Rapidly tapping the buttons of a games console, Ben Hedger thought he was competing against a lad called Callum — but the truth was far more exciting. When the screen between the two players dropped, nine-year-old Ben was stunned to see singer Liam Payne. The pop star was there to hail Ben for the heroics that he saved his mum’s life. Liam’s other job was to give the lad an invite to the Daily Mirror’s Pride of Britain Awards, in partnership with TSB.
Liam, 26, surprised Ben at a games company where Liam had been invited to test some new games. Ben became a life-saver last December — thanks to skills he learnt gaming. His mum had a epileptic seizure while driving at 65mph and crashed into the central reservation of a dual carriageway. Ben, eight at the time, took off his seat belt, grabbed the wheel and steered safely across the busy road, pulling up on a grass verge and putting the hazard lights on. Ben said, “I love racing games so I knew how to steer.”
Ben’s mother Lauren, 28, was slumped over the wheel and Ben feared she might be dead. He got out and asked a driver who had also stopped, “Please can you save my mummy?” Lauren regained consciousness after about 10 minutes. She was taken to hospital and made a full recovery. She said, “It’s because of Ben that we’re not hurt or dead.” Ben was given a Child of Courage award at the ceremony this week.
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