Cody James Williams used facial recognition to call for help as his mother suffered medical emergency
Authorities in Michigan are saying a three-year-old boy is a hero after he managed to unlock his mother’s phone using her face while she experienced a severe epileptic seizure and then summoned life-saving help on a video call.
Cody James Williams’ actions serve as “a good reminder for all parents that you should talk to your kids [about what to] do in an emergency”, the Oakland county sheriff, Michael Bouchard, said at a 14 October news conference where he honored the boy by symbolically deputizing him as a junior member of his office.
“This young man figured it out,” Bouchard remarked. “The most important win … is that mom’s here.”
As Cody’s mother, Shantell Woods, told the local news outlet WXYZ, she was cooking at her home on 9 October when she felt dizzy, took a seat on a couch and fell unconscious from a seizure.
