Girl, 4, calls 911 for choking brother
Girl, 4, calls 911 for choking brother
AMITYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — They talked about calling 911 in Grace Varley’s prekindergarten class. She must have been listening.
The 4-year-old New York girl calmly dialed for help Wednesday after her younger brother choked on a piece of chicken and passed out.
A police officer who lived near the family’s Amityville home was on the scene within moments. Officer John Adriella was able to dislodge the food and get the child breathing again.
Now Gracie is being hailed as a hero. The police sergeant who took her call said she was “cool and collected” on the line.
For a few minutes, the situation was desperate. A grandmother taking care of the children was unable to clear the boy’s airway and had carried the child outside yelling for help.
He’s doing fine now.
Politician bit by dog gets owner’s vote
FRANKENMUTH TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A woman running for the Michigan Legislature was bitten by a dog while going door to door. The dog’s distressed owner has made amends: Ann Doyle can put a campaign sign on his property.
Doyle says she didn’t see the dog until it was too late Wednesday. She was campaigning in Saginaw County’s Frankenmuth Township when the dog bit her three times. The owner heard the commotion and called off the animal.
Doyle says she was bleeding and blacked out but is doing much better. She won’t identify the dog’s owner but says he agreed to take a campaign sign. Doyle calls it a “sympathy vote.”