c westrich - man, you got that right! Sick of always reading about bad things that kids to their parents. (and vice versa) This story was truly like a breath of fresh air! What a brave and smart kid! Kudos to that little boy! Now, IN COMPARISON................

Anyone remember the story last month about the woman who was held inside her home by a crazy man with a knife pressed against her throat as she read Bible passages to the man?? That woman's son was not brave and he was a 100% complete coward! He was 15 years old, old enough (in my opinion) to do something to help his mother. HE DID NOTHING! He hid in the yard until it was over. Wow, mom must be SOOOOO proud! If I were that kid's father, I would disown him completely!

Mercy Oakdog.....a bit strong there....unless you live it...don't judge! So super happy you aren't my Dad...LOL!

Oakdog,

Not everyone is capable of responding in an emergency. I wouldn't be so hard on that 15 year old boy. He was clearly traumatized and his mother, was thankfully, able to summon help. Unless you have been faced with such a situation, it is impossible to predict ones reaction and response. Perhaps staying out of sight was the best decision at the time. As a person who has dealt with emergencies, whenever we all get to live, it is a victory. Kudos to that little boy and to all who fight for the lives of others. Fight on. xx. YAY FRANKIE!!!

Oakdog, please don't put that older kid down. He very well could have been afraid that if he did something the guy would have slit his mom's throat, which may well have happened. So don't judge people unless you were there.

Wow Oakdog...someone needs a leash...completely wrong in your judgements. Some kids have stood up and been killed for it. I don't wish that on any family. These two situations are different. In one situation it coulda been dangerous for both the child and the mother. In this case the mother was only person in danger....If infact the 15 yr old you refer to had charged in to help or brought cops it could of been fatal for him or his mother. Because moms are naturally protective if he tried to help and the man went after the boy the mom coulda been hurt protecting him. If it were my child i woulda wanted them to run away and get help or hide like he did. I still think he was a good boy and smart as well. And I think you sir are an ass. And if someone was holding you I wouldn't help you either. Good day.

c westrich-1166245 so right! These stories bring tears to my eyes. Tears of happiness that parents out there are raising their kids to be responsible and know how to handle a crisis at such a young age. This boy knew his mother was in trouble and from being raised in a responsible manner, knew he had to dial 911. You could tell how much the mother loves her little boy as she almost choked up in tears telling us about how his eyes lit up when he saw his bike and how he was her little hero in between giving him hugs.

I give my 7 year old son a hug everyday because I love him and I know how soon this age will pass. I call him my 'Little Bear' and sometimes he asks me why I call him that and I just tell him it's because I love you so much.

I don't like to use this language about a 6 year old, but Frankie, you are the f--king man sir! I don't know how to put it any stronger. Just....well done son.

Time to expand the vocabulary, Yucaipa.

I do believe I adequately expressed the depths of my feelings this story engendered in me. I am morose that you found it upsetting but I will endeavor to do better.

Both posts - very well stated Chris ;~))

/bow Sometimes my sarcasm gets a bit carried away.

My thoughts exactly!!

Yeah, me too!

Same here! And I'm so glad he didn't lose his mommy!

Me three.
Especially the part about doing chest compressions. "My mom...my hand's on her heart" That must have been so scary for him and still he had the foresight to try CPR.

Me, four!! God Bless the children!!

Wow, I thought my tear glands were over reacting, I guess not.

As a 38 year old man, it seems my ducts work just fine also. *sniff* *sniff*

Chris

I strongly urge you to GROW UP and learn some manners. Profanity is not allowed on a public message board due to the fact that children of all ages read this material as well as adults.

Susan --- Did you just have some kind of mental seizure or something?? LOL I didn't see any profanity in Chris' post, and he seems grown up enough to me; he was just stating that the story made him, a grown man, cry. Nothing wrong with it, or his manners, but I can't say the same about yours!

"My mom...my hand's on her heart"

Ugh! I have a 9 month old son and, yep, that line made me cry. I'm just fine, but my son has his hand on my heart, too. Not in a creepy way tho.... ;-)

@susan shedlow

Sorry my language offended you Susan, however we have a profanity filter for a reason. As for little kids reading Newsvine, COPPA requires a person to be 12 or older in order to be on here. The average 12 year old has seen much worse, trust me.

Scanning thru your posting history, it's obvious that you derive quite a bit of pleasure by warning people about their language. Let me remind you however, we have forum moderators for a reason. You are not one. So please, when you have issues with another Newsvine user, feel free to report the offending comment and leave your virtual bar of soap at home.

Chris - lots of nosy, self-righteous nobodies here! Let it roll off you!

To the little boy who called 911 and summoned medical assistance for his mother. Congratulations on a job well done.

I strongly urge the volunteers of the EMT squad to take this little boy under their wing so he can grow up to be a paramedic/firefighter.

she went into respiratory arrest from a severe asthma attack

from the story.

Hey Dave--read the article

Dave....read the article (unless the info wasn't there when you read it and it was added in an update! in that case, sorry to castigate you!).

Give Dave a break, he probably just sneezed which made him skip that line. lol

Nah, Dave just got so overwhelmed with happiness, a minor detail slipped past. No worries.

Dave, you didn't read the article, she had an asthma attack

They are not wasting time, they have already alerted crews to head out and confirming the address before they get there saves time. Most times the operators continue talking to the caller until help arrives, so may as well get as many details as possible while help is on the way. Way to be a downer!

I agree. If the address is there then don't bother wasting time with that. However, if it's a cell phone (and I doubt it was in this case, that's a lot of maneuvering for a 6 year old) or something like a Magic Jack then the address won't always show up.

He may have been using his mothers cell phone. A lot of homes don't use home phones any more. Or he simply picked up the cell phone first. That's my best guess.

I agree with you Lyrica I got a little misty myself reading the article.

Addresses are not always correct in the system. One time when I called 911, they had the address of a home I had moved out of shortly before. Whne you keep your phone number when you move, it takes a little while to catch up.

The ability to trace back the address of a telephone call to a 911 center is only applicable where there is enhanced 911 installed. While much of the country has enhanced 911, it is not available everywhere.

Regardless, by asking the address, the dispatchers calm the caller and get information because where the assistance is needed may not be at the address tied to a telephone number.

Since the dispatcher was able to send out the needed help, I would say they did a good job.

I can see a few reasons why the operator would ask for the address - #1 There was no address in the system for some reason, whether it was b/c the call was from a cell phone or a newly connected landline; #2 it may be standard protocol to confirm the address to make sure that help is dispatched to the correct place; and #3 sometimes the operators ask questions just to keep the caller talking and as calm as possible.

It just may help the caller--especially if the caller is a child--calm down and focus. Great job 911 operator

Linda, I have to disagree with you about a cell phone being a lot for a 6year old to manuever. My 5yr old Autistic son used my daughters cell phone and called 911....He had just learned about it that day in Kindergarten.

I also agree that confirming the address serves several purposes. 1. The caller may be at a different address than what the computer shows. 2. Talking with a panicked caller helps calm them down. and 3. It assures that the medical and law personel arrives to the proper address, for instance I live in a townhouse connected to 3 other townhomes and our addresses come up in computers as 2 different things..one with a apt# attached and one with no apt#.

This little boy did an awsome job! His parents should be over the moon proud of him!As someone with severe asthma I have made it a point to make sure my children know what to do in an emergency and also that they know where ALL my emergency inhalers are. They know how to give breathing treatments if needed as well.

Good job to the EMT's, police and dispatchers and of course this little hero!

Chi-L, to add to 2) ...because the address in the system could be put in wrong, or a former address and not current.

Some people just aren't happy unless they have something to complain about. There are protocols for a reason, please accept it and be happy for this family because the boy knew what to do, help came, and the mom survived!

The operator has already dispatched someone to the scene...they do this for verification, and to keep the person on the other end of the line talking, and to make sure they don't hang up.

Well I assume they verify the address for this reason.

One day my mother was asleep when she heard a knock at the door. Two uniformed police officers were standing on her front porch. The notified her that there was a 911 call placed from her house. She told them that it was impossible because she was sleeping and no one else was home. They searched the house just in case, and sure enough no one there. At first they didn't believe her, but then come to accept that she had no idea what was going on. To this day we have no idea how her address appeared on the 911 system. Just weird all the way around.

I was a dispatcher and I know that alot of times it's a distraction to keep the caller / child from panicking by distracting them and asking questions. And by the sound of the call that is exactly what she was doing.

This explains when and why addresses get asked for.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_9-1-1#Wireline_enhanced_911

It's actully good that they confirm the address before help arrives, how many stories have we heard where they break down the door of the wrong house?? Even WITH confirmation they can't always get the address right, so we have to take what we can get! haha

ChristineRenee-I am sorry for your loss. I too lost my mother to a severe asthma attack. She lived alone but was able to call 911. Unfortunately, when they arrived she was not breathing and her heart had stopped. To make a long story short, she was without oxygen for too long and completely brain dead and we had to let her go. I am so happy for this little boy that he was able to help his mother and not lose her at such a young age.

I'm sorry of what happened to your family.

I'm grateful that one of my school teachers taught us about dialing zero for emergencies, because my parents didn't. I wonder who taught the boy about doing 911?

Since the mother was asthmatic, Iam sure she did most of the training. Will train the younger ones too. All parents should train their kids. Wouldn't hurt to have emt's go to schools and train and talk.

Had a situation with a neighbor a while back. Police, fire, and emt's had to be sent. Emt's arrived in 4 minutes, fire in just over 5, police in 10. neighbor wa on the way to the hospital , the fire was out, and then the police arrived. When seconds count, call emt's. A good thing a large neighbor was sitting on the culprit.

My condolences Christina. This is a terrible loss and an awful memory for a child. Asthma is a terrible disease and one many people don't recognize as deadly. None of this was your fault. You have done much good by telling your story. People will live because you are brave. Thank You xx.

Hey dummy, they ask because they need to keep the child engaged on the phone! So they ask questions. They do not want a child, or anyone else just yelling into the phone they need help and hanging up. That is too often the way people do it to call in false calls, which do have to be checked out. So the operator keeps the person on the phone talking. They get information to relay to the crew coming out. It is necessary information to pass on too....As the very proud parent of a Paramedic, they do need to know going in that the only adult in the house is the one in need! It is also a calming adult voice to a child as these operators are trained to keep them talking and to let them know trained help is one the way and getting closer and closer. It helps a child know a grown up is coming to take over. Maybe where some of you are don't have this but then again, maybe YOU could volunteer to help! Not all towns and cities have full time EMT's and Paramedics and firefighters. It is really easy to sit back and complain instead of getting out of your armchair and volunteering to help. It is very hard training and the men and women who are Paramedics and EMT's (no, they are NOT the same thing) go through rough training and have to deal with a great deal of harsh emotional trauma on duty. It is a poorly paid field and they do it to save lives and make a difference. Try it instead of criticizing.

Here here Meezermom59! Couldn't have said it better myself. Tell your son/daughter thank you as well. I may be a random stranger on the internet, but him and others like him are so very appreciated.

They have to ask how old a child is when they call. It helps them figure out how the kid can assist. And helps them know how to keep a child calm. If you raised a kid, you would understand this

Let's not resort to name-calling, Meezermom. Goingmad just didn't know, and now s/he does. It is possible to inform someone who is ignorant of a particular situation or procedure without insulting him/her.

Come on Ron, we have a president that can't even pronounce "corp" correctly. Pick on him.

At least he took the time to write the letter.. Most kids wouldn't. You sir have issues picking on a kid!

The kid is six years old for Gods sake. Geez.

Ron

Does that make your uneducated ass feel better. Wow Ron can use the english language better than a 6 yr old.

Nice to see good news for a change, sure wish the trolls would stay off the vine.

He's probably not a parent like most people here. Just ignore him.

Grouch is right, Sheesh! He's 6!!

I really think he's just trolling. I mean, I enjoy correcting people's grammar and spelling, but few of us "grammar nazis" correct six-year-olds! He's just trying to get a rise. Also, TheWhiteJudge, you don't have to be a parent to appreciate this kid.

You are a grouch!! That is something he probably hasn't even learned yet.

Criminy--he's only 6 years old--you expect perfect grammar? Lighten up a little

Don't worry, only real men pick on little kids..

You go RonB!

Show that lil twerp who's boss!

Then once you're done, I'd like to introduce you to my friends Smith and Wesson. :D

Thanks, CaptBrngDwn. You're the only one, I think, who realized I was kidding. There was another kid-calls-911 story around here the other day and I was shocked at the negative comments.

Parody doesn't play well on the Interwebs, I know. In fact, isn't there a law to that effect?

Wasn't it the boy who saved his lil brother from choking on a hard piece of candy at his grandmother's house?

There will always be Negative Nancy's, especially on the interwebs. Personally I think they should make a sarcasm font, but even then some people might not get it :/

Also, the use of emoticons seems to help people (sometimes) to distinguish between when you're Donald Trumping it up or being a Bettie White.

Basically, the internet is a playground for nincompoops.

Wasn't it the boy who saved his lil brother from choking on a hard piece of candy at his grandmother's house?

That was it.

They did a good job! You must be proud!

obiong99, I'm Frankies aunt and I know your son was there during the presentation at the fire hall. We have thanked him sooo many times but I know he was fighting a cold and wasn't able to be as involved as he had wanted but our family is so greatful for everyone involved I did mention him when I posted on NBC 10 website. They all will be forever in our hearts. And tell your son that we want to thank him and Trio for everything they have done for my sister in law and her family. Not just all of the awards but they truely cared about her outcome visited her in the hospital as well as when she returned home. Your son and Trio are our heros aswell. Great job to everyone involved that day. Including the trooper that stayed with her 3 young children until the family was notified.