A police officer working as a crossing guard in Cecil County that saved a child’s life spoke out Wednesday, along with the child’s family.If you ask Cpl. Annette Goodyear about her actions in the crosswalk last Friday, she’ll tell you it was instinct. Many are calling her actions heroic, including the child she saved from being hit by a car.”At that point, you’re not thinking at all, you’re just reacting,” Goodyear said.The video shows Goodyear giving the OK for North East Middle School student, Violet Watt, to cross the street after telling an oncoming car to stop, but the car plows into the intersection and Goodyear risks her own life to shove the child out of the way to safety.”By the time she was in front of me, I twisted my head a little and I could see the corner of my eye that the car was coming. At that point, it was just blur,” Goodyear said.Days after the incident, Goodyear opened up about the frightening experience.”When I hit the ground, my first instinct was to find Violet, so I lifted my head up and looked around and I saw her standing there. At that point I knew I was, like, ‘OK, now I need to make sure I’m OK,'” she said.Goodyear was taken to the hospital and Watt was sent home unharmed.While Watt was at a loss for words, her aunt told 11 News she’s beyond grateful and didn’t expect all the worldwide attention.”When we got home, we just had a normal relaxing day, it was just a normal day until it blew up on Facebook — yeah until it blew up and then I told Violet, ‘I think this is going to be a bigger deal than we thought,'” said Meagan Watt, Violet’s aunt.Goodyear didn’t expect it either.”I don’t like the attention. I’m not used to it, so I’m a little off-balance here. Anyone can tell you all of this is just not me,” she said.Goodyear has gotten all kinds of national recognition for her heroic acts, including a governor’s citation from Gov. Larry Hogan and citations from state and local government. Video below (Tuesday): Gov. Larry Hogan awards governor’s citation to hero officerIn the end, she said she was just doing her job.”I tell brothers and sisters in blue, firefighters, paramedics, I tell them all when they do a good job that they’re heroes too, I just never expected it to be said to me,” Goodyear said.Goodyear said she’s still a little sore from the incident but is back at work. She said in her almost 15 years as a crossing guard, she’s never seen a car get that close to the crosswalk.
A police officer working as a crossing guard in Cecil County that saved a child’s life spoke out Wednesday, along with the child’s family.
If you ask Cpl. Annette Goodyear about her actions in the crosswalk last Friday, she’ll tell you it was instinct. Many are calling her actions heroic, including the child she saved from being hit by a car.
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“At that point, you’re not thinking at all, you’re just reacting,” Goodyear said.
The video shows Goodyear giving the OK for North East Middle School student, Violet Watt, to cross the street after telling an oncoming car to stop, but the car plows into the intersection and Goodyear risks her own life to shove the child out of the way to safety.
“By the time she was in front of me, I twisted my head a little and I could see the corner of my eye that the car was coming. At that point, it was just blur,” Goodyear said.
Days after the incident, Goodyear opened up about the frightening experience.
“When I hit the ground, my first instinct was to find Violet, so I lifted my head up and looked around and I saw her standing there. At that point I knew I was, like, ‘OK, now I need to make sure I’m OK,'” she said.
Goodyear was taken to the hospital and Watt was sent home unharmed.
While Watt was at a loss for words, her aunt told 11 News she’s beyond grateful and didn’t expect all the worldwide attention.
“When we got home, we just had a normal relaxing day, it was just a normal day until it blew up on Facebook — yeah until it blew up and then I told Violet, ‘I think this is going to be a bigger deal than we thought,'” said Meagan Watt, Violet’s aunt.
Goodyear didn’t expect it either.
“I don’t like the attention. I’m not used to it, so I’m a little off-balance here. Anyone can tell you all of this is just not me,” she said.
Goodyear has gotten all kinds of national recognition for her heroic acts, including a governor’s citation from Gov. Larry Hogan and citations from state and local government.
Video below (Tuesday): Gov. Larry Hogan awards governor’s citation to hero officer
In the end, she said she was just doing her job.
“I tell brothers and sisters in blue, firefighters, paramedics, I tell them all when they do a good job that they’re heroes too, I just never expected it to be said to me,” Goodyear said.
Goodyear said she’s still a little sore from the incident but is back at work. She said in her almost 15 years as a crossing guard, she’s never seen a car get that close to the crosswalk.
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