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When his mother, Elizabeth Crooks, suddenly fell ill this past weekend due to a blood flow disorder that caused her heart rate to increase to a dangerous level, six-year-old Aiden took quick action. Unable to calm her rapidly increasing heart rate, Crooks passed out, and her son ran outside to get help from an Amazon delivery driver named Bryan. Captured on the family’s doorbell camera, Aiden asks the delivery driver for help, and he promptly enters the house and calls emergency services.
By the time the ambulance got there, Crooks had been unconscious for about 20 minutes, but Bryan's quick response provided crucial assistance. She was coming to but very pale when medical help arrived, and after being treated, she decided to share the incident on social media. The video, posted a few days ago, quickly racked up over 400-thousand views, with many praising the quick-thinking child and the helpful Amazon driver.
Commenters praised Bryan for his immediate response and called for him to receive recognition for his heroic actions. Crooks, who had intended to take her children out for her birthday but stayed home because she wasn’t feeling well, expressed her gratitude to the Amazon driver. She’s since had a chance to thank him in person and is feeling overwhelmed by the positive reaction to her story, which she hopes will be a reminder to other parents of the importance of teaching kids how to handle emergency situations.