ROANOKE TIMES Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times DATE: Wednesday, September 4, 1996 TAG: 9609040118 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A-1 EDITION: METRO
LENGTH: Short : 24 lines ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO: DON PETERSEN Staff. Woodrow Bryant cradles his grandson,by CNBJoe-Joe Eller, 3, who lost his right foot last month in a lawn mower
accident. Bryant, 76, saved Joe-Joe's life by wrapping the boy's leg
in a tourniquet and holding it above his head to stop the bleeding.
Joe-Joe returned home Saturday and has received a wheelchair, a pair
of crutches, a hospital bed, his first prosthesis and toys as
donations. "He's doing fantastic," Bruce Eller, Joe-Joe's father,
said. In his wheelchair, "he's going for strolls up and down the
road. He thinks it's a race car." color.