Jan 5, 2008–WELLINGTON, NZ–Two young boys are being hailed as heroes for helping bring their mother back from the dead. The six and seven-year-olds rang 111 after their mother had a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), then comforted her until help arrived.

Six-year-old Taine Eade and his seven-year-old brother Cullen were watching TV last Friday night when their mother Kendall had collapsed in SCA. “I rung up Grandad and he told me to ring 111,” says Cullen. Cullen grabbed the phone as Kendall lay unconscious in the hallway. “I just stayed with Mum and I saw her face going a bit purple,” says Taine.

With an ambulance on the way, the pair calmly followed the operator’s instructions.