Boy saves mother.

Jeremy Cooper, an eight-year-old third-grader at Ockerman Elementary School in Florence, Kentucky, was home with his mother and younger siblings last December 22 when his mother, Natasha Cooper, suffered a grand mal seizure. Jeremy called his dad at work, and his father told the boy to hang up and dial 911. He did as his father had instructed, and got his mother to sit in an upright position, which was safer for her.

When the Boone County Sheriff's Department car arrived out front, Jeremy ran out and directed Deputy Chris Hall to where his mother was and showed the deputy where his mother's medication was located.

"I really don't want to lose my morn," Jeremy told the deputy.

When Jeremy's younger siblings, who are two and five years old, kept coming to see how their mother was, Deputy Hall asked the children to go back to their room and Jeremy took the youngsters back where they would be out of the way.

Jeremy then flagged down the ambulance when it arrived, and afterwards, called his grandparents to come over and help with the children.

Deputy Hall described Jeremy's actions as "truly heroic." He told the Community Press (Cincinnati, Ohio): "Normally, you don't see an eight-year-old that composed in a pressure situation."

On January 4, Jeremy was recognized for his heroic actions by being sworn in as a Boone County Sheriff's Department junior deputy. He was also given a sheriff's coin reserved for deputies who have performed acts of heroism and Colonel Les Hill's special coin for heroism and bravery.

Kentucky State Representative Addia Wuchner presented Jeremy with a Commonwealth Award from the commonwealth's House of Representatives, and Wal-Mart presented him with a new bicycle.