Maine 6-year-old Googles ‘poliz’ and saves dad during medical emergency

A 6-year-old woman from Maine is being credited with sharp considering and swift motion that very properly could have saved her dad’s life a number of weeks in the past. 

Kyle Semrau got here house the morning of April 12 after an in a single day shift feeling light-headed, reported the Seacoast On-line. He informed his spouse he can be laying low for the day, joined by his 6-year-old daughter, Macie, and his 4-year-old son, Caleb. 

On a standard day, Macie would have been at college, however that exact morning she had refused to even dress for varsity, so she stayed house. Seems her unexplained need to keep house was for the most effective. 

Later within the day, Semrau collapsed from a medical occasion that prompted him to slide out and in of consciousness. Macie realized her dad was in hassle when she heard him yelling, in keeping with the Seacoast On-line. 

Macie and Caleb went to the basement the place their father was and Macie alerted the authorities. 

In a second whereas Semrau was aware, Macie requested her dad for his cellphone passcode so she may unlock the system. She logged in, opened the browser, and Googled the native police division. 

“I pressed this button and typed Eliot Police, and I hit name,” Macie informed Boston 25 Information. “I don’t need to say this, however I assumed he was going to die.”

Macie relayed the related data, together with their handle, to Judy Smith, the Eliot Police Division’s administrative assistant who answered the cellphone. 

“It’s insane,” Semrau informed Boston 25 Information. “I nonetheless have it saved. In case you open up my browser [that’s] the best way that it’s spelled, ‘Elliot poliz.’ After I requested her what she pushed, you see the decision button, which really goes proper to the dispatcher right here on the town.”

The police arrived two minutes after Macie referred to as, in keeping with the Seacoast On-line.

“It sounds just like the moon and the celebrities aligned,” Eliot Police Chief Elliot Moya informed the Seacoast On-line. 

Semrau’s medical emergency stemmed from points together with his sinuses, which led to issue respiratory, in keeping with Seacoast On-line. He’s now house and doing properly, in keeping with a Fb publish. 

“If I can say something about this complete expertise, it’s for everybody to show children about consciousness. If I hadn’t taught my daughter sure issues she wouldn’t be taught at school, this consequence may have been utterly totally different,” Semrau informed Boston.com through Fb Messenger. “She is, and can at all times be my hero.”

The incident occurred precisely a yr after Semrau’s spouse’s grandmother died, inflicting the household to pause and marvel concerning the unfolding of the day’s occasions. 

“She simply occurred to be house. The entire thing, the entire incident, is simply unbelievable,” Semrau informed Seacoast On-line.