Operator: 911 what’s the emergency?
Boy: Mommy left us.
Operator: Okay, honey I can’t understand you. What’s going on?
Boy: Mommy left us….
Operator: Okay and you woke up and your mommy is not there?
Boy: Yes.
Operator: Okay, what about your daddy hun?
Boy: No.
Operator: How old are you?
Boy: 6
Operator: 6, what’s your name sweet heart? Okay did you look all around the house?
Boy: Yes.
Operator: Do you have any brothers or sisters with you?
Boy: My brother is somewhere else. He lives somewhere else. Can you find her please?
Operator: Yes well I’m going to send an officer to find her. Are you sure you looked all over the house?
Boy: I think.
Operator: Did you look in her bedroom?
Boy: Yes.
Operator: Are you on a cordless phone?
Boy: Huh.
Operator: Are you on a cordless phone?
Boy: Yes…my grandma.
Operator: Is your grandma there with you?
Boy: No.
Operator: There’s no grownup with you at all?
Boy: Nope. No grownups.
Operator: Okay do me a favor can you look out the window and see if mommy’s car is there?
Boy: No, there’s no car in the garage. No car.
Operator: No car at all? How many people live with you hun?
Boy: I think they went somewhere else…I don’t know.
Operator: Okay well we’re going to get someone there to help you find them. I want to know who lives with you. Just your mommy?
Boy: Yes.
Operator: Okay. Does your grandma live with you?
Boy: No.
Operator: Does your sister live with you?
Boy: Yes.
Operator: How old is your sister?
Boy: 4.
Operator: She’s four. Is your sister there with you too?
Boy: Yes.
Operator: And your daddy doesn’t live with you?
Boy: No. Can you call grandma?
Operator: Can I call your grandma? What’s your grandma’s name?
Boy: …pick me up.
Operator: What’s grandma’s name?
Boy: Alyssa.
Operator: Do you know grandma’s phone number?
Boy: No, I have it…
Operator: Where do you have it hun?
Boy: It was supposed to be over here but now I don’t know. I have it on…
Operator: Well what we’re going to do is I’m going to send a policeman there to come help you and the policeman will call your grandma for you. Okay but I’m going to stay on the phone with you until we get there so you’re not scared okay.
Boy: How about I just call them okay?
Operator: No, no I don’t want you to hang up the phone with me I want you to stay on the phone with me so I know you’re safe. Okay?
Boy: Okay.
Operator: You said you looked in the garage and the car wasn’t in the garage?
Boy: Yeah.
Operator: It’s very good that you know your address sweet heart. Where’s your little sister at?
Boy: …
Operator: Is she sleeping or is she awake?
Boy: Awake.
Operator: She’s awake?
Boy: She calling for mommy, mommy wasn’t there.
Operator: Okay, did she have a bad dream and wake up and call for your mommy is that what happened?
Boy: No.
Operator: Okay, well does she still have to go potty? Does she still have to go potty?
Boy: Yes.
Operator: Can you get her up and take her potty so she doesn’t go in her bed.
Boy: I think…
Operator: Go in there with your sister and ask her and if she still has to go then you and I will take her to the potty so she doesn’t go in her bed. What’s your sister’s name? What’s your little sister’s name? Are you in your sister’s room with her? Ask her if she wants to go potty.
Boy: Okay.
Operator: You’re being a very good big brother helping her you know that right?
Boy: What did you say…I did not hear you?
Operator: I said you’re being a very good big brother helping your sister.
Boy: I was good…
Operator: Okay are you in the bathroom?
Boy: Yeah.
Operator: Okay.
Boy: You know I told my sister lets go play some games.
Operator: Okay well if she’s going to go potty let her go potty.
Boy: Yeah well she’s done.
Operator: And she’s done okay.
Boy: You know I have a lot of money.
Operator: You have a lot of money? Wow. How much money do you have sweet heart?
Boy: $4 and I made $3 and I got 7…
Operator: Wow you’re rich. $4 that’s a lot of money. Where did you get it?
Boy: My mommy gave me work.
Operator: What did you do to work for it?
Boy: Pick up the sticks, wipe up the floor…
Operator: That’s a lot of work for a 6 year old. That’s pretty impressive. Is your sister all done?
Boy: She needs to wipe her poopy.
Operator: Well that was very sweet of you. Is your sister hurt or anything or is she okay?
Boy: She’s scared.
Operator: She’s kind of scared; well you’re being very brave for your little sister. Do you know how to turn on the TV?
Boy: Yeah.
Operator: How about you guys go sit in the living room and turn on the TV and see if you can find some cartoons that will calm her down.
Boy: TV in my mom’s room.
Operator: Well I don’t want you to go in your momma’s room. Do you have a TV in your bedroom?
Boy: I do but mommy is not in her room.
Operator: How about you guys go in your bedroom and you can turn on some cartoons on there so your sister isn’t scared anymore.
Boy: Mom is not there.
Operator: So if she gets scared how about we stop saying that because I don’t want her to get scared. You guys going to your bedroom? Do you have any movies in there or is it just the TV?
Boy: Playstation, gameboy and movies.
Operator: Wow, does she have a favorite movie?
Boy: …
Operator: Why don’t you put on her favorite movie so she doesn’t get scared?
Boy: You want to…favorite movie?
Operator: Okay.
Boy: The lights on.
Operator: The lights on? Okay. Turn the movie on for me and I’m going to need you to do something for me.
Boy: Here you go.
Operator: Is she upset? Is she crying?
Boy: …
Operator: You gave her…
Boy: …
Operator: Wow you are such a great big brother.
Boy: Rainbow…
Operator: Very good. What movie did you put on?
Boy: I didn’t put a movie?
Operator: Okay.
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