Young boy saves mother.Five-year-old Jawan David of Calumet Calumet, region, United StatesCalumet (kăl`y mĕt'), industrialized region of NW Ind. and NE Ill., along the south shore of Lake Michigan. Once a great heavy industry and steel manufacturing center, the area has become largely residential. City, Illinois, found his mother unconscious on July 25, but instead of panicking, he immediately called 911. He described his mother's condition to emergency dispatchers and stayed on the phone until the paramedics arrived. The EMTs took Jawan's mother to St. Margaret Mercy Health Care Center in Hammond, Indiana. Calumet City Calumet City, city (1990 pop. 37,840), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb in the greater Chicago metropolitan area, near Ind.; settled 1868, inc. 1911. Once heavily industrial, the city is primarily residential with some light manufacturing. Formerly called West Hammond, it grew as a suburb of Hammond, Ind. Fire Chief William Galgen called Jawan a hero. NBC5.com (the news website of WMAQ WMAQ - We Must Ask Questions (Chicago NBC Affiliate)-TV in Chicago) reported the chief as commenting: "In an emergency, every second counts. This young man's quick actions saved his mother's life." |
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