![]() With war declared, hundreds of working-class women flocked to the studio where they were employed to paint watches and military dials with the new element radium, which had been discovered by Marie Curie a little less than 20 years before. She had no idea that her new job would change her life - and workers’ rights - forever. It was four days after the US had joined World War I with two soldier brothers, Grace wanted to do all she could to help the war effort. A GoFundMe posted Tuesday to raise money for Aiden has raised nearly $3 million.On April 10, 1917, an 18-year-old woman named Grace Fryer started work as a dial painter at the United States Radium Corporation (USRC) in Orange, New Jersey. Silva has since spoken to members of Aiden's family, who thanked her for caring for their boy. You accept kindness," she said, "not only because you don't have a choice but because you need it." Silva says this is the moment that community rises to become family. I had to tell him things that weren't true, and decide what was protecting and what was being honest." "Did I help the little boy that lost his parents? And then he asked if we found his parents," Silva said, "I had to do exactly what I did for Aiden. Still, she's left wondering how to answer the questions her 7-year-old is asking. Silva says she is thankful her own children weren't with her Monday morning, and she doesn't know how she would have reacted if they had been. The Rings kept watch over Aiden for hours until he was finally reunited with his grandparents. "I didn't have a car, I didn't have my phone, and I know this kid needs to get out of here." "Logically, I knew my limitations," Silva said. But giving Aiden up felt like giving up control. In her logical mind, Silva says she knows she did the right thing. "All I keep feeling is me passing him on to Greg, and the regret that I have letting him go - that I shouldn't have let him go, that I should have held on to him," Silva said. In the days since, Silva says she can't yet feel the entirety of what happened - just one singular moment. My hands started shaking, and I collected myself and I did what you're not supposed to do with a panic attack - and I did not feel it through," Silva said, "because I knew where it would go." I went behind their car and I could feel the beginning part of a panic attack. That's when she was told he hadn't made it. She brought Aiden back to the parking garage, trying to shield him from the ugliness.Īt one point, she says she asked another couple, Greg and Dana Ring, to watch Aiden so she could check on Kevin McCarthy, Aiden's father. I had to tell him it was fine when it wasn't fine."Īt the time, Silva says she didn't know where Aiden's mother was, or if either parent would make it. "When I first took him and he kept saying, 'Are my mom and dad OK?' I said, 'Everyone's OK.' "Is my momma and dadda coming back?' I said 'Yes, everyone's fine,'" Silva said. They weren't going to the parade - they were heading to breakfast, and were still in the stairwell of the parking garage when the shots rang out. Silva said she was with her boyfriend and her boyfriend's son Monday morning. But she says she's grateful that Aiden is physically OK, and that she was there to play a small role in caring for him in an unthinkable moment. ![]() Lauren Silva said she doesn't feel like a hero, and wishes she could have done more. (CBS) - We heard for the first time Thursday from the woman who helped save a little boy named Aiden McCarthy, who was found trapped under his dad at the Highland Park July 4th Parade.Īiden's mom and dad, Irina and Kevin McCarthy, were both shot and killed in the massacre at the parade.ĬBS 2's Jackie Kostek talked over the phone to the woman who found 2-year-old Aiden, and tried so hard to reunite him with his family. Woman speaks after rescuing 2-year-old boy whose parents were killed in Highland Park parade massacre 03:05
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