3-Year-Old Boy 'Saved a Man's Life'

Ethan Sojka, who was dubbed Land of Oz's 'little hero,' ran for his father when he heard a faint cry for help

JERSEY SHORE -- One by one Ethan Sojka took wooden blocks out of a plastic box at Land of Oz Learning Center and started arranging them in a line. With each block he set on the ground, he would walk along them, one foot in front of the other, as though balancing on a tightrope. Ethan is a 3-year-old boy dubbed with the title “Our Little Hero” at the Forked River learning center. Just two weeks ago, Ethan helped save the life of his neighbor. While in his playroom in his Bayville home the morning of Jan. 3, Ethan heard someone calling for help. He told his father Jack Sojka, who couldn’t hear the cry from anywhere but the playroom. Jack Sojka ran outside where he found that his 67-year-old neighbor fell 20 feet from a ladder. “He couldn’t …

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