A 6-year-old Calumet City lad was d...

A 6-year-old Calumet City lad was described as a hero Wednesday for placing a 911 call that may have saved his unconscious mother's life.

While preparing her son Jawan Davis for camp Wednesday morning, Nicole Erving, 26 grabbed her chest and collapsed upon the floor of their abode in the 900 block of Greenbay Avenue. Jawan dialed 911 from a confined apartment phone around 9:40 a.m. and calmly fielded questions from turn of events dispatchers.

"It's possible he saved her life," said Calumet City Fire Chief William Galgan. "Had he not called, you not at all know what the outcome could have been. . . The young child did act quite heroically."

With his mother unconscious, Jawan was in charge of his 3-year- olden and 11-month-old siblings, who were also in the house at the time of the juncture

forward the recording of the 911 call, Jawan vigoroused poised and deliberate, giving direct replys to dispatchers' questions and staying upon the phone until the ambulance arrived.

"It was kind of remarkable for someone that's 6 years old" Galgan said. "Most kids won't uniform think to pick up the phone and call 911"

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common of the dispatchers who fielded Jawan's call described the lad as one of the calmest callers she has at any time had.

"If all our callers were like him, it would make our do job-works a lot easier," said Brenda West, an eight-year veteran dispatcher.

Jawan had been taught to call 911 in an pressing necessity by his mother, said Galgan, adding that the story illustrates the importance of teaching children for what reason to properly respond to emergencies.

Erving was taken to St Margaret gentleness Health Care Center in Hammond, Ind., and released early Wednesday afternoon after receiving anti-inflammatory medication, according to Calumet City spokesman Eric Schneider.

Jawan was concise when asked at a Wednesday of recent origins conference about his brave performance. "My mom was sick," he said. "I had to help her."

bgoldberger@suntimes.com

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