Cub Scout saves his dad’s life

by ian rollins
albany democrat-herald

As a Cub Scout, Chase Devaney learned not to panic in an emergency.

That training came in handy Dec. 26, when his dad, Shannon Devaney, was having a massive heart attack in Stayton. Chase, 10, simply called his mom, Teresa Devaney, and she called 911.

“Chase was calm the whole time,” Shannon, 39, said last week at his Albany home.

“It was kind of scary at first,” Chase recalled. “After we went to the hospital to see him, I knew he’d be all right. But I was still scared.”

Read the rest of the story at the Albany Democrat-Herald.