Sillect Community School student Jeffrey Reed admits he made a mistake a year ago for which he was expelled from Liberty High School in Bakersfield. A year later, besides turning his scholastic life around, Reed is being hailed as a hero in two cities for an act of selfless courage. The weekend before school started in Kern County, Reed and friend Bryce Mosley rescued an elderly couple from a burning house, while vacationing with a relative in Shell Beach. Mosley's grandmother saw smoke pouring out of Norma and Alfred Mannon's home and yelled out. The boys ran outside, saw what was happening and acted. Processing and reacting to several critical events happening all at once, Reed had to make many split second decisions. "We didn't have to think about it," Reed said. "We knew someone was in danger and that we had to help. I think that instinct came from what my parents taught me about helping people. We rushed in. My only thought was I need to get these people and myself out safely." More