999 Leah praised by cops.POLICE yesterday paid tribute to a quick-thinking seven-year-old girl who dialled 999 when her mum collapsed. Little Leah Grant stayed cool and calm as she told the operator her address, along with postcode postcode Noun a system of letters and numbers used to aid the sorting of mail Noun 1. postcode - a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail postal code, ZIP code, ZIP , and gave a description of what had happened to mum Grace. Dad Bobby, 44, said: "We are both extremely proud of Leah. "We have never shown her how to dial 999 or what to do if anything happened to either of us - it's amazing what her brain must have absorbed without us knowing." Caring Grace, 47, a lab technician at Edinburgh University, is thought to have suffered some kind of seizure and will have tests in hospital next week. Grace, of Linlithgow, West Lothian, said: "Bobby had been up at 5am to go to work and Leah came into our bed. "I don't remember anything about what happened, but apparently Leah knew from looking at me that I wasn't myself, and when I fell off the bed, she immediately dialled 999. "She remained very calm and didn't get flustered flus·ter tr. & intr.v. flus·tered, flus·ter·ing, flus·ters To make or become nervous or upset. n. A state of agitation, confusion, or excitement. at all." A spokeswoman for Lothian and Borders Police Lothian and Borders Police is the police force for the Scottish council areas of the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian. The force's headquarters are in Fettes Avenue, Edinburgh. said: "Leah acted in a caring, thoughtful manner, beyond her years. "She was calm, polite and very helpful to paramedics and police." CAPTION(S): CALM: Leah and Grace |
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