An alert teen helps rescue a 103 year old during this past weekend's blizzard.

QUINCY —

An alert Quincy teenager initiated the frantic rescue of his 103-year-old neighbor during the height of this past weekend's blizzard and power outage.

Dylan Hughes was shoveling snow with his father, Joseph Pereira, outside their Penn's Hill home Saturday morning when the 16-year-old thought to check on his neighbor. The city lost electricity Friday night.

In her home, Pereira said his son found the woman "shivering uncontrollably" and possibly in the throes hypothermia. Without working phones, Pereira said he considered running to a nearby fire station for help, but was able to call police from the woman's landline.

Pereria said an ambulance had difficulty making it up a hill to the woman's home, so he and his son began frantically shoveling the driveway to clear a path for EMTs.

"It was like running a marathon, or running a 100 yard dash," he said. "I was out of breath, sweating from head to foot."

After being treated at Quincy Medical Center, the 103-year-old woman is back home recuperating, Pereira said.