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Group of teenage boys help collapsed diabetic

Like Fatema, I also spotted an interesting story in the Metro this morning and wanted to forward it here. The mainstream media have been spending quite a lot of their time in recent years highlighting bad press amongst young people within wider society. It’s always good to highlight the good press, which will set to inspire and encourage more people to come out and promote all the positive things the youth bring to the community.

Barry Spilling, 73 from Ipswich has commended a group of brave teenagers who came to his aid when he collapsed after suffering from a diabetic hypoglycemic attack. His blood sugar had sunk from 8.2 to 2.7.

The four boys from the nearby 4′rce youth training centre, led by 14-year old Charlie Mickleburgh, spotted the struggling man and ran to help him.

“Teenage boys get such a bad press these days that it was lovely to find such helpful, caring young lads.” Mr Spilling praised.

It’s important to understand that when we knowingly or unknowingly demonise a segment of any community, we fuel the engines that cause people to react. To handle that, we should highlight the good things around us and promote them.

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Robi

You can read the full story in The Metro below.

Source – The Metro, 23rd September 2010

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