'He’s Leaking Blood’: Hero Wisconsin Boy Saves Dad With Dramatic 911 Call (Listen)

WAUKESHA, WI – A 10-year-old boy will be honored Wednesday for his heroic actions when his father fell from a ladder while installing a basketball hoop, according to a media report. The Waukesha Fire Department will bestow its Citizen Commendation Award on the boy, identified only as "Ryan," during an assembly at Hadfield Elementary.

After his father fell from a ladder on Sept. 3, the boy called 911 for help, according to the report by the Journal-Sentinel. During the call, the boy tells a dispatcher about his father's condition.

At times, the boy sounds nervous and scared, but still maintains his composure and relays information to a 911 dispatcher. The boy told the dispatcher his father was bleeding from his ear, and needed help.

Watch: 'He’s Leaking Blood,’ Hero Wisconsin Boy Saves Dad With Dramatic 911 Call

The Waukesha police provided the 911 audio to Patch.

Listen to the audio

"He said he can't breathe, but it sounds like he's breathing," Ryan tells the dispatcher on the recording. As he talks with a dispatcher, the boy's grandmother arrives. He tells her that his dad fell and his grandmother can be heard asking if he called 911.

The dispatcher tells the boy, "Tell her you're doing a great job talking to 911 and the paramedics are on the way."

And other officials agreed. According to the Journal Sentinel:

"(Ryan) remained extremely calm and did a great job providing excellent information to the dispatcher," Waukesha Police Capt. Dan Baumann said in an email. "His dad suffered significant injuries, but has survived the fall. ER doctors stated that the boy calling for help and being able to provide the information he did likely saved his dad’s life."

>>> Read the full article and hear the 911 audio at the Journal Sentinel.

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