Carbon Monoxide

Blamed For Death

Of Security Guard

Patients Recall Wade Bostwick Fondly

By LIBBY CUDMORE • From The Freeman's Journal & Hometown Oneonta

MILFORD – When Kerry Hall took her son, J.T., then 10, into Bassett Hospital, it was a struggle to get him to communicate with his doctors. "He was scared, he wouldn't let the doctors near him," she said. "He was just sitting in a corner."

But Wade Bostwick, veteran Bassett security guard, knew what to do.

"He came in and sat on the floor with him and asked him about what he liked," the mother said. "He brought him a stuffed animal and a Pepsi, and they chatted about video games and fishing. After Wade was able to bring him out of his shell, he allowed himself to be treated. Wade was a lifesaver.

"We need more people like that," she said.