Overview
- The medical emergency occurred a few weeks earlier while the sixth-grader was home sick in Appleton, Wisconsin.
- After sensing trouble, she first called her grandparents, and a dispatcher then phoned the home to guide CPR step by step.
- Josie performed compressions until first responders arrived, and a pulse was restored before they took over.
- EMTs transported her mother to a hospital, and officials report she is recovering and doing better.
- The Appleton Police and Fire Departments and the City presented certificates and challenge coins, praising that “heroes don’t always wear uniforms.”