9-Year-Old Girl Saves Whole Family from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

• Nine-year-old girl Jayline Barbosa Brandão of Massachusetts is being praised for saving her family from carbon monoxide poisoning.
• Jayline was able to call 911 by holding up his father’s phone to his face to unlock it using facial ID
• Jayline made sure her 7-year-old sister got out of the house as their parents both passed out.

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A young girl came to the rescue after her parents were overcome by carbon monoxide in their Massachusetts home. 

Jayline Barbosa Brandão, a 9-year-old from Brockton, sprung to action on Oct. 28 after realizing that her parents were in need of urgent help.

“I heard my dad screaming and saw my mom passed out,” Jayline told WFXT reporter Scott McDonnell.

Her dad was also overwhelmed by the colorless, odorless gas.

Without panicking, the girl reached for her father’s phone to call 911. When she realized it was locked, she held up the device to her dad’s face, which then allowed her to call for help.

Jayline also made sure her 7-year-old sister got out of the house safely, per CNN report. 

“She was so smart,” mom Marcelina Brandão told the outlet. “If it wasn’t [for] her to call right away, I don’t know what would have happened.” She woke up in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.

The family home had been without power for three days at the time of the incident following a recent nor’easter.

They originally set up the generator outside near the back door and ran it for a short amount of time. Afterwards, they brought it indoors. The family now knows both locations were not safe.

After authorities arrived, Brockton Fire Department Chief Brian Nardelli told CNN that they detected carbon monoxide levels at 1,000 parts per million inside — a very dangerous level. 

According to the Consumer Products Safety Commission, sustained carbon monoxide concentrations above 150 to 220 ppm can lead to “disorientation, unconsciousness, and death.”

Marcelina said she and her husband are feeling better now. Jayline, her sister and her grandmother didn’t suffer any serious symptoms.

Source: People