REPORTERS NOTEBOOK: 120608 - "Call Mike"

My brother Michael has always been the medical expert in the family.
That’s why he’s currently in his third year at the Penn State-Hershey School of Medicine.
I’ll admit — I knew that Mike would excel in the medical field a long time ago.
When I was a junior in high school, I was having trouble passing health class. Mom had to help me study for a big exam.The questions were so hard, that I threw a temper-tantrum.
I couldn’t even get the easy questions correct.
“Scot,” I recall Mom saying, “if I was choking and couldn’t breathe, who would you call?”
I thought for a moment, before screaming: “MIKE!”
The correct answer was 9-1-1.
But frankly, I’d still call him first.
— Scot A. Pitzer