"From the Mother of a 9-Year-Old Monkey": A Special Gift Arrives at the Fire Station

9-year-old boy suffers head injury after falling from a tree

Recovers after emergency treatment and surgery

Visits fire station with family two days after accident

The story of the family of a 9-year-old boy who was injured after falling from a tree near a playground and later gave a handwritten letter and fruit to the paramedics who quickly treated him and took him to the hospital has touched many people.

According to Yonhap News on October 22, 9-year-old A and his family visited Yeompo 119 Safety Center in Buk-gu, Ulsan, at around 2 p.m. on October 20. They brought the paramedics a handwritten letter and a box of fruit to express their gratitude.

A letter and box of fruit delivered to Yeompo 119 Safety Center by a citizen who received help from paramedics. Ulsan Fire Station.

Earlier, on October 18, A fell from a tree while climbing it at an apartment complex playground in Dong-gu, Ulsan. A branch broke, and he fell to the ground, suffering a laceration to his head. Paramedics dispatched after receiving the emergency call treated him at the scene and rushed him to a nearby university hospital.

A underwent surgery at the hospital without complications and has reportedly recovered enough to run and play again. A's mother, who visited the paramedics two days after the accident, recalled the tense situation in a handwritten letter and expressed her gratitude. At the beginning of the letter, she introduced herself as "the mother of a 9-year-old male monkey."

She said she had been extremely shaken when blood poured from her child's head like a fountain, and that the paramedics calmed her down even as she was too distraught to think clearly for fear that something might happen to him. She added, "Thanks to your quick response, my child underwent surgery with no problems with his head and is now happily running and playing again."

A letter and a box of fruit delivered to Yeompo 119 Safety Center by a citizen who received help from paramedics. Ulsan Fire Station.

The letter expressed not only gratitude to the paramedics but also concern about staffing and funding for fire services. The mother referred to recent media coverage of cuts to fire service funding and said she felt frustrated that, as a citizen, there was little she could do in practical terms for the paramedics. She went on to express her thanks again, saying, "I hope you won't forget that there are many people who always support firefighters and paramedics."

The story was all the more meaningful because the child who had received help at the time of the accident visited the center in person with his family to express his thanks. The paramedics were also touched by the family's heartfelt gesture. A center representative said, "We were simply doing what we were supposed to do, so we were deeply moved by their warm gesture," adding, "We will continue to do our best to protect the lives and safety of citizens."

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