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Cadet Airman Allen Ellis with his parents, Robb and Kristen Ellis, and his brothers.
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Cadet Airman Allen Ellis with the Civil Air Patrol Lifesaving Award he received from Maj. Nic Goupil, Seacoast Composite Squadron commander.
Photos by Maj. Penny H. Hardy
Maj. Penny H. Hardy
Public Affairs Officer
Seacoast Composite Squadron
New Hampshire Wing
NEW HAMPSHIRE -- Cadet Airman Allen Ellis of the Seacoast Composite Squadron has been recognized with the Civil Air Patrol Lifesaving Award for having helped save his 3-year-old brother’s life while on a summer camping trip.
Just a few weeks earlier the cadet, son of Robb and Kristen Ellis, had attended the New Hampshire Wing Cadet Summer Encampment, where he learned many first-aid skills – little knowing that he would need to put what he had learned into practice so soon.
His mother, who was carrying a pot of boiling water, told Allen’s younger brother to stay where he was while she carried the container into the family’s camper. Instead, though, the child ran after her, causing her to spill the hot liquid on him.
Allen immediately realized the seriousness of the situation and told his mother to take off the boy’s clothes and pour cool water on him, while having someone called 911.
The youngster was taken to a nearby hospital and later to a Shriners Hospital, as he had suffered second-degree burns over 10 percent of his body.
Thanks to the cadet’s quick actions, his little brother has fully recovered from the injuries.
