Alexander Taylor, center, shakes hands with a Scout leader as he accepts a Heroism Award during a ceremony April 14 at St. Mark Catholic Church. In July 2023, Taylor, now 11 years old, helped save a woman off a beach in Hawaii after she developed a cramp near an undertow area and couldn't swim. [Photo courtesy of Joshua Green]
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net On a family vacation last July in Hawaii, Alexander Taylor was wading in the shallow waters at Waikiki Beach when he…