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Mar. 15, 2025

9-Year-Old Boy Has Burns Across 90 Percent of His Body After Philadelphia Plane Crash, His Grandma Says

Philadelphia plane crash, January 2025.Photo:Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty A 9-year-old boy was severely injured after the car he was riding in with his father became engulfed in flames during a recent plane crashin Northeast Philadelphia. In an interview published Tuesday, Feb. 4, Virgen Viera toldCBS News Philadelphiathat her grandson Ramesses has sustained burns on 90% of his body. On Friday, Jan. 31, a small Learjet 55 transporting medical patients crashed near their family’s car as the father and son were driving along Roosevelt Boulevard and Cottman.

Mar. 15, 2025

9-Year-Old Boy Loses Both Parents and Younger Sister as Sole Survivor of Campground Shooting

The Schmidt family.Photo: gofundme.com Three members of the same family have been killed while camping in Iowa. Tyler and Sarah Schmidt, both 42, were shot dead alongside their daughter Lula, 6. Arlo Schmidt, 9, was the only one to survive the attack. The deadly incident took place on Friday, as the Cedar Hills family camped in the park’s campground. “At about 6:23 a.m. this morning, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and DCI were notified of a triple homicide at the Maquoketa Caves State Park campground,” Friday’sstatementfrom the Iowa Department of Public Safety.

Mar. 15, 2025

9-Year-Old Boy Rescued After Being Pinned Under School Bus in Washington State

Photo of fire fighters working under the school bus after the incident.Photo:Vancouver Fire Department Vancouver Fire Department A 9-year-old boy in Vancouver, Washington, was rescued after a terrifying collision caused him to be stuck under a school bus on Tuesday morning. A Vancouver Police Department spokesperson told PEOPLE that the collision occurred when the boy, riding his bicycle behind another individual, collided with the bus at an intersection. “The first bicyclist crossed the road in front of the bus as it was making the turn.

Mar. 15, 2025

9-Year-Old Boy Saves His Friend from Choking at School: 'I Just Did My Thing'

Jayceon Branch and Donye Moore at Raleigh Oak Charter School.Photo:CBS Chicago/YouTube CBS Chicago/YouTube Jayceon Branch was playing basketball with his friend Donye Moore, 7, at Raleigh Oak Charter School when a surveillance video shows the younger boy starting to choke, according toWRAL News. Moore was eating a granola bar and began gasping for air when Branch stepped in to perform the Heimlich maneuver. The outlet’s surveillance footage shows the older boy reaching around the second grader’s body to perform two compressions, allowing him to expel the food and breathe properly.

Mar. 15, 2025

9-Year-Old Gets Trapped Under Large Hay Bale After Chasing Kittens in Barn, Authorities Say

Stacked hay bales.Photo: Getty A 9-year-old girl from Wisconsin was hospitalized after a hay bale fell on top of her, according to authorities. On Wednesday, the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Officeshared in a statementthat the county’s communications center received an emergency call reporting that “a large hay bale” had fallen on a 9-year-old girl in the village of Eden around 2:50 p.m. local time. The hay bale weighed 1,000 lbs.