UPDATE: American Red Cross Honors Local Teen For Saving His Grandmother's Life -03/05/24

Tayen Landers will receive the Red Cross Certificate of Extraordinary Personal Action for using training skills to save a life. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

(PORTLAND, Ore. March 5, 2024)

“Something is wrong with Grandma.”  That’s how it all started for 16-year-old Tayen Landers. His grandmother was driving near a busy intersection in Medford when she started to look dazed and then she passed out. Tayen managed to put his foot on the brake and stop the car before it went into the intersection. He had other drivers call 911. Then, as cars were honking and passing him, he got his grandmother out and onto the street. He gave her CPR, keeping her alive until paramedics arrived. Tayen has received praise from the entire community who are so impressed by his quick thinking and composure during such a frightening time.

Read more about his amazing story here.  

For this heroic and lifesaving action, Tayen will receive the Red Cross Certificate of Extraordinary Personal Action in a ceremony at the Rogue Credit Union. Come see how Tayen and his grandmother are doing since that fateful day last November.

Please join us as we honor this local hero in front of his family, friends, and city leaders.  Refreshments will be provided.

WHAT:  Red Cross Life Saving Presentation for Tayen Landers

WHERE: Rogue Credit Union Support Services Building. 2125 S Pacific Hwy, Medford, OR 97501

WHEN: March 6, 2024, 6pm-7:30pm. 

Red Cross training gives people the knowledge and skills to act in an emergency and save a life. A variety of online, blended (online and in-person skills session) and classroom courses are available at redcross.org/takeaclass. If you or someone you know has used skills and knowledge learned in an American Red Cross Training Services course to help save or sustain the life of another individual, visit LifesavingAwards.org to nominate, recognize, or be inspired.

This event is part of our celebration of Red Cross Month in March. Join the celebration by visiting redcross.org to make a financial donation, give blood or platelets, become a volunteer or take a lifesaving skills course. Those who donate at redcross.org/givingday on March 27 will be part of the 10th annual Red Cross Giving Day, which aims to rally 30,000 supporters nationwide to help provide shelter, food, relief items, emotional support and other assistance for people affected by disasters big and small. 

About the American Red Cross:

The American Red Cross shelters, feeds, and provides comfort to victims of disasters; supplies about 40% of the nation’s blood, including 65 hospitals in the Northwest; teaches skills that save lives; distributes international humanitarian aid; and supports veterans, military members, and their families. The Red Cross is a nonprofit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to deliver its mission. For more information, please visit www.redcross.org or www.CruzRojaAmericana.org or follow us on social media. 

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