OLDTOWN — A 14-year-old Carlisle, Pa., boy is being credited with helping to save the life of a Cumberland man who was stricken while deer hunting Saturday on Warrior Mountain.

Fifty-seven-year-old Dwight Godlove of Bedford Road was hunting deer just before dawn when he became dizzy and began to have chest pains. He was also passing out but was able to yell for help, according to his fiancee, Brenda S. Thomas.

“Dwight was hunting with his brother Harry but they weren’t together at the time. But there was a 14-year-old boy and his father hunting nearby that heard Dwight yelling,” she said.

The youth, later identified as JP Failor, ran to Godlove’s side along with his father, Jamie Failor. Unable to get a cell phone signal, JP then ran about a half-mile to the top of the ridge where he was finally able to dial 911.

The Allegany County 911 center received that call at 7:08 a.m. and alerted Flintstone ambulance to respond to the intersection of Cresap Mill Road and Oliver Beltz Road, according to 911 dispatcher Gerald Cook.

JP then ran to Cresap Mill Road to meet Flintstone ambulance volunteers. Meanwhile Jamie Failor was doing his best to help Dwight.

“Dwight wanted to get out the woods real bad and I tried to help him walk out the road a little ways. We met up with his brother and then waited for the first-responders. Soon one came and JP was carrying his gear. It was a heavy bag. We were pretty far back in the woods, ” said the senior Failor.

District 16 volunteers arrived to provide additional manpower to eventually reach Godlove and then carry him out in a Stokes basket. He was placed in the ambulance at about 9:48 a.m. and arrived at the Western Maryland Regional Medical Center on Willowbrook Road at 10:20 a.m., according to the 911 center.

“Dwight was pretty well hypothermic when he arrived at the hospital. He was cold to the bone and they put him in a bear-hug blanket. He had surgery Saturday. The doctor said if it had not been for JP, he would not have made it off the mountain. Dwight's main artery was blocked 99 percent,” said Thomas. She said Godlove remained as a patient Monday in the regional medical center but was expected to return home in a couple of days.

“JP is a hero. I couldn’t believe a 14-year-old would go to the lengths that he did. As far as Dwight and I are concerned, JP is a hero. This kid is one in a million,” said Thomas.

Jamie Failor wasn't surprised by his son’s selfless actions to help a stranger.

“JP is a very caring boy. He will do anything to help anyone. He definitely pulled through on this one. I am extremely proud of him to run around the mountain the way he did. It was amazing. I knew he could pull it off. He did what he had to do. He didn’t hesitate a bit. He’s a good-hearted kid,” said Failor on Monday a short time after bagging an eight-point buck in Bedford County on Pennsylvania’s opening day of deer firearms season.

Following Saturday’s rescue, Failor and JP continued hunting on Warrior Mountain where Jamie has hunted deer annually for the past eight to nine years. This year was JP’s second trip to the mountain where father and son shot a spike buck about 45 minutes after Godlove was rescued.

Steve Cerioni, captain of the Flintstone ambulance squad, said the response of the ambulance crew and manpower of District 16 was “a shining example of volunteers working together to help save a patient.”

Saturday’s rescue was one of two major incidents that the 911 center coordinated on Maryland’s opening day of firearms season for deer hunting.

A Washington County hunter was found dead Saturday in Green Ridge State Forest by a fellow hunter. The death of Robert S. Miner, 70, was being investigated as an unattended death and no foul play was suspected, according to Maryland Natural Resources Police.

Contact Jeffrey Alderton at jlalderton@times-news.com.