BISB High School Student Honored by Boston Police

BISB high school student Teal Fechtor-Pradines was honored this week by members of the Boston Police Department, recognizing him and three other good Samaritans for the life-saving aid they gave to a gravely injured Boston Common park ranger on October 15.

BISB High School Student Honored by Boston Police BISB high school student Teal Fechtor-Pradines was honored this week by members of the Boston Police Department, recognizing him and three other good Samaritans for the life-saving aid they gave to a gravely injured Boston Common park ranger on October 15. BISB high school student Teal Fechtor-Pradines was honored this week by members of the Boston Police Department, recognizing him and three other good Samaritans for the life-saving aid they gave to a gravely injured Boston Common park ranger on October 15.

The police department ceremony came more than a month after the October 14 incident, in which two Boston Common park rangers were stabbed.

Fechtor-Pradines and a group of other individuals witnesses the stabbing, and immediately rushed to the rangers' sides, holding pressure on their wounds until emergency personnel arrived.

On Monday, Fechtor-Pradines earned a Commendation of Bravery from the Boston Police Department. After the ceremony, the two park rangers- both on their way to a full recovery- thanked Fechtor-Pradines and the other good Samaritans.

"We're very appreciative of all the individuals who helped us," one ranger told the Boston Globe.

Fechtor-Pradines, however, maintains that he was simply doing his duty as a human being, telling the Boston Globe that, "We're all brothers and sisters."

Congratulations to Teal on his incredible act of bravery!

Read the full story on this week's ceremony on the Boston Globe website.

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