6-Year-Old Boy Calls 911, Saves Grandfather's Life

HAVERHILL (CBS) - A young boy kept calm and his grandfather is alive because of it.

Six-year old Zach Powers was spending the day with his grandfather, Charles Henderson, last month and they were having a great time.

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"We hit a couple buckets of golf balls, went to the store and we came home. One thing led to another and, apparently, I went down," Henderson, 47, told WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Friday.

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Henderson collapsed from diabetic shock and Zach did not panic.

He tried to call his grandmother, who was in Maine at the time, but he couldn't reach her.

So Zach called 911.

"I told them where to go and they had a radio for the things. I told them my yellow house next door," Zach said.

He also told them his grandfather needed to use needles and described his condition to the operator.

"I saw his hand and he was like, down. His shirt was wet. The back of his hair was like all sweaty," Zach said.

That description helped EMT's when they arrived.

Henderson is not surprised.

"His grandmother had talked to him about calling 911 and that morning I had said, 'You know Zack, if anything ever happens, you need to call 911,'" Henderson said.

"He made a bigger impression with all of the emergency services people and the dispatch. He's quite self-confident. He's a pleasure to have around."

WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Mark Katic contributed to this report.