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A True Guardian Angel: How Aldine TE Jayden Payne's quick thinking saved two lives
Aldine High School football player Jayden Payne saved a mother and her child from a car quickly being submerged by water. He's been praised for his heroic actions by the Houston Texans and quarterback Deshaun Watson.
On a normal fall Thursday, Aldine football player Jayden Payne would be gearing up for Friday’s opponent. But on September 19, 2019, Payne had no time to prepare for something that would forever change his life – and forever save two more.
Payne had recently been picked up from school and was waiting in the Aldi’s parking lot near campus when he heard a sudden scream from his mother. She, Jayden and Jayden’s brother witnessed a SUV drive into a ditch filled with flooded water.
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