Supervisors in Lowndes County praised six-year-old Bryanna Cook for her bravery in assisting emergency personnel in locating the vehicle that the kid and her mother were in following her mother’s stroke while driving in a remote region.

A 6-year-old girl from Mississippi is receiving recognition for her assistance in locating her family’s vehicle to rescue personnel after her mother suffered a stroke while driving in a remote region.

Supervisors in Lowndes County have passed a resolution honouring first-grader Bryanna Cook of Columbus’s Fairview Elementary School for her bravery, according to the Commercial Dispatch.

On October 23, as Bryanna and her mother Yolanda Cook were travelling on Mississippi Highway 21 between Shuqulak and Macon, Cook suffered a stroke. Bryanna was on her way to meet her grandmother in Preston. Cook went limp as the car stopped in the woods, and Bryanna took her mother’s phone.

Bryanna stated on Friday, “I called my grandmother because I was scared, and my mom wouldn’t wake up.”

Grandma advised her to dial 911. Bryanna first spoke with a dispatcher from Noxubee County, who then put her in touch with Latonya Malone, a dispatcher from Lowndes County.

Bryanna then provided assistance to Malone and the first responders in the counties of Noxubee and Lowndes by providing details about her surroundings, the distance of the car from the road, and her mother’s condition—she was unharmed.

Malone claimed that she spoke with Bryanna’s grandma on her mobile while Bryanna was on the 911 line.

Based on when they left home, Malone said, “Bryanna was able to tell us where they were going and the grandmother helped, too, because she told us around where they were at the time.”

For the next two hours, Bryanna remained on the phone and did what Malone instructed, even as first responders searched for the couple.

Bryanna claimed she gave her mother some fresh air by opening the doors and that she “tapped her on the face to see if she would wake up, but she didn’t.”

First responders eventually arrived at the car thanks to information from Bryanna and her grandma, according to Malone. Cook was flown to North Mississippi Medical Centre in Tupelo after being brought to the hospital in Macon.

Bryanna remained at the hospital with her mother until Cook’s release on October 31.

Cook added, “Her teachers and the principal of the school were all very supportive.”

Bryanna said, “I helped my mum because I saved her.” “Because I love her, I helped her get out of bed and accompanied her down the hallways at the hospital.”

Malone had the opportunity to meet Bryanna when she was acknowledged by the county supervisors.

Bryanna exhibited the principles that the faculty tries to instill in students, according to Fairview Principal Monte Ewing-Johnson.

“It’s hard to put into words how happy my heart felt to hear about Bryanna’s bravery,” the woman exclaimed. It is easy to think that Bryanna was able to phone 911 and wait for her and her mother to be rescued because she is patient, kind, and kind with her classmates.

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