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911 calls released of boy helping deliver baby brother at home
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Authorities have released the dramatic 911 calls of a boy talking to an operator as his mother was delivering a baby.
“My mom just had a baby at the house and she needs someone needs to come,” said 11-year-old James Dukes in the 911 call.
Kenyarda Dukes says she and James, were at home Tuesday morning when she knew it was time.
"I was screaming and my son ran in the room. 'Mom, are you OK?' I'm like, ‘Nooo!’" Dukes recalled.
Her baby was coming and the only doctor in the house turned out to be her son.
After giving the dispatcher his address, James tells the operator his mom woke up and the baby was born minutes later.
James then gives the phone to his mother, who talks with the dispatcher about what to do next. He directs James to get towels, wipe the baby off and wrap him up.
James followed the 911 operator's instructions and cared for the baby until paramedics arrived.
"Words can't express how proud I am. He is the epitome of when you tell your son that 'you’re the man of the house, so you have to take care of those responsibilities,' and he did it to a 'T,'" the boys' father said.
Mother and baby are fine and now resting comfortably in the hospital.
"My son was brave. He didn't shake. He didn't budge. I was like, ‘Oh my God! Somebody help me.’ He did a wonderful job and I’m proud of him," Kenyarda Dukes said.
