Hero Adam saves mum with 999 call

A quick-thinking seven-year-old with autism has been praised for making a potentially life-saving 999 call after witnessing his mother have an epileptic fit at home. Despite having a speech and language impediment, Adam Carnaffin from Hadston held his nerve to dial the emergency services and alert them to the seizure his mum Sarah was having in the living room. Amazingly, Adam did not know that the 43-year-old is registered epileptic, as she had not had a fit for 10 years. She had, ...
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