Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Calyn Hoad was only seven when he threw himself in front of a four-wheel-drive to save his little brother’s life, suffering massive brain damage.

Doctors were uncertain he would even wake up.

This story originally aired 30 March 2014.

#hero #childhero #bigbrother #braininjuryrehab #braindamage

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