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A heart warming tale: heroic 9 year old saves dad, might get a PS3 as reward

Posted Aug 10, 2007 at 12:53PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3 Tags: CNN, Oregon
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PlayStation 3s and trucks go so well together - Image 1 


In Portland, Oregon, a nine year old finds himself in the most unusual role of playing the hero - and this time, it's no game. Little tyke Matty Lovo Jr. was able to take control of a runaway truck when his father, Matt Lovo, conked out cold on the wheel. We're talking a 100,000 pound truck carrying lumber down the road here - definitely not your everyday thing that a nine year old would find himself driving, if at all.

The story goes that Matt had just gone unconscious, and at first, Matty thought his father was faking it. So, he went behind the wheel and tried to wake him up. Upon realizing the danger they were in - at that time, they had already drifted over to the wrong side of the road! - he decided to take matters in his own hands. Heroism is an instinct, even with little kids now. Matty seems to think so.

Kyra Phillips of CNN was able to have a chat with the young hero and his father, recounting how the whole ordeal went about. Matty was able to get the truck back onto the right side of the road and managed to use the C.B. radio to call for help. Luckily, another truck driver was able to give Matty some instructions to turn the key and switch off the engine. Soon enough, the truck coasted over to a stop, where someone was finally able to get the father and son out of the truck.

Here's the interesting bit, though. Part of CNN's segment of the report has Kyra Phillips interviewing the father and son:

Phillips: So, Matty, do you consider yourself a hero?
Matt Lovo, Jr.: Yeah.
Phillips: Yeah? And so now that you're a hero, what's next? What are you going to do?
Matt Lovo, Jr.: I don't know.
Matt Lovo, Sr: He keeps telling me he thinks he needs his PlayStation 3 now for a reward.


And why not? Kids these days grow up so fast. One day they're saving lives, then next they want PS3s.



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# .Guest 2007-08-10 14:20
A much better reward would be a system with good games now.

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# how about thisGuest 2007-08-10 14:39
a console that wont break all the time? and has a small variety of good games.

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# I agree with GW2Guest 2007-08-10 15:01
I think it's still meant to be hard to get a Wii over in America though, so he might have to settle for a 360 instead, or wait a while. Depends where he lives.



Anyway, all fanboy baiting aside, who actually expects a reward for doing something like that? Sure it's nice to be rewarded for stuff you do, but you don't go asking to be rewarded for stuff you have to do. And how is it heart warming when he's being so vain because of it?



Or is asking for rewards just some messed up American thing I don't understand because I'm English?

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# Great Lesson MattGuest 2007-08-10 15:11
Lesson learned, don't drink and drive a truck load of lumber, if you intend to do it, be prepared to have a 9 year old to assist.



The reward should've been a driver license for lil Matty Jr.



And they say GTA teaches kids violence...

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# lolAoxomamoxoA 2007-08-10 15:25
a ps3 would be the *****tiest reward ever.



"thanks for giving me a protein folder"



Daxter has the right idea, give him a console with some good games that he can play now, not in 2009

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# to put it simplyGuest 2007-08-10 15:48
he can

A. get a 360 for good games and the fun of warrenty after warrenty shipping, with his parents commiting suicide because each time his 360 broke he would cry and b!tch all week.

B. get a ps3 with ok games, enough games on the psn to entertain the adverage 9 year old, ease of mind knowing it wont break as easy. and a more fun control scheme.

C. get a wii that will keep him entertained till he is 13...duh



on a side note, if he does get a 360, it just means more whining kids on GoW and halo...which just raises the majority of 360 gamers lol

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# wowQuixand 2007-08-10 16:50
how pathetic...



Xbots can't take it when they see that some people does want the PS3 over their precious 360...



what a bunch of losers!!!



as far as i'm concerned kids want the most expensive toys and that's that.

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# :DGuest 2007-08-10 17:25
I found that quite funny, actually.

Remember guys, facts are the 5hit of opinions.

Also, stop trying to pull down other consoles, you're the genius on the computer reading forums instead of playing on the money you wasted on a console. kthxbai.

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# LOLGuest 2007-08-10 17:26
The boy is truly a hero and we should all congratulate him, particularly for his choice of console ;)

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# ...souleater 2007-08-10 17:43
he should get a wii it is the best of the consoles.

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# 666Guest 2007-08-10 18:09
That kid is smart for wanting a future proof console and not something that breaks all the time and with only one decent game(Gears of War).

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# Smart Choice KiddoGuest 2007-08-10 18:42
At least he knows exactly what he wants

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# What does this have to do with games?Guest 2007-08-10 21:28
This article was pointless. Its great that the kid did something remarkable and saved his dad. We are here to know about games not this. There are local channels I can watch.

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# hey heyGuest 2007-08-10 22:48
Cute story.

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# HA!AoxomamoxoA 2007-08-10 22:48
no.

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# oh look at me, im the antichrist!! 666AoxomamoxoA 2007-08-10 22:54
Exactly! He should get a console that will only serve as an expensive movie player until 2009 with ZERO decent games instead.



lol, future proof? is that what sony told you? god, you idiots will believe whatever sony says. merr, next gen starts when we say it does! lol, if next gen was defined by sony then why are most of its games just 360 ports?



"you pay extra money to adopt our brand new format and we will give you ports of a better gaming console so you wont notice that all we want to do is win the format war. oh yeah, play b3yond, yada yada"

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# The comments are more pointless than the storyGuest 2007-08-10 23:09
Same old stupid fanboyisms.

Get lives.

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# luvin itGuest 2007-08-10 23:36
oh look at me im a gay *****er who shuvs my 360 controller up my ass thinking of bill gates having butt secks with me!

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# yada yadaGuest 2007-08-10 23:38
mmmmmm bill gates yada yada yada *drools*











take that *****tard

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# he wantsGuest 2007-08-11 00:54
a ps3 not a pile of *****.

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# qwertyGuest 2007-08-11 01:07
PS3 IS THE BEST!!! PS3 KILL ALL!!!

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# He's 9 years oldGuest 2007-08-11 02:25
Excuse him for not being humble, but he's only 9 years old.

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# ummGuest 2007-08-11 02:33
where did it say he was drink driving

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# oh no!! anything but impersonations! !AoxomamoxoA 2007-08-11 03:17
oh no! you sure taught me a lesson!! its too bad that the only people dumb enough to fall for someone posting under my name with (unregistered) next to it are your fellow ps3 r-tards. the laughs on you.



oh yeah, 360 FTW!!!!

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# AoxomamoxoA...Guest 2007-08-11 05:42
"lol, future proof? is that what sony told you? god, you idiots will believe whatever sony says. merr, next gen starts when we say it does!" And you will believe anything Microsoft says?



Grow up, you're 22 already. Get a life and stop making these biased comments...

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# oh, you silly kid!AoxomamoxoA 2007-08-11 06:20
actually, if i thought of bill gates while shoving a controller up my ass i wouldnt be gay. i would have to be fantasizing about, i dunno, cameron diaz or something for it to be concidered gay. even then, it wouldnt be gay, it would be lesbian, and im fine with that.

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# who's pretending AoxomamoxoA?Guest 2007-08-11 07:29
we all know youre a twa4t!!!



i dunno what it is about u 360 lot!!

i can't understand why you would want to come on to the ps3 site and cause contraversy because you don't like our choice in consoles!! i mean you guys must have a brain mentality of an 8 yr old to come on and go "ps3 sucks" or ps3 has no good games" you guys you have one little problem though!!!!



we dont care what u think



back to you, "fookers"!!!!!

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# this kids a loserGuest 2007-08-11 07:36
hes not even a *****ing hero hes a little *****ing brat i want a reward for doing basicly nothing

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# ^^so ur just one of those...Guest 2007-08-11 08:10
FAT and UGLY *****es who will never get laid and spend ur entire life being grumpy cause of that... go play with that dildo u call a controller and leave the ps3 alone

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# ^ EXACTLY!Guest 2007-08-11 08:13
I'm so tired of seeing these xbots on the ps3 forums... I dunno why they are here... maybe cause the 360 site gets 10 jumps per month...

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# lmaoGuest 2007-08-11 08:24
that was a good one Daxter

i would still get a ps3 for all the other cool features

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# wha?Guest 2007-08-11 08:36
He's a truck driver and a paid professional. He wasn't drinking and driving!



He obviously ran out of meth and fell into a deep sleep after being awake for 40 hours.

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# i dont get it?Guest 2007-08-11 09:24
somthing like this happens, which almost could have killed two people and all you lot care about is fighting like nerds calling eachother fanboys (a nerd insult). what ever console he wants, its up to him, not you lot!

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# trueGuest 2007-08-11 09:26
i agree, what about all the fire fighters, Doctors and nurses out there saving lives, dont they get some kind of "reward" except from their wages, which isn't even a reward!

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# lol Aoxoxomofona2rul 2007-08-11 10:16
and ports from the 360 is stil better than PS2 ports that u were treated with lmfao

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# Aoxomofo is a wot!?na2rul 2007-08-11 10:19
A b.i.a.t.c.h? a fat ugly 1 aaaahhahaha

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# bcozna2rul 2007-08-11 10:22
nothin new is around. demand is goin down the drain. its going to b another dreamcast.

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# ....Guest 2007-08-11 11:19
saudemy

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# omg the Wii??Guest 2007-08-11 12:36
nintendo is the reason why parents think games are for little kids.

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# ..Guest 2007-08-11 13:55
Yeah I agree ps3 does suck

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# Ps3 is winningGuest 2007-08-11 14:33
its winning as the wii cant do anything but yawn and xbox360 keeps on going for a service and the ps3 is a winner as blu-ray is winning the disc war by millions and wii dont have its own format but it copies psp umd's so nintendo are stealing idea's microsoft and sony are honest and sony does more things than nintendo.



wat does nintendo except from the wee.



Sony makes games consoles tv radio disc's phones computers cameras the list goes on and on and on



Microsoft does the crappy windows vista that wont work right and it still doing better than the wee in income



microsoft and sony win in everyway even if nintendo wins the game war sony wins the rest



Bountyhunter53

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# aAoxomamoxoA 2007-08-11 15:37
actually, im pretty hot. id prove it but then you would just say it wasnt me and i would have to do something crazy like take a pic of myself nude while holding a controller in my hand with games around me or something just for you to believe i am who i am. in all honesty thought, i dont care what you think because you really have no idea who i am. you didnt even know i was a chick, which shows youre just an idiot.



also, its spelled sodomy.

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# BLASPHEMY!!!Guest 2007-08-11 15:41
Don't compare the Xbox to the dreamcast. The dreamcast has more great games than the 360 and it didn't break as often.



The 360 is more like the Jaguar... or 3DO...

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# ...Guest 2007-08-11 15:50
Assmoxa, when are you going to decide which gender you belong to... You're probably one of those overweight nerds on cybersex chatrooms pretending to be a bi-curious 18-year old blonde girl named Sasha and whackin off to some guy tellin you how he's gonna suck your Tits

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# NoGuest 2007-08-11 15:58
No bountyhunter53 no, just go die in a fire.

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# Duplicate Story...Give Credit where Credit is DueGuest 2007-08-11 18:18
Thanks for stealing my news story and not giving me credit. I discovered the small PS3 tidbit (it was briefly mentioned in the 3 o'clock hour of CNN) and turned it into: http://www.gamingtarget.com/article.php?artid+7365



Digg, N4G, Engadget, PS3fanboy, google news, neoGAF forums, game trailer forums and a bunch of other sites and boards ran it, but gave me credit for discovering this easy-to-miss PS3 mention.



I mean... who was watching CNN at 3 PM, heard PS3 talked about for a split second at the end of the interview and decided to write about this non-gaming story, but PS3 the focus. Sure as hell not you.

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# Duplicate Story....Give Credit where Credit is DueGuest 2007-08-11 18:20
Thanks for stealing my news story and not giving me credit. I discovered the small PS3 tidbit (it was briefly mentioned in the 3 o'clock hour of CNN) and turned it into: http://www.gamingtarget.com/article.php?artid=7365



Digg, N4G, Engadget, PS3fanboy, google news, neoGAF forums, game trailer forums and a bunch of other sites and boards ran it, but gave me credit for discovering this easy-to-miss PS3 mention.



I mean... who was watching CNN at 3 PM, heard PS3 talked about for a split second at the end of the interview and decided to write about this non-gaming story, but PS3 the focus. Sure as hell not you.

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# Bounty53,Good God you're offGuest 2007-08-11 19:12
Directly from VG Chartz:



Xbox360: 10.32 Mil

Wii: 10.10 Mil

PS3: 4.11 Mil

DS: 46.83 Mil

PSP: 22.37 Mil

As you can see,the PS3 is in ABSOLUTE last place,behind everything else.



To be relevant,the kid probably just hasn't been able to read about the problems/lack of good games,so he naturally goes with the one that's the most expensive/looks the best.Besides,at 9 years old,most kids seem to not be able to tell when a game is bad unless it's horrendous.(e.g. Big Rigs Over the Road Racing)

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# lol yeahAoxomamoxoA 2007-08-11 19:28
ps3 is total garbage. it isnt even in double digits!! ROFLLLLL!!!!

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# totally wrongGuest 2007-08-11 19:33
bountyhunter53 doesn't know what he is talking about.



Nintendo was only concentrating on games to begin with. They say so all the time. They're not concentrating on other things like Microsoft and Sony. They do add some smaller features like a weather channel and news channel to make it a little more like a centralized tool, but they just want people to play games and get some practical use out of their console once in a while.



The Wii can't do anything but yawn? Ok. So the millions of people who purchased one to make it the #1 selling console (not talking about handhelds) so far in this next-gen era are wrong? True, they may lose ground in the future, but you have no basis to make these claims now. And copying PSP's umd? First of all, Nintendo has been using their own formats for forever. Cartridges have always been their format, and then they switched to their own CD format on the Gamecube, before the PSP. So please get your facts straight. (Dreamcast did it too)



And then you compare Microsoft's income (talking about Windows Vista?) to the income Nintendo gets from the Wii? Wow. Microsoft's install base is way greater than anyone's because of the PC market. You can't compare that to video game consoles.



Each company is trying to do their own thing. (Although it looks like Microsoft and Sony are trying to compete.)



So please, bountyhunter53, do some research before you make baseless claims.

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# yoGuest 2007-08-11 19:34
***** u ps3 is ill

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# freaksGuest 2007-08-11 22:42
you must have nothing better to do in your sad lives, than go on here argue about games consoles.

you *****in geeky nerds get a *****in life u weidos!

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# Wow,really insultingGuest 2007-08-11 23:37
If you find this conversation to be so bad,then why did you waste your own time posting here?

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# Dude just wait for the 2nd price cut wen it goes to £325Guest 2007-08-12 01:17
People will be out dere waiting i myself know people who have the wee but didnt like it so moved on the ps3 which they liked even for the extremely high price. This is like history repeating it self u know what happened with the ps2 when high price put everyone off then when it had a price cut the ps2 when off like a rocket aiming for the stars and ps2 is still selling right now. This is whats going to happen with the PS3 it always happens with all of their consoles.



So you lot read up.



And the claim i made earlier wasnt not me as my cousin thought it was fun messing my reputation so i am sorry.



Bountyhunter

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# i am not against weeGuest 2007-08-12 01:31
Its just that the wee has just got a head start from its low price out of all the consoles and some people havent even bought any because they're waiting for the main priice cut for the PS3 so counting the whole world the ps3 might just win by 20mil if its the whole world. People all over the world are waiting for the main price cut and you could see this from the huge amount of people that havent bought anything. I myself bought a Rear-Projection Sony Bravia 50" Television Which is HD-Ready and fully compatible with the PS3 and the Xbox360 Which does really keep in going in for a service every now and then.



P.S I did rerlly buy the Bravia Which cost me £1500 with a Surround System.



Bountyhunter53

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# NoGuest 2007-08-12 04:13
Once again no bountyhunter53, stop posting and die in a fire! How many times do I have to say it.

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# ?Guest 2007-08-12 04:17
because you are all losers with no life apart from video games. and i bet you all like playin nerd games like heavenly sword, lair, assasins crrd and world of war craft!!!! twit!

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# wtfGuest 2007-08-12 08:05
5-6 hundred dollar hardware for a 9 year old... trippin!

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# discussionGuest 2007-08-12 18:32
No one is denying that the Wii's lower price is a major part of its selling point. However, you must realize that this is what Nintendo was aiming for from the beginning. They could have put out a power house system like the Microsoft and Sony, but they chose to move in a different direction.



I have no doubt that the PS3 will pick up in sales once a price cut and more games begin to appear. They won't however, be able to match the other consoles, mainly because of the cost of manufacturing. Their complex machine's price can only be lowered to a certain point before they begin to take huge losses (bigger than when they did it for the PS2).



I own all 3 systems, and I use each one for different reasons. I say, to each his own, and let it be at that.

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# ...Guest 2007-08-18 19:35
this nine year old has good taste lol. Man if that happened to me i would get a cheese sandwich or something as a reward. nope, i have a small after-school job and i bought my ps3 all by myself. Shows you gotta buy your own crap in life.

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# yehGuest 2007-09-08 04:34
agreed

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