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Boy meets rescuer
Boy meets lifesaver 13 years after rescue
'Thank God he was there. If he wasn't, I wouldn't be here.'
Oct 5, 2004
Lisa Queen, Staff Writer - More from this author
As Joey Elbaz prepares for his bar mitzvah to celebrate becoming a man, his mother can't help but recall she would have lost her infant son 13 years ago if not for the life-saving heroics of a Vaughan firefighter.
In fact, Barry Gougeon, a 27-year veteran, saved Joey's life twice in one day.
"My husband said a month ago, 'If it wasn't for that firefighter, there wouldn't be a bar mitzvah'," said Carol Elbaz while sitting on the couch beside her son in their Thornhill home last Thursday.
Mr. Gougeon has been invited to Joey's bar mitzvah party being held at the Pickle Barrel in North York next Monday.
"Barry is our hero. I said 'I can't have the bar mitzvah without you'," Ms Elbaz said.
Joey was only two weeks old when he began choking after drinking a bottle Aug. 15, 1991.
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Boy meets lifesaver 13 years after rescue
'Thank God he was there. If he wasn't, I wouldn't be here.'
Oct 5, 2004
Lisa Queen, Staff Writer - More from this author
As Joey Elbaz prepares for his bar mitzvah to celebrate becoming a man, his mother can't help but recall she would have lost her infant son 13 years ago if not for the life-saving heroics of a Vaughan firefighter.
In fact, Barry Gougeon, a 27-year veteran, saved Joey's life twice in one day.
"My husband said a month ago, 'If it wasn't for that firefighter, there wouldn't be a bar mitzvah'," said Carol Elbaz while sitting on the couch beside her son in their Thornhill home last Thursday.
Mr. Gougeon has been invited to Joey's bar mitzvah party being held at the Pickle Barrel in North York next Monday.
"Barry is our hero. I said 'I can't have the bar mitzvah without you'," Ms Elbaz said.
Joey was only two weeks old when he began choking after drinking a bottle Aug. 15, 1991.
Read the rest here