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The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

Three-year-old Michigan boy saves mother’s life with quick thinking after she has seizure

Sheriff Michael Bouchard, Shantell Woods and three-year-old Cody James Williams at a press conference.
Sheriff Michael Bouchard, Shantell Woods and three-year-old Cody James Williams at a press conference. Photograph: Oakland county, Michigan, sheriff's office

Authorities in Michigan are saying a three-year-old boy is a hero after he managed to unlock his mother’s phone using her face while she experienced a severe epileptic seizure and then summoned life-saving help on a video call.

Cody James Williams’ actions serve as “a good reminder for all parents that you should talk to your kids [about what to] do in an emergency”, the Oakland county sheriff, Michael Bouchard, said at a 14 October news conference where he honored the boy by symbolically deputizing him as a junior member of his office.

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