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Boy Meets 911 Dispatcher Who Saved His Life
Last week, 3-year-old Malachi Sessions nearly drowned after falling into an above backyard swimming pool in New Haven, Conn. But quick thinking by 911 dispatcher David Mancini saved the boy's life. "Today" reports Mancini gave CPR instructions ...The 911 dispatcher gave CPR instructions and the boy is now OK.
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Boy, 10, Honored for Saving His Baby Sitter's Life
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Should Children Learn About 9/11 in School?
New York City Honor Guard carry a flag found at Ground Zero at the begining of the annual 9/11 memorial service September 11, 2010 in New York City. Credit: Peter Foley, Pool / Getty Images According to a report by CBS News in New ...
Girl Calls 911 From Car as Her Mother Allegedly Drives Drunk
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A 12-year-old girl called 911 from a car on Interstate 84 in New York earlier this week. The emergency? She reported her mother was not speaking properly and was weaving into other lanes while she was driving.
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Girl, 12, Thwarts Burglars as She Hides Under a Blanket and Calls 911
PRODUCTION PLAYER! DO NOT DELETE. brightcove.createExperiences(); A 12-year-old girl in Troutdale, Ore., called 911 and helped local police nab three suspects when burglars broke into her home Monday afternoon. KATU, the ABC ...Superheroic 5-Year-Old Comes to His Mother's Rescue
Tyler Swass doesn't remember his mother or anyone else teaching him about 911. So when his mother had a seizure on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the 5-year-old Pennsylvania boy acted more or less on instinct. View more news videos at: ...
Teen Calls 911 After Parents Take Away Xbox
An Illinois teen decided that his punishment was a crime. Credit: Iwan Gabovitch, Flickr
An Illinois teenager alerted authorities when his parents did the unthinkable -- they took away his Microsoft Xbox 360.
The Daily Herald reports that an ...
Kids Would Stay in Burning Buildings, Survey Shows
Does your child know what to do in a fire? Credit: wili_hybrid, Flickr
OK, class, what is the first thing you do if there's a fire?
Most children don't know that when there's a fire, the first order of business is to get out of the ...
Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes Take Separate Planes
You'll never catch Revolutionary Road's Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes, the director and her husband, cuddling up on an airplane. That's because the Hollywood power couple takes separate planes when they fly. That way, they reason, if there's a crash, ...
Toddler's Accidental 911 Call Leads to Dad's Arrest
You probably know at least one parent who has a funny story to tell about their child playing with the telephone. Usually the story involves a little one practicing their budding telephone skills by pushing some random numbers and dialing a complete ...
Teen mauled by bear in Alaskan bike race
This chilling incident luckily had a (mostly) happy ending. A fourteen-year-old girl was attacked by a bear during a bike race in Alaska but was saved by her 911 phone call. The teenager, who remains unnamed as of press-time, was participating in a ...Three-year-old saves mom with 911 song
Teaching your child to call 9-1-1 in an emergency is an important part of house safety rules. For Jessica Eaves, 24, however, it was crucial that her child know how to contact help on her own. Jessica has a medical condition called vasovogal syncope, ...
Four-year-old saves mom
A Utah girl spent seven minutes on the phone with emergency services, calmly answering questions while paramedics rushed to her mother's aid. The four-year-old's mother fell down the stairs in their home and was knocked unconscious, so little Mikayla ...











