Mass. boy, 11, honored for saving life of man with dementia

DAYS. A.J. THANK YOU. GLOUCESTER IS HONORING ONE OF ITS OWN FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING. IT’S A REMARKABLE STORY AND THE HERO HERE IS ONLY 11 YEARS OLD. THAT’S MASON. HE WAS PLAYING AT BROWN’S POND EARLIER THIS MONTH WHEN HE HEARD YELLING FOR HELP. HE STARTED LOOKING AROUND AND HE FOUND AN ELDERLY MAN WHO FELL AND WAS BLEEDING. MASON TOLD HIM, WAIT RIGHT THERE. AND HE RAN OFF TO GET HELP. HIS FAMILY FOLLOWED MASON TO THE MAN, WHERE THEY HELPED HIM GET UP AND GET BACK HOME. IT TURNED OUT THE MAN HAD PARKINSON’S AND DEMENTIA AND AND THEY FOUND HIS WIFE WAS OUT LOOKING FOR HIM. SO IT WAS A HAPPY ENDING TO WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH LESS HAPPY STORY. YESTERDAY, MASON RECEIVED A CITATION FROM THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER, AS WELL AS THE STATE HOUSE AND SENATE, FOR