Mom tracks down climber who helped save son's life at Elora Gorge

Joanne Beckett has been wanting to thank the man who helped save her son's life after he fell at EloraGorge and hit his head on June 30, and a week later finally tracked him down on social media.

She wrote a Facebook post in hopes to find the "guardian angel" who helped her sonZakaria, 10,to thank him.

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"I can never express how grateful our family is to him," she wrote. And the anonymous military medic who performed first aid at the scene has responded.

The accident

Beckett and her family were visiting family atEloraGorge during the Canada Day long weekend.

She and her boyfriend were helping her youngest daughter down the last step of a concrete staircasewhen her son, who wasa few feet in front of them, slipped and hit his head on some rocks.

She told CBC News she didn't see what Zakhad hit his head on,just that he was crawling towardthem.

"His eye was pooled with blood and I actually thought he lost his eye," she said.

"As I ran towardshim, then I saw the gaping wound on his head. I heard him scream, 'Mom, my head!'"

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She stayed calmedandhelped him up the stairs.

A nearby mancalled an ambulance while Beckett'sboyfriend was comforting her daughter.

Once Beckett and Zak were up the stairs, awoman wearingrappellinggear said she had heard the scream and had called a member of theirteam, who was a military medic.

Moments later, the medicquickly assessed Zak and pulled a head bandage out of his first aid kit.

"Zakhad his back on the medic's chest," she said as they waited for the ambulance. "He just talked very soothingly to him."

Zak was taken toGroves Memorial Hospital in Fergus.

Guardian angel reaches out

While waiting for the ambulance on June 30, Beckettsaid she didn't have the chance to talk to the medic and so wrote aFacebook post in hopeof finding him.

"I hadn't thought of social media, but a friend of mine mentioned it," she said.

She was overwhelmed with the number of responses she received. Finally, someone posted a possible email address.

Beckett looked up the name on the email on Facebook, but found that there was no profile picture for her to reference. The only hint she found on the profile was that it said "Canadian Armed Forces."

A few days after Beckett sent the email, a reply came.

The responder confirmed he was the personwho had helped her son. The medic had asked to stay anonymous because he wanted it to be a tribute to medics everywhere, Beckett said.

He continuedby writinga very touching response about how Zak had many guardian angels the day of his injury, she said.

"We just feel blessed and so fortunate to have had him come into our lives and save our family,"said Beckett.