Firehouse News
TUESDAY OCT. 26, 2010( SPECIAL THANKS TO THE POTTSTOWN MERCURY FOR THE COVERAGE)
POTTSTOWN — Thanks to the Pottstown Phillies Fire Company, 9 year old Jaden
Brown has himself a brand new bicycle, along with a bike helmet and sturdy
trusty bike lock.
Jaden, whose bicycle was stolen from the back porch of his house recently,
received a huge surprise Monday evening when the Phillies Fire Company fire
truck came riding down Myrtle Street.
Obviously surprised, Brown began running towards his house and was met by his
mother, Jennifer Stitt.
“Did you call 911,” Stitt said to Jaden, to which he replied, “No.”
When Jaden appeared to be upset over seeing the fire engine, these Phillies
didn’t disappoint this young boy by presenting him with a brand new green BMX
Chaos bicycle.
“Wow!,” Jaden said upon seeing the bicycle.
Phillies Deputy Fire Chief Chad Quinter, along with firefighters Jeff Levengood,
Brad Fry and Bob Orr, also gave Jaden a new bike helmet and sturdy bike lock as
well.
Jaden, had his left leg amputated at the age of 3 after being born with some
health complications, couldn’t wait to get on his new bike to take it for a
spin.
Several of Jaden’s friends and relatives came out to see what all the excitement
was about, and were congratulating him for his new prize
Stitt said that after everything that has gone on since the incident, she is
relieved for Jaden and herself to have faith in people again.
“I’m very thankful and appreciative,” she said. “He was totally surprised. He’s
a little scared of fire trucks. This restores our faith in people. When he gets
his bike stolen, you wonder about people. Now we see that there are good people
out there.”
Quinter said that the fire company read about Jaden’s plight on the Mercury’s
Facebook page.
“When something like this happens to a kid, it gets us upset,” Quinter said. “We
are always looking to help out a little kid. We went to Walmart and felt this
was a good bike to purchase.”
After testing out his new bike, Jaden said he was very happy and promises to use
his new bike lock.
“I’m very happy,” he said. “I really like this bike.” ...........http://www.pottstownmercury.com/articles/2010/10/26/news/doc4cc61cc1ba4aa324600121.txt