PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A Philadelphia teenager was praised as a hero on Friday by city first responders and officials for saving a woman’s life.
Last month, 17-year-old Jaheim Warner was walking home after a baseball game at Tacony Academy Charter High School when he saw a white truck slowly rolling down Tulip Street, just blocks away from his school. A woman inside the vehicle was having a seizure.
“I went into action and asked, ‘What can I do?’”
That’s when he started to rummage through trash cans and found a pipe.
“And I banged the window a couple of times until it broke,” he said. Then, he climbed through the tiny window in the back and put the truck in park.
“I told her I was going to stay with her and wasn’t going to leave her until the ambulance came.”
Medics took her to the hospital, where she’s still recovering. Her family visited Warner to thank him for his efforts.
“They gave me a couple of gift cards and a Bryce Harper jersey.” Harper is his favorite Phillies player.
During a school assembly on Friday, police, fire and state representatives gave him certificates of bravery. Next week, he’ll receive another honor: the Citizen First Responder Award for 2026.
Warner welcomes the praise and encourages others to “always do what you think is right in the moment.”