Six Year Old Erie Boy Saves Father's Life

Six-year-old Jack Scully is being lauded as a hero after he usedinformation in a Special Agent 911 coloring book to summon help afterhis father, Timothy, fell ill at the family home.

Jack was part of a recent Special Agent 911 presentation at BelleValley Elementary school where the mascot, along with local CellularOne staffers, taught students what to do in an emergency, how and whento dial 911 and offered demonstrations on how to dial 911 on mockwireless telephones.

Since the program was introduced three years ago, Cellular Onesays more than 75,000 students in its nationwide service area havegoing through the training. Each student is given a Special Agent 911coloring book that includes a page for emergency contact telephonenumbers. It was this page Jack used to contact his mother on herCellular One wireless telephone.

"It just goes to show the impact a program like this can have,"said Gina Cunningham, regional marketing manager for Cellular One,who, along with Rena Travis, the area's administrative assistant,conducted the recent program at Belle Valley Elementary. "We are sopleased that Jack, with the help of his twin brother Connor, was ableto remember what he had learned and help his dad in this situation."

And the story does have a happy ending. Though doctors stillaren't sure what caused Timothy Scully's blackout, he is recoveringfrom the cuts and bruises sustained in the event.

The Special Agent 911 program was scheduled through Belle Valley'sSchoolwide Enrichment Program (SWEP). The school honored Jack andConnor Scully and Cellular One at a special ceremony on March 10th.

Cellular One from Dobson Cellular Systems is a leader in wirelesstelecommunication services offering a full array of voice and dataproducts. More information on Cellular One is available atwww.celloneusa.com. More information on Special Agent 911 is availableat www.specialagent911.com.