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Mom's Cell Phone Helps Boy Get New Heart

 

POSTED: 1413 GMT (2213 HKT), May 10, 2007

 

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pennsylvania (AP) -- It took global-positioning

technology for police to track down a 10-year-old boy and get him to a

hospital in time for a life-saving heart transplant.

 

John Paul May and his mother were at a university concert when

officials got word that the heart was available. Sue May had a cell

phone, but the volume was off.

 

When hospital officials couldn't reach the family, they called

Pennsylvania State Police for help. The trooper working the desk sent

out patrols to search for the family and eventually called

communications company Sprint to track May's cell phone, then sent

officers to the concert at Slippery Rock College, State Police Cpl.

James Green said Thursday.

 

At the concert, Green approached the director, giving him the cut sign.

 

The crowd was " sitting there dumbfounded, " Green said. " I don't think

they knew what to expect that the State Police were there stopping a

concert. "

 

" I called out Sue's name twice, and the second time she raised her

hand, " he said. " I announced we had to get her to Pittsburgh, to the

children's hospital, that they had a heart for her little boy. "

 

John, who had coronary artery disease, underwent surgery at Children's

Hospital of Pittsburgh on Saturday night. He was in critical but

stable condition Thursday morning, his mother told CBS's " The Early Show. "

 

" He's doing as good as expected at this time, but that's just thanks

to all the policemen, " May said. " If it wasn't for them, if we didn't

get this heart, who knows if my son would have survived to the next

heart? "

 

Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

[Guest guest]

Butch.,

 

I can certainly testify to the use of cell phones. My American friends

always wonder why does my 12-year old daughter never leave home (except

for school) without her cell phone.

 

I always say that I believe cell phones are for parents' piece of mind,

not for children's play.

 

Lisa broke her leg last night. Fell off her bike in the park 5 minutes

drive from our house. Immediately she called me, and within 15 minutes

we were in Akron's Children's Hospital and on the way to get treatment.

(She will have to have a surgery on Tuesday.) Had she not had her phone,

it would've taken much longer, and would've caused much more trama to

get this dealt with.

 

Nika

 

Butch Owen wrote:

 

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