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Newborn Named After 911 Dispatcher Who Coached Mom Through Labor On Side Of Highway Newborn Named After 911 Dispatcher Who Coached Mom Through Labor On Side Of Highway
Newborn Named After 911 Dispatcher Who Coached Mom Through Labor On Side Of Highway Elizabeth Elyce Jalloh has a name with a story to tell. "Elizabeth" is an homage to her mom Charlotte Fatoma's grandmother, whom she says is beautiful, kind and caring.  The baby's middle name is after the 911 dispatcher, Elyce Rivera, who coached Fatoma through the entire delivery over the phone on the side of Pennsylvania's Interstate 476 in late October.  Fatoma and her baby met Rivera for the first time early this week on the "Today Show." There, Fatoma asked Rivera -- whom she describes as being "patient, kind and angelic -- to be her new daughter's godmother. "There w…

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by Cecilia Levine
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LITTLE HERO: Quick-Thinking 4-Year-Old In Franklin Saves Mom's Life LITTLE HERO: Quick-Thinking 4-Year-Old In Franklin Saves Mom's Life
Little Hero: Quick-Thinking 4-Year-Old In Franklin Saves Mom's Life Police in Franklin are preparing to honor a little girl who kept her cool when her mother suffered a medical episode earlier this month.  Emergency dispatchers Julie Kozo and Olivia Klein received a 911 call shortly before 8 a.m Dec. 6 from Isla Glaser. The four-year-old told the dispatchers that her mother had fallen and needed help. A Franklin police spokesman said the poised little girl gave the dispatchers all the information needed to get help to the home as quickly as possible.  Officers Frank Mahon and Michael Casey arrived and found the door locked. Talking through the doo…

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by Paul Milo