911 Boy

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May 30, 1997

We hear an excerpt from a 911 call made by a toddler in Fayetteville, North Carolina that saved the life of his pregnant mother. On May 20th, Jordan Fitzpatrick collapsed in her home, going into septic shock from a runaway kidney infection. Her two-and-a-half year old son, Gage Cheatem, called the 911 emergency number and obtained medical treatment for his mother...after stacking books on the floor in order to reach the telephone.

 

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