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Title: Friends rally to raise money for Georgia Good Samaritan dad who broke his neck trying to save 4-year-old girl from drowning
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URL Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat ... 370176?localLinksEnabled=false
Published: Jun 12, 2013
Author: Philp Caulfield
Post Date: 2013-06-12 22:06:39 by A K A Stone
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Michael Patterson was left paralyzed from the chest down after he dove into a creek to save a little girl from drowning. The brave father doesn’t have health insurance, and the family is reaching out to the public for help with his medical bills. Michael Patterson, 43, was left paralyzed after he dove into a creek in northwest Georgia to save a 4-year-old girl from drowning. Family and friends in northwest Georgia are rallying to raise funds for a young father who was left paralyzed after he dove into a creek to save a 4-year-old girl from drowning. Michael Patterson, 43, broke his neck in three places Saturday after he dove headfirst into a shallow creek in Rockmart to try to save toddler Javea Jones, who had fallen in. Javea's mother, Carlissa Jones, told WSBTV that her daughter was being swept downstream with her head underwater when Patterson, who was with his 9-year-old son, Cole, went in after her. "He jumped in head first, and after I grabbed her, I looked back and he was floating on top of the water," she said. Javea Jones, left, nearly drowned after she was swept down Euharlee Creek on Saturday. Paramedics rushed Patterson to Redmond Regional Medical Center in Rome, where he is in intensive care and paralyzed from the chest down, according to WSBTV. RELATED: WATCH: BABY FALLS ONTO PHILLY TRAIN TRACKS The heroic young dad works in construction and doesn't have health insurance. His family is already suffering under a mountain of medical bills because his father is dying of cancer, according to local reports. A fund has been set up at a local bank, and supporters created a Facebook page to relay updates about Patterson's condition. Carlissa Jones told FOX Atlanta that she believed it was fate that Patterson was there to help save her daughter. "He's a godsend basically. He was there. He was supposed to have been there," she said. Michael Patterson's mother, Vicki Jones, who is not related to the little girl or her mother, told WSBTV, "He said he did … what he hoped anyone else would have done for him."
Poster Comment: Michael Patterson is a true hero. God Bless you Michael.
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