FaceTime, plus quick thinking and presence of mind may have just made a hero of a two year-old boy in Tuczon, Arizona.
Bentley was just like any other two year-old boy who grew up with gadgets all around him. At an early age he had learned his way around them. His favorite seems to be the iPhone, and he loves making prank FaceTime calls to his mom's friends, who have learned to ignore the calls most of the time.
Laura Toone was out walking her dogs and a foster dog that she was caring for, when the foster dog suddenly attacked one of her dogs, and a fight began in earnest. When she tried to break it up, the foster dog took a big bite off her finger.
The bite apparently hit a vein, so Laura began to bleed profusely. She felt that she was about to pass out. She was calling out to her children to call 911, but they were only four, and they were terrified to touch the phone, which was already covered in Laura's blood.
Enter Bentley, Laura's 2 year-old son. "Here comes my son from the kitchen bringing me our dish towel," said Laura. "He wiped off the blood himself and proceeded to call my friend on FaceTime."
Bentley called Connie Guerrero, who, for some strange reason, decided not to ignore the incoming FaceTime call this time. She answered the call, and saw Bentley's forehead. "Hi, Bentley," she said. And then she heard Laura screaming in the background. This prompted Connie to call 911 to report an incident in Laura's house.
When firefighters got to Laura's house, Bentley was the one who let them in.
So next time your toddler tries to play around with your gadgets, let them be. Their tech know-how may come in handy someday. Additionally, it's never too early to teach your toddlers to dial 911.
Dog bites, on the other hand, are no laughing matter. Even if a dog has already been treated for rabies, dog bites can cause significant damage to the tissues under the skin, including bones, muscles, tendons, blood vessels, and nerves. Hospitals in the U.S. treat about 880,000 dog bites every year, 30,000 of these requiring reconstructive surgery, and 15-20 of the victims eventually die. This is not surprising for a country that is home to 75 million dogs.
