Crews drove over an hour to retrieve the boy's stuffed animal 💗
Authorities say the Stone family was driving home from a family reunion near Ash Fork, Arizona, when their vehicle slid across the highway in a rainstorm and collided with a semi-truck.“I told him you have to be tough. We got to get you out of here,” said Tracy Zinn, a Kaibab Estates West volunteer firefighter.“The car was so crushed that the little boy was in the front seat window,” he said.Five days later, the team got another call for help.
“I remembered seeing something blue on the hill that day. I didn’t realize it was a Cookie Monster toy,” Zinn said.“We returned and walked down the freeway until we found the spot. We came up on a mission to rescue Cookie Monster. That was the day’s goal,” said Jessica Puisis, a Kaibab Estates West volunteer firefighter.The team said they spotted the boy’s stuffed animal, but it needed some first aid.
“I scrubbed him up as best I could in the sink and rinsed him until he was as blue as he was going to be,” Puisis said.“We didn’t have time to dry him because we knew it was going to be late. So, Tracy [Zinn] held him out the window of the truck, driving him the entire hour and 15-minute drive,” Puisis said.“It was so important to Alex to have Cookie. He just loved him, and to see them return, I will never forget it,” Mason said.
Hospital staff said Alex is expected to fully recover from his injuries, while his grandmother said he is holding on to Cookie and memories of his family.campaign for Alex and his grandmother, who is now the boy’s primary caregiver. Alex’s grandmother said he thanked the firefighters for helping rescue him and Cookie and wants to see them again.
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