this woman opened the door to see neighbor’s son saying my mom died in the shower when you hear an unexpected knock on your front door after dark do you open it fortunately for one arizona family their neighbor did and it may very well have been because of what she saw through the window when she checked to see exactly who had come knocking [Music] jessica pennoyer opened her door one evening in april 2017 to find her five-year-old neighbor salvatore standing on her stoop the young boy was there without an adult which was

surprising in itself but then panoyer realized that the boy had something or someone in his arms he’s standing there and he’s holding something and i thought it was a doll she told arizona’s abc15 also if you have not done so already please subscribe to our channel and click that notification bell to get inspired by these real life stories every day now back to the story upon closer inspection however pinoyer could see that the doll wasn’t a toy at all it was salvatore’s two-month-old sister yes he had put a blanket around the baby

and carried her along with him to his neighbor’s house at this point the wheels in penora’s mind must have been turning why were these two small children alone and out of the house after dark so she asked the boy for an explanation and she could have sworn that he said it was because his dog had died in fact though his presence had nothing to do with the pet the only other person who was home at the zika chaleses at the time was sal’s mother caitlyn for the young family it had apparently been a normal night albeit a bit of a stressful one as any

parents of two young children can easily imagine so when the young mother had put her little ones down for a good night’s rest she decided to treat herself yes she began to run the water for a long hot shower however shortly after her young son heard a thud or thump that woke him right up from his carefree sleep and when sao went to check on his mom he found her unconscious in the bathtub sal’s next move would have been impressive for an adult or a teenager let alone a five-year-old child he went to get his baby sister put her in a

blanket and made sure she was safe after gently placing his swaddled sister in the living room the little boy then ran to the garage there he pulled the stool into position so that his tiny fingers could reach the remote control for the door he slipped once too tumbling into a pile of shoes but he recovered then he climbed the stool again and clicked the remote to open the exit next little sal went back and grabbed the baby before leaving through the garage door that he had so deftly opened he then knocked on

pinoyer’s door and told her what had happened and when she thought he said that his dog had passed away the young boy corrected her and he goes no my mom died in the shower can you take care of us benoyer told abc15 hearing these words she instantly called the emergency services who raced to the fallen mother’s side my neighbor came to my house and said that his mom was dead in the shower in the meantime pinoyer went inside the home and discovered the children’s mom lying in the bathtub with the water still running fortunately the paramedics

didn’t find that caitlyn had tragically passed away in the middle of the night instead she had suffered a seizure her second since giving birth to sal’s little sister frighteningly her last memory of that night was turning on the shower and then the next day she woke up in the hospital it didn’t take long for caitlyn to uncover the many facets of her son’s bravery however honestly he saved my life because i was under the faucet and if he wouldn’t have gotten help i’ve i don’t know i would have drowned she told abc 15. and of course

the boy didn’t just save his mom’s life he was alert enough to care for an infant too caitlyn told abc 15 that her son had brought his sister along to the neighbors so that she wouldn’t have to experience the trauma of seeing their mother dead and even though his mother is very much alive the youngster has had trouble understanding the fact that she’s okay and will be around for years to come every day is a challenge for us he asked me probably a billion times if i’m gonna be okay he’ll tell me are you gonna have

another seizure no i’m okay are you gonna die today no i’m not gonna die today but despite his lingering fears and questions there have been some definite perks for young cell thanks to his heroism when the area’s firefighting squad caught wind of the boy’s courageous efforts to save his mom they decided to name him an honorary firefighter little sal thus received a certificate a shirt a helmet and a patch rural metro fire department wants to recognize you as an honorary firefighter [Music] so you get to join the ranks of all

these guys that came to help your mom said rural metro fighters fire department spokesman sean gilliland and sal accepted his award with a huge grin yet while the young boy’s actions showed his intrinsic bravery gilliland took a moment to shed light on the importance of emergency training especially for kids talk to your kids about it what do you need to do how do you dial 9-1-1 and what the use is the proper uses of 9-1-1 are she told abc 15.

 as for the cigalases they swear that they had never had such a conversation with sal before lucky for them though their son was able to work on instinct alone and his quick thinking may just have saved his mother’s life if you like the video please give it a thumbs up and consider sharing it with someone who may find it interesting thanks for watching and i’ll talk to you in the next one you