6 Year Old Hero Calls 911 And Saves His Mom After She Collapsed And Stopped Breathing

On Monday, February 20, 6-year-old Xavier Henderson was faced with a terrifying situation for any child his age. His mom passed out in the middle of their Bradenton, Florida, home. However, the 6 year old Henderson, didn’t allow the fear to ‘paralyze’ him and quickly remember what his mom always says about emergency situations – he called 911.

Manatee County 911 dispatcher Angela Wilder answered Henderson’s call.

“Our mom is not feeling good and she can’t breath,” he said on the 911 recording.

From the tone of his call, Wilder knew the situation was an emergency.

“Is she breathing?” she asked.

“No, she can’t breathe,” Henderson replied frantically.

She was eager to send an ambulance to their house, but then was faced with another obstacle.

“Do you know your address?”

“Umm…no,” Henderson replied.

Xavier and Jazlyn relayed information to Wilder and worked to guide EMS to their home. Xavier didn’t know his address, but Angela kept working with him. She got him to read the number off the outside of the house.

“It was super important to make sure I had the correct location because if I don’t have the correct location, EMS might have shown up at somebody else’s door stop,” she said.

First responders arrived within minutes. They were surprised to see just how young and sharp the 911 callers were.

“To be honest, I didn’t know they were 6 and 4 when I met them,” said Deputy Carmine Luper. “They were children. They were smaller, but just how calm they were, and how articulate they were about a lot of things, I was very surprised to hear their ages,”

Xavier said it wasn’t hard work. He just had to listen.

“I called 911 and they told me what to do,” he said. “I followed the steps.”

Now him mom, Vivian is better and couldn’t be prouder of her two heroes.

“The way that he stayed calm, I am just so proud of him and my daughter,” she said.

h/t:fox13news