Willie the hero gets the Red Cross medal

Willie the hero - Image from SkyNews

I guess a lot of us would have forgotten about Willie the parrot. I had written about him last year, about his very brave attempt at saving a toddler’s life. Willie, the Quaker parrot, now has been awarded the local Red Cross chapter’s Animal Lifesaver Award in Denver, Colorado.

Willie’s owner Megan Howard was babysitting little Hannah last year in November. She left the toddler alone for a moment and at the precise point she started choking on her breakfast. Willie’s shrill cries of “Mama, baby,” alerted Howard and she came running to do the needful.

Samantha Kuusk, Hannah’s mother, says that recounting the episode even now brings tears to her eyes. Willie, it seems, will not be forgotten for sometime, at least by her.