Massachusetts Girl, 9, Rescues Family From Harmful Carbon Monoxide Gas Poisoning

Jayline Brandão/Photo Courtesy of CNN

Jayline Brandão, a 9-year-old girl, saved her family from carbon monoxide poisoning in their Brockton, Massachusetts home, located about 25 miles south of Boston. After hearing her father yell out to her last Thursday, Oct. 28, she quickly ran over and discovered her mother unconscious from inhaling the harmful gas, which according to CNN, came from a generator.

After noticing that her father was also succumbing to carbon monoxide inhalation, Jayline used his iPhone to contact 911,

placing it in front of her dad’s face to unlock the phone’s facial recognition ID, CNN reported. After getting authorities, the brave young girl then reportedly grabbed her 7-year-old sister and went to a nearby neighbor’s home for help.

Marcelina Brandão, Jayline’s mother, shared with CNN that she began to feel dizzy and experienced a headache before falling unconscious, later waking up on the way to the hospital. The Massachusetts family had reportedly purchased a generator after a recent Nor’easter knocked out their power for several days.

Though Marcelina reportedly

claimed that the generator was placed near the home’s back door, they eventually turned it off and brought it inside, likely resulting in the carbon monoxide spread. “She was so smart. That was very scary,” the mother told CNN about Jayline’s calm and fast thinking. “That was very scary. If it wasn’t [for] her to call right away, I don’t know what would have happened.”

Carbon monoxide poisoning symptoms typically include confusion, dizziness, headaches, weakness and blurry vision. The gas is both odorless and tasteless, the Mayo Clinic reports, and is even more dangerous for those who are intoxicated or sleeping, as they “

may have irreversible brain damage or even die before anyone realizes there’s a problem.”

If you suspect you have carbon monoxide poisoning, the Mayo Clinic suggests that you immediately seek emergency help and get to some fresh air as soon as possible.

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