky ever saw this.

[happy7117]

Good point!!! Chris Burke who plays Corky is the only actor I can think of who could have played Eric in this segment.

Chris could have also maybe played Brad in the segment where Brad saves his dad from choking.

[happy7117]

Hate to sound sort of rude here, but was anyone else find it hard to understand Eric some of the time??

But darn, it goes to show anyone with any sort of disability can save a life.

[Serostern]

I've got a cousin with Downs, they often have problems with the speach...

[happy7117]

And Chris Burke who plays "Corky" in the series "Life Goes On" has Down's as well.

He has trouble's with speech too.

A great show some might want to watch. The 1st season of L.G.O is out now.

[gregorkrause]

this resembles #205, anyone agree?

[happy7117]

Is that the one will Bill Kilgor missing the football??

It could also resemble the nasty reaction the man gets after being bit by the hornat--a season 6 episode I think.

[gregorkrause]

yeah.

[happy7117]

I think the family comes in from being outside, and the hornet flies in too...all I know is the man gets stung on the neck when the hornet sort of flies or falls into the collar of his shirt after he sits down.

God, I want to see that segment so bad.

[DorvellTStewart]

You're thinking of a different segment. I think the one with the hornet is from episode 620. Bill gets stung by a sworm of yellowjackets and has a reaction to the stings.

[happy7117]

The hornet is 620 like you and I said--Bill had the reaction to yellow jackets...the guy in 620 has the reaction to a hornet sting.

Bill got stung by many yellow jackets

This other guy gets stung by a hornet....the hornet flies over to the lamp and sort of drops under his shirt while he's sitting down resting--and bam--the neck....

All that's available is the preview at the end of the alaskan whale save.

His blind son says "I'm scared daddy"

[DorvellTStewart]

As a sidenote, I'd like to see that segment from 620 myself!

[happy7117]

Me too!! The suspene is killing me--and so would the hornet if it stung me on the neck.

I am allergic to bees..I am not sure what kinds--either wasps or hornets--

I have not gone stung in years.

I always need to carrie a bee-stink-eppin-efrin kit when I'm outside in case I get stung.

I bet Bill and the guy who gets stung by the hornet have to carry an epeinefrin bee kit.

[gregorkrause]

if he has down syndrome how would he volunteer for a fire dept he couldn't fight a fire at the end he washes the firetrucks maybe?

[gregorkrause]

the stories that seem inspirational to me are these kinds where disabled people help in an emergency take for example bobby from "penny choke"

[happy7117]

Or Kenny with ADD who stops the school bus when the driver Don Sneider collapses.

Almost identical to the segment with Lenny saving Ms Blackman!

Kenny, Lenny, they both rhyme and they both saved the school bus and their drivers!

Weird coincidence.

Hey, we can't forget Brad, the other guy with Down's who saves his dad from choking.

Another early ep in Season 6

[Serostern]

Isnt there another downs dude that saves his little brother (like age 5) from choking?

[happy7117]

That would be Penny Choke that is on here already. He doesn't have Down's though, but he seems to be mildly retarded.

Sure doesn't act it though--the guys is very, very smart.

[DorvellTStewart]

Speaking of rescue 911 segments where those with certain disabilities have saved lives, don't forget about Felix Bannon from 117! Blind Hero is the segment!

[happy7117]

And Kenny Perone with ADD who stops the school bus.

And the other kid with ADD who needs to bring the hot air balloon down on his own.

[DorvellTStewart]

YepYep! Those too!

[molly1002]

I've never seen anything like this! it's amazing!!!!!

[happy7117]

There is also another episode dealing with Down Syndrome also.

A guy named Brad with Down's Syndrome saves his father from choking at dinner.

[PredatorBrendan]

Whoa, this is something I don't think I seen before. This is quite a episode. Thanks.

[default9350]

Thanks for uploading this!

[HarryPlayer]

Awesome parents and he had an awesome brother in Eric.

[KandiLynn0707]

Awesome, thanks Zach!