Youth recognized for their quick-thinking in emergency situations
Posted May 10, 2013 01:57:32 PM.
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OTTAWA – As part of the 15th Annual 9-1-1 Children’s Achievement Awards, the city gave out awards to 14 courageous young residents on Friday morning.
The recipients, recognized for using the 9-1-1 service effectively, were bashful when they shook hands with Mayor Jim Watson and posed with their plaque.
Kelsey Black was only six-years-old when she called 9-1-1 for her mother who had passed out. She says she was scared, but provided first aid and held her mom’s hand until paramedics arrived.
“Even how hot and sweaty my hand was, I was still holdin’ on,” she says.
Her mother, Maria, says she will never forget how her young daughter took care of her.
“She called 9-1-1 and did the right thing. She was calm and I’m very, very proud,” she said.
Another recipient, Kareem Mohsen, had to call 9-1-1 when his mother couldn’t breathe and collapsed inside their home.
His mum, Anita Dwaydar, says she couldn’t move and she is so thankful her son knew what to do in an emergency.
“It was his phone call that got me through it,” said Dwaydar. “I’m ecstatic. He’s my hero.”
The awards were handed out at Ben Franklin Place to young people for quick thinking in medical emergencies as well as for crimes.
One young boy called to report his bike was being stolen.
