Boy Calls 9-1-1 to Save Pregnant Mom After Fall

LAKE FOREST, CA — Pregnant mother Danielle Incontro was having an otherwise normal day on Wednesday. Her 6-year-old son Sawyer was busy playing Legos, and she got up to use the restroom but became dizzy and light headed. The next thing she knew, she was surrounded by paramedics and police officers, and her son was being proclaimed a hero for calling 9-1-1.

Two days later, because of big brother's quick thinking, both his mom and his unborn baby sister are doing fine. Now the center of media attention, the story of the little boy who called emergency has reached a national stage.

The Irvine family has appeared on NBC's "Today" show and multiple other media outlets. The Orange County Fire Authority visited with the Incontro family today to recall the events that led to Sawyer calling for help. And to give him a shiny red fireman's hat.

"Sawyer was playing Legos when his pregnant mother got up to use the restroom," Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Steve Concialdi said. "She got up too quickly, became dizzy and blacked out."

After a few moments of calling his mother's name, he went to find her and discovered her on the floor, passed out. That's when Sawyer did what his parents taught him to do in case of emergency: He called 9-1-1.

"Irvine Police Dispatch took the call and started talking with him, telling him that police and firefighters would be there soon," Concialdi said. "Luckily, Sawyer's parents taught him how to properly call 9-1-1, and even taped their address to the refrigerator to share with the 9-1-1 dispatcher in case of emergency."

When Orange County Fire Authority paramedics and Irvine Police officers arrived, the OCFA firefighters said "the phone was as big as Sawyer," Concialdi said. While his mother was unconscious for several minutes, the dispatch operators kept Sawyer on the phone and talked with him until after the officers arrived. "He stayed nice and calm, totally relaxed and just told the firefighter paramedics, 'My mommy's back here.'"

She was taken to Orange County Global Medical Center, where she was able to fully process having her 6-year-old son come to her rescue.

"Danielle was so proud of her son. He knew what to do. She was unconscious until after the paramedics arrived, and our firefighter-paramedics couldn't believe how calm he was," Concialdi said.

Irvine Police officers gave Sawyer a challenge coin to mark his accomplishment of coming to his mother's rescue. He shared that with his brand new class at Westpark Elementary School.

Sawyer's bravery and Danielle's lesson are a reminder for every parent of young children.

"Best things for parents to teach kids in an emergency situation is to stay calm and call 9-1-1. The dispatcher will answer and talk to them until help arrives," Concialdi said.

When he made the decision to stay calm and call 9-1-1, he saved not one life, but two. According to Concialdi, both mother and son look forward to telling Sawyer's baby sister all about it when she arrives in December.

Orange County Fire Authority Pictures, Danielle Incontro, Picture.