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Ryan Crosby, 8, sat staring at his math book, puzzled. With no help online and a looming deadline, he did what his mom had always told him—call 911 if he needed help.
“911, what’s your emergency?” the dispatcher asked.
“I need help with math,” Ryan replied. The dispatcher, suspecting a prank, asked to speak with an adult. Ryan admitted he was home alone and had been since school ended.
Alarmed, the operator traced the call. Police arrived to find Ryan alone at 10 p.m. His mother, Matilda, wasn’t answering her phone. A search was launched.
Using phone data and a K9 unit, officers located Matilda unconscious in her car near an old mill. She had fainted from heat exhaustion and had been there all day. Thankfully, she recovered after being hospitalized.
Later, reunited with her son, Matilda realized that Ryan’s emergency call had saved her life—just as she had taught him.
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