St Edmund's College dad Josh Way receives the first Save a Life Award for his actions in March to save a student hit outside the school by a speeding car

The Canberra Times

Mr Way was presented the award from the St John Ambulance by Governor-General Sam Mostyn at a ceremony on Wednesday. It recognised his quick-thinking actions which saved the life of a St Eddie's student hit by a car outside the school in March. Even as Mr Way rendered assistance to the teenager, he had no idea his own son had also been struck by the car.

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00:00And it gives me great pleasure for Her Excellency to present Mr Way with the St John Save a Life Award.

00:15I wanted to let you know it's been an honour to present that award to you on behalf of St John,

00:20to celebrate your recovery Aaron and Aidan,

00:23and to pay tribute to the fortitude, compassion and courage you show Josh

00:27on that dreadful morning at Ferdinand St Edmunds College.

00:30I know it meant a lot to people of Canberra to see you acting the way you did,

00:34and it means a lot to them and me as a Canberra-born Governor-General and Pryor

00:38to be able to be with you today.

00:40And I hope that this gives you some comfort about what must have been a terribly traumatic event today.

00:45I hope this is a place of peace and calm where we can welcome you and enjoy the afternoon

00:51and get to know you all a little better.

00:53Do you want to get the award Josh?

00:55I'm...honoured.

00:59It must feel quite surreal after what you went through to be here just a few months later.

01:04Yeah.

01:07I think it's all sort of hidden home.

01:09And what do you guys think? You must be proud of your dad?

01:12Yeah.

01:13Yeah.

01:14What do you think, Aidan?

01:16Like, because it's, you know, we were told he saved your life and...

01:20Yeah, I'm very grateful that he was there at the time and saved my life, yeah.

01:24When I read like everybody else did in the Canberra Times about Josh's amazing act,

01:32we also had a paramedic that just said, definitely Josh saved a life.

01:39And I rang our board chair and said, we need to do something.

01:44We worked out the Save a Life Award and there was just simply no question about giving it to Josh

01:52in recognition of somebody having the confidence and the skills and absolutely that quick thinking

02:01to just jump in no matter what and save somebody's life.

02:06Because we all know in a medical emergency, minutes and even seconds count.

02:11And Josh proved that.

02:13And we are so grateful to have him in our community.

02:16And we are so proud of him and the boys.

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