An act of compassion.

What I am about to write does not do the situation justice but I will make an attempt...

 This afternoon my son's cub scout pack had a show and sale for our annual popcorn fund raiser at Game's Farmer's Market on Harpersville road.  While I was taking my lunch break I was called back to my station.  As I walked up I was asked if I knew CPR.  Stunned, I looked over to see an elderly woman on the ground in a near fetal position.  Beside her with his head next to her’s was one of the scout’s fathers, and another scout parent calling 911 on her cell phone.  I took a moment to study the situation, saw that the woman was breathing and that the father was talking to her.  Realizing that CPS was not necessary but that the lady was in pain because she had tripped and fallen. I walked over to assist, but  my assistance really only amounted to ensuring she did not hit her head on the ground and making sure the boys and other passerby’s stayed clear.  Meanwhile the 911 dispatcher started asking the scout mother a string of questions about the victim, she then handed the phone to the scout father, who then acted as a relay between the injured and the dispatcher.  After the dispatcher hung up, the father then stayed with the woman holding her hand.  As we tried to make her comfortable, he engaged her in conversation.  This helped her take her mind off her pain and pass the time while we waited for the ambulance to arrive.  He then asked her if there was someone he could call for her, which she then asked him to do.  As he was doing so the ambulance arrived and the paramedics took over the situation.  I stayed with them until they had the elderly woman on the gurney, at which point they turned to me and thanked me for helping.  I had to tell them that I really did nothing and that the guy they should thank was the scout’s father.   This they did but at this point he asked the paramedics where they were taking the woman. After they told him, he again called her relative and told them where they were taking her.   I turned to him and said good job!  But of course he shrugged it off as though it was nothing.  While what he did was not life saving or heroic, it was an incredibly powerful act of compassion for a stranger, and I am as glad to have witnessed it as I am to have this man and his son in my pack.