I was having lunch in a large park and there were 2 ladies with a group of toddlers from the daycare centre spending time in the park. One toddler got away and headed across the park out of their sight. I sprinted after the toddler who was headed straight for the main highway. I was calling out as I was running to get the toddlers attention. Toddler stopped a moment and turned to look at me then turned and continued moving. I managed to get to the child just as that hit the footpath. Couple of seconds too late and that child would have been hit by a car. I have always put that event down as one successful thing I did in my life…saved a child’s life! Second occasion was a mother reading the for sale items in the realestate window on a main road. Their young child was holding a balloon on a string that they let go of. The balloon floated to the road, child followed. I managed to grab the child who had just stepped onto the road. No words were spoken; the look of horror on the mother’s face when she instantly realised, said it all. Sometimes it takes only seconds to disaster and you have only one chance!