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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
In October 1989 Chris Payne watched and waited helplessly when his younger brother brother Matthew lay in pain after suffering an accident on his four-wheeler.
He had called the rescue squad, but it seemed to take forever for an ambulance to arrive, and he didn’t know what to do to help.
When the ambulance finally arrived it was from the Washington Volunteer Fire Department although the Paynes live about one quarter of a mile from the Sperry-1 ville Rescue Squad building. There weren’t enough trained members of the Sperryville Squad available to make the call, he said.
By spring of 1990 Chris Payne f was running rescue calls with the Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad as a junior member. Now Matthew at 15 is a junior member, and 19year-old Chris Payne is a regular member. He is a sergeant in the squad. Their mother Geraldine Payne, a kindergarten teacher, is also a member of the organization.
Last week Mr. Payne was recognized as one of two winners of the J.C. Penney Golden Rule Youth Volunteer Awards for Northern Virginia for his work with the rescue
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