This week’s Feel-Good Friday is about good neighbors… and finding heroes in the most unlikely of places. During Halloween week in Mechanicville, New York, a quick thinking, 5-year-old boy saved a family from almost certain death:
Friday night began as a typical one for Zach Bashford and his family. Zach was up late playing video games, eventually falling asleep on the couch. Before suddenly, his son Bennett woke him up, and the night became one like no other.
Zach Bradford related their story to Albany’s CBS affiliate, WRGB:
I wake up to him going, “Daddy, daddy, oh no…it’s a fire. Daddy wake up we got to help the people…the house is on fire.”
Bennett, a 5 year old recently diagnosed with autism, sprung his father into action. Zach called the police and began banging on his neighbors door.
Bradford said he went into panic mode as the entire front…
