12-year-old hero

Fabiano saved his dad after falling down a ladder

What a lovely, happy family! Mom Sabrina Vorhauser with husband Michael Maziborsky and Fabiano from Bärnbach(Bild: Christian Jauschowetz)

When "Austria's Heroes and Heroines" is presented on ORF 2 on Monday, Styria will be represented by an outstanding, lively twelve-year-old. Fabiano from Bärnbach saved his father's life after he fell down a ladder. Here he tells his story.

Fabiano still remembers it today as if June 5, 2023 had only been yesterday. He was home from school early, after the fifth lesson instead of the seventh, because music had been canceled. So there he was in the kitchen, heating up garlic soup for himself and his dad, who had come home from police duty. "And all of a sudden I heard this clanging noise in the hallway," says the now twelve-year-old.