THE GREATEST CATCH
New Haven, Conn. — Six-year-old Javon Saucier completed the greatest reception of his life during football practice: He caught his 3-year-old neighbor falling from a window. “I knew I could catch him,” Javon said. “People were calling me, `Javon, the hero.'” Brandon Ellison’s mother had told him Thursday evening that he couldn’t go out because no one could watch him. He tried to sneak out through his second-floor window, about fifteen feet off the ground. Javon was playing football in the parking lot below when he saw Brandon squirming to pull himself back on the ledge. When he realized Brandon was stuck, Javon told him to hold on while he went to get Brandon’s mother. But Javon realized he didn’t have time before the boy would fall and shouted, “Let go, I’ll catch you.” Brandon let go and fell into Javon’s arms. Neither boy was injured. From LaGrange Daily News, September 14, 1992, pg. 4
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