Fortunately for her, four Wright City boys were curious enough to seek out where the cries for help were coming from. The boys, all age 11 and younger, were credited with finding Busby, who suffered a compound fracture to her left arm. They then alerted adults to dial 911. "I want to thank them so much," said Busby, 65, of Wright City. "They materialized out of the fog." Two of the boys, Aaron Craig and Dylan McGhee, are first- and fourth-graders at Wright City Elementary. The other two, Robby Kramer and Dalton Semler, are fifth-graders at Wright City Middle School. "The kids did what they were trained to do and taught to do," said Juanita Deeker, Wright City Elementary principal. Busby, who lives in the Liberty Garden senior housing complex in Wright City, said she was walking from a neighbor's apartment back to her own when she apparently tripped just a few feet from her door on Aug. 25. Most of her weight fell on her left arm, which caused the bone to break through the skin around her wrist. It was then that she started screaming for help. The boys, meanwhile, were playing together after school near the senior housing complex when McGhee thought he heard someone yelling. Soon after, the boys came upon Busby and found the gruesome scene. "Oh my God, this was serious," Kramer recalled. "It was sticking out like crazy. It was really, really bad looking." With blood trickling out of her arm and worried that she might go into shock, Busby didn't know how serious her injury was. Looking back on it now, she's thankful the boys didn't hesitate when they heard her cries. "I'm sure it scared them," Busby said. "I kept on screaming and screaming and it wasn't doing anything." Busby was transported by Warren County Ambulance to St. Joseph Hospital West in Lake St. Louis where she was treated. It was upon her return home when her broken arm took a turn for the worse. By the following morning, Busby was back in the hospital. An infection had set in the wound and she would have to undergo six more surgeries. Busby finally returned to her apartment on Sept. 10 with family and friends helping her get around. Busby said doctors told her the recovery from the incident will take anywhere from two to three months. She is currently hooked up to a machine that cleanses the wound throughout the day and on stronger antibiotics to help stave off the infection. A home health nurse visits her every other day. All four boys said they were not scared by the incident. Kramer stayed to comfort Busby, while Craig, McGhee and Semler went to find an adult to call 911, "I told her a few times to calm down, calm down," Kramer said. "I told her my friends were going to get some help." While the boys have been downplaying their Good Samaritan efforts, they admitted they feel like heroes. "We feel pretty good about ourselves," Kramer said. The boys said they had learned in school to call 911 for emergencies. Ralph Hellebusch, Warren County Ambulance District administrator, said the four boys should be commended for their bravery and awareness to contact emergency personnel. "The boys did what they were taught," Hellebusch said. "Everything went the way it should have. We definitely want to applaud them and encourage other people to get involved. We hope they learned something." Busby, meanwhile, found four youngsters who were her guardian angels on that day. "They were just wonderful," she said. "I appreciate it so much."