Feb 27, 2008 4:34 pm US/Central
Gov. Schwarzenegger Helps Fainting Boy At Speech
SACRAMENTO (CBS) ―
It was a pretty big deal for the kids at Northwood Elementary School; it's not every day that the governor of California comes by. The kids from the student council gave Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a tour of the campus before assembling out front, where the governor was going to give a speech.
At that point, it was lights out for one of the kids.
If you watch the video, keep your eye on the left side of the screen. One of the students, Theo Scott-Femenella, 12, wavered and passed out, falling to the ground. It didn't take the governor long to realize what happened. He went right over to help.
After a few seconds, the boy was back on his feet with the help of Gov. Schwarzenegger, and was carried by his father to the nurse's office.
"All of a sudden, I wake up and see Patty Smart and Gov. Schwarzenegger helping me up from the ground," Theo said. "That meant, 'Oh no, déjà vu.'"
Theo had fainted once back in the fourth grade, but as a big sixth grader, he never expected it to happen again, certainly not on camera and in front of the governor.
"I'm sure one side of me was thinking, 'Cool, the governor's helping me up,'" Theo said. "But wait, 'I fainted in front of the governor. Oh, no.'"
Back in the nurse's office, Theo got another one-on-one with the governor, who asked him if he was feeling better. At that point, he was feeling fine, but was getting more attention than he ever bargained for.
But it was a good opportunity to talk with the governor about the political issue he's most passionate about. His first words when he woke up: "Darn that global warming."
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