Brave toddler faces fears to save great-grandmother after she fell

A three-year-old boy from Colorado had to face his fear of the dark to help his great-grandmother after she fell outside her home.

Bridger Peabody was with Sharon Lewis, whom he affectionately calls 'GG', on the day she tripped and fell after the sun had already set.

Lewis had taken Bridger home to Strasburg, a small town east of Denver, while his older sister was getting treatment at the children's hospital for an injured finger.

Lewis told 9News that she offered to watch him while the rest of his family stayed with his sister.

'We went up through the backyard, a dark backyard,' Lewis said. 'We did really good. And then we got up to the door where I was going to get the keys out. Well, I must have tripped over something just sticking up there.'

She said she hit her head on a large, cement step.

'She had her walker and then she fell on our porch,' Bridger said. 'She bonked her head, and it popped open.'

Blood began pouring out of the wound on her head, dripping down onto her clothes. She didn't pass out, but she realized she didn't have her phone to call for help.

The pair first tried calling out to Lewis' neighbor because they saw her house lights were on.

But when there was no answer, she told Bridger he'd have to go back to her car without her, in the dark, and get her phone.

'He said, 'It's too dark, GG,'' Lewis said. 'I said, 'I know, but you're going to have to be brave. Jesus will help you.''

A home surveillance camera filmed Bridger as he made his way around the house and to the driveway where Lewis' car was.

He could be heard repeatedly mumbling to himself, 'Don't be afraid.'

Once he managed to get the car door open, he quickly found his great-grandmother's phone.

'Yay! I did it!' he said while still inside the vehicle.

Lewis said Bridger successfully brought her the phone, after which she was able to call other family members so they could come to her aid.

She was later taken to UCHealth Anschutz in Aurora, where she was diagnosed with a serious concussion. Doctors put 22 staples on her forehead to close the cut she sustained from the fall.

Lewis said she isn't sure what she would have done if Bridger wasn't there that night.

'He's just a blessing,' Lewis said. 'I call him a hero. He goes, "No. I'm Bridger." He's not quite sure what a hero is, I think, but he definitely is.'