Hero Parrot Saves Toddler -

Animal rescue is usually the dogs’ domain. We’ve honored plenty of pups who have saved people from fire, shielded their owners from fatal frigid weather or helped drowning swimmers to safety.

But this time the canines can step aside. It’s a parrot who saved the day.

I’m amazed at Willie the Parrot’s ability to recognize that the little girl was choking and alert the babysitter to help.

Being a Denver resident, Willie was honored as a hero at the Mile High Chapter‘s Breakfast of Champions. (Yes, that’s a real photo of Willie above, sitting at the breakfast table. Cute, eh?) But of course the other hero was the babysitter who knew how to administer abdominal thrusts. (And now, I present you the requisite links to both babysitter training and child/infant CPR courses. Hint, hint.)