Leading Cadet Jordan from Stockport Unit put the first-aid skills he learnt at Sea Cadets to good use by helping out at the scene of a car crash.

The 17-year-old was walking home from work on Friday when the collision happened. After establishing the driver of one of the vehicles had no spinal or back injuries, he helped her out of the car and treated her for shock and a head injury. A 95-year-old woman in one of the other cars was also helped out of her vehicle and treated for shock.

Jordan also spoke to the ambulance service on the phone, answering their questions. He was able to keep the two women calm until paramedics arrived, at which point he was described by one as “today’s hero”.

“I was the only one there who knew what to do, no one else knew how to act,” he said. “It was thanks to Sea Cadets that I was able to help. I have qualifications from my time there, and I was able to keep calm and act when it mattered.

“Everyone I have told has commented on what I did, and my mum was so proud when I told her. But I just did what anyone would, really, although I didn’t realise until a few hours afterwards the scale of it.”