I'm happy things turned out the way it did and appreciate that people are thankful, but we were just doing our job.

Once I got to the boy, it's weird, but any feelings of being scared or terrified kind of left me. I felt panicky after I stepped back and the paramedics took over.

I got out of my chair and waded into the water, which was about three feet deep. I rolled him over and he was unconscious, his lips had a purple tint. He wasn't breathing. I picked the boy up in my arms and whistled for assistance.

I was really proud to work there that day.

This is causing considerable dislocation, ... There are a lot of people on fixed incomes. There are a lot of businesses on thin margins that are going to be affected by this.

First of all," he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.