17-05-2025
Lee's Summit teen earns Silver Valor Award after saving mans life
LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. — An act of heroism earns a Lee's Summit teen a Silver Valor Award. She's a cadet with the JROTC program at Lee's Summit High School.
We're told his young hero's natural skill and training gave her the confidence to help save a life.
A student who is part of the JROTC program at Lee's Summit High School put that training into action. First responders told her she may have saved a man's life.
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'He came back a couple days later and said, 'You're my angel,'' Lt. Col. Brian Zoellner said.
He is a proud teacher. Last week, Zoellner presented Daiya Brock with a Silver Valor a prestigious honor in JROTC for an act of heroism.
'This is pretty much everything that I have worked my years up to,' Brock said.
Joining as a freshman, Brock is now a Cadet Lt. Col. in the program. In February, the teen used that training when a man walked into her place of work, trailing blood.
Brock's co-worker at Habaneros spotted the blood first.
'She seen it and she said, 'Hey, you're bleeding.' She didn't know what to do, and my first instinct was, 'Hey, I'm going to need you to sit down, like, take pressure off of it,'' Brock said.
Brock did not hesitate; she called for towels and told someone to phone 911. She applied a tourniquet and pressure on the man's leg to stop the bleeding.
'As soon as I lifted up those tights, it like all came down. So, I put my hand over it and I was like, 'Hey, I need a towel. And people to get away,'' Brock said.
'I had to kneel in his blood for like 20 minutes straight.'
The district said paramedics later told Brock her quick response may have saved the man's life.
'They said he hit an artery right there on the shin and that could've been a horrible night if I wasn't there to help him,' Brock said.
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Zoellner said Brock's focus in chaotic situations stands out, noting it's a positive character trait when lives are on the line.
'A problem arises, everyone else is kind of frozen and she just jumps into action and goes, I've got a solution, let's roll with it,' Zoellner said.
Brock plans to go into the military after graduation next year. She wants to be a K-9 Officer.
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