Clever four year old 'saves mother's life' in 999 call released by police

A 999 call reveals a four-year-old saving her mum's life by dialling for help and opening with the line: 'I'm just having a bit of my lunch'.
Little Mya made the emergency call after she witnessed her mother, Rachel, 25, collapse on the floor.
She had only been taught about 999 at school the week before and was home alone with her mum.
Her mother suffers from a Functional Neurological Disorder, a condition which can cause stroke-like symptoms and seizures.
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[@cocobrowny]

“What’s happened?” “I’m eating a bit of my lunch…”

[@Roddy556]

Props to the dispatcher for not assuming it was a prank.

[@Yourlocalpenguinenthusiast]

@@Roddy556 usually when they receive prank calls from children they ask where their parents are. Doesn’t mean I have any less respect for him.

[@thegriffin88]

That's fixin' to be a hilarious family story. XD

[@thegriffin88]

@@Yourlocalpenguinenthusiast One time a cop showed up at our door and my Mom accused me of calling 911 because she thought I panicked (I have anxiety but she was RIGHT THERE I'd run to her not call 911) so we had a big argument, I was like 13 at the time, in front of the cop who must have felt really awkward or really 'they don't pay me enough' and it ended with me screaming in typical teenager fashion "YOU NEVER BELIEVE ANYTHING I SAY!" and stalking off to my room, slamming the door. She later admitted to me that she might have done it because she was dialing a number with 411 in it and this was back in the late 90's so you just had pushbutton phones with the cords and all that. We laugh about it now. She's anxious too, I get all my problems from her side of the family we can trace all this anxiety and depression stuff back nearly 100 years. Like the great great uncle I had who 'fell out a window' in then British Guyana. We think the family just told everyone that so the church would let them bury him on their grounds because they were Catholic and they think suicide is a sin and all that crap.

[@joshuaholman1795]

props to the dispatcher asking all those questions

[@needmoreramsay]

They are trained to do that, they have to make sure EVERY caller ID properly questioned to make sure there's no emergency or someone holding them against their will. But yeah, glad he didn't just hang up.

[@thegriffin88]

Well yeah it's a whole different protocol you're trained on if a child calls. At least we have GPS now and tracking but before that if you got someone this young they might not be able to read or tell you where they were, it's a puzzle and you have to figure it out all while keeping the kid calm.

[@Potatoe-f6u]

She really did bury the lede on that one. Very lucky the guy asked the right questions and didn't just dismiss it and tell her off for playing with the phone.

[@seaglass22]

They never do. I once called 999 by mistake when I was disinfecting my landline phone (ages ago). I apologised profusely, but they kept asking whether I was able to talk freely and were only satisfied when my mother came to the phone to assure them we were OK.

[@alanaambroo]

Man, I wish the call handlers in America were this nice lol.

[@prystanski]

Canada too lol ours ain’t much better

[@Charlie-bh3yk]

Call handlers here in the UK are amazing with kids, in fact, they’re generally incredible all round.

[@Ezinma88]

Why are they so mean? 😢

[@ragtagmisfits]

That brought a tear to my eye, the call handler was brilliant and the little girl so clever ❤

[@Inalienablerights15]

England should be the place where American 911 Dispatchers are trained. English 999 Emergency operators are the epitome of EVERYTHING an emergency operator should be !

[@dizzymindy6024]

I completely agree.

[@oisinquinn9469]

I realized I am not trained for this. I would have made a botch of this. Great operator.

[@emmsue1053]

Fantastic call handler, he needs some recognition. Good girl Mya. Bless you.

[@rachelender2905]

What a brave little lady she sounds like a cutie

[@birminghammanuk]

Brilliant young lady, mom must be super proud

[@Hassan_Din]

Can you say the word properly its mum not mom u ok u american 😂😂😂

[@healingandgrowth-infp4677]

And she's 4 she's hardly a young lady 🙄

[@DolceFarnienteABC123]

I can't take much more of these videos...my eyeballs are gonna drown and my heart is gonna explode. 😭

[@duelenigma7732]

what a good operator , brilliant communication mate

[@kenvr2287]

Guarantee you that is a combination of operator being a parent and being trained on how to respond to child calls for help…..the little girl was amazing and so helpful.

[@scotsbabe]

theyre out of order they handlers ppl can die because of them stalling us with questions

[@mingyeewong1590]

The young girl was that brave enough to call for a emergency. So proud of the child. 👏

[@thehazelnutspread]

There is NO WAY that I could have done as good a job when I was 4 years old.........WOW what an impressive kid.

[@dodgem259]

This is why it is very very important for 999 call dispatchers to be taught how to communicate with children because it can be very scary for them seeing their mother or father fall down and be non responsive. Well done to the call dispatcher.

[@Dusty3030]

Great parents for teaching her how to get help if needed.

[@Estherc91]

What an angel 😢❤

[@roberttrepagnier9149]

Great job by dispatcher

[@samabrahams7687]

Amazing brought tears to my eyes that . ❤

[@guff9567]

Maybe we should make 5yos Prime Minister

[@iamon8029]

Underrated comment.

[@RachelG1979]

Poor things. Sounds like they were enjoying lunch and mom fainted.

[@MrZOMBIE170]

toddlers and small children are so smart

[@LlibertarianGalt]

What a sweet angel.

[@the_jaz_man]

This kids a legend, well done to her parents for raising such a clever child.

[@PacoOtis]

From here in the States we say "magnificent" and best of luck!

[@exdoode]

They both worked extremely well together!!

[@SunnyLez]

I would have given my mom a band-aid if I was her, I was dumb af

[@TheAustralianKanga]

applause to the phone operator for calm make me sad... hopefully my daughter never needs to go threw this

[@Martinbeef]

Amazing little thing!! ❤

[@talktidy7523]

Seems as if the dispatchers have been trained not to dismiss very young callers from the get go, but quietly probe them for information in the event, as with this case, they are ringing because their parent has collapsed.

[@anniehills3580]

Mya is her mommys brave girl!!

[@tabithaSabella-n3b]

Well done mia

[@mookrage]

Released by police.........hahahaa did they arrest her

[@haydenwilliams1577]

911 dispatchers in America are never this nice or intuitive.

[@janjans1178]

Nothing better! ❤

[@Emjolein]

What an amazing young girl

[@theathomas2465]

so calm 4 year old girl

[@katarinaslife]

I don't think many children would react so calmly. I mean when MY Mommy collapsed on the floor unconscious and I was NINE, I just started crying buckets because I immediately assumed she was dead and I was now all alone... good thing we were in a pharmacy line and people helped her... She was okay, by the way, just high temperature :) That traumatised the hell out of me though, as even now when I see someone not moving for, like, a "solid" minute and I can't see their face I get extremly and irrationally scared and have to go check if they're alive.

[@dedebry]

Brave girl

[@meryquex]

👼

[@dizzymindy6024]

Smart kid. The British educate their children very well. However, we have our share of young heroes here in the states as well.

[@christopher-ke9nj]

Okay sugar, okay maya m'dear just, you keep on keeping on have treat on your uncle Chris

[@donnacribb5712]

Great

[@empirical-pyromaniac]

the lunch comment melted my heart that sweet baby

[@canelle09]

Bless her little heart!❤

[@93lornamae]

Thats insane she called 999.

[@diannesquyres4493]

She sounded so sweet.❤

[@Vincent_de_Paul]

What's 999?

[@yodaami]

The UK’s 911 equivalent, to call police fire or ambulance service.

[@Vincent_de_Paul]

@@yodaami oh! I wonder what would happen if I press 911 instead 🤔

[@yodaami]

@@Vincent_de_Paul actually if you are in the uk, it’s directed to the 999 service, good to know for our visitors.

[@kingafendikingafendi8897]

Asked so much question get the address and go 🤪😜😋😛😝

[@InfernoCA]

I think they can locate your area with just the phone call and I do not know if every 4 year old knows their own address

[@onniruusunen9444]

@@InfernoCA most probably don't

[@Tilb16]

How come 2 different KZbin clips have one male on the phone and the other has a female ?

[@kwkw5711]

presumably transcription released and two people dramatised

[@juliegill6278]

How many animals do you reckon were WRONGLY TORTURED AND WRONGLY MURDERED in the research of the drugs they administered to Maya's Mum?!?!?!!!!!!!!! Julie Gill, Glasgow, Scotland.

[@cantagiousca5220]

Amazing she used the phone so brave