Dispatcher, Hero Join to Save Child

All it took to save a 2 year-old drowning victim was an EMD-trained dispatcher and a citizen hero willing to take CPR instructions and bring the little girl back to life. Last September 65 year-old lawyer Tom Campbell heard his neighbor along the Huron River (Mich.) screaming, ran down to the riverbank and saw the neighbor’s daughter unconscious in the water. He dialed 911 with one hand and pulled the girl from the water with the other, reaching Livingston County 911 Central Dispatch dispatcher Leane Lowe. Campbell gave his location and then told Lower he didn’t know CPR, but was willing to take instructions. During the first 90 seconds, the victim’s mother can be heard yelling the background, and apparently attempting to help the child. As Lowe gets ready to provide instructions, Campbell told her to hold—”While I get rid of mom.” Campbell instructed the woman to go to the road and flag down the EMS units that were enroute. Read a very heroic story and listen to first part of the 911 call here.