By Meera Dolasia on 03/24/2011    Click here for original story and photos

To say that nine-year old Anaiah Rucker is a hero is an understatement, because there are truly no words to describe this young girl, who saved her younger sister from sure death, while putting her own life on the line.

February 4th, 2011 began as a typical morning in the Rucker household. After breakfast, Anaiah and her five year-old sister Camry, left for the school bus stop, situated across their house, while their mother watched from the balcony.

It was raining heavily, so both girls had their hoodies on, which is probably the reason they did not notice a truck that was approaching, as they tried to run across the road.

By the time Anaiah saw it from the corner of her eye, it was too late to prevent an impact – However, it was not too late to save her sister from fatal injury. Without giving it a second thought, Anaiah pulled Camry out of harm’s way, and ended up bearing the entire brunt of the impact herself.

The nine-year old collapsed on the ground and stopped breathing for a few minutes. Fortunately, Loretta Berriman, a school bus driver who had watched the horrifying event as it unfolded, ran to her rescue and performed CPR, until she felt a heart beat.

The two sisters were rushed to the hospital, where young Camry was declared free from major injury. Anaiah, on the other hand, had broken both her legs, fractured her neck, damaged her spleen and destroyed a kidney.

Surgeons worked for over ten hours to save the big-hearted girl’s life, and while they were able to repair her right leg and neck, her left leg was too shattered and had to be amputated the day following her accident. It took a month of rehabilitation before this brave little girl was released from the hospital and brought home to a heroes’ welcome by her schoolmates and other residents of Madison.

Despite her severe injuries, Anaiah doesn’t believe that she did anything heroic, because if she hadn’t taken the hit, her little sister would have probably not survived, which, would have been worse. What an amazing big sister!

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So. I have WordPress installed and my first few blog entries done. I will be transferring my images, layouts, and content over to the WordPress version from here on. As I said before, I am probably going to make mistakes along the way, so if I start down some road I shouldn’t be going down or if you have any suggestions, let me know quickly. Explain what your idea is and why I am about to crash into a brick wall! Preferably before I hit the wall.

So, I have my Workpress installed and downloaded a copy to my local computer for backup. I am now going to see about downloading a theme to use as a template. I noticed there are many out there to choose from.

All for now.

Joe

I do not think the fact that we were using GenCart was the problem. I think my lack of basic security awareness was the problem. I will enumerate this things later so that others will not repeat my mistakes.

Anyway, I want to rebuild the website and let you all know what I am doing along the way. I am new to the whole blogging thingy, but as I go along my journey, perhaps you can learn from my mistakes, offer advice, and guide me as I continue on my way.

Joe