A 12-year-old girl is being hailed as a hero for saving her family as authorities say carbon monoxide was filling their home in Fort Worth, Texas.
October 5, 2020
"At first, they were acting normal and when I came back to my room, they started screaming and throwing up and stuff and they started to pass out," Jaziyah recalled.Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCarbon monoxide can be very dangerous because it is invisible, has no smell or taste and it's hard to detect.With Jaziyah's family, firefighters say the family accidentally left their car running in the garage.
"When a car is running in an enclosed environment, this is why people are more at risk of carbon monoxide exposure," emergency medicine physician and medical toxicologist Dr. Stephanie Widmer explained to"Good Morning America."Jaziyah Parker, 12, was honored by the Fort Worth Fire Department in a special ceremony on May 23, 2023.
"Realizing [carbon monoxide poisoning is] what's going on is something that's very difficult. So that's why carbon monoxide detectors are vital. They're so important," Widmer said."I'm the one who is supposed to protect [my children]," Jaziyah's mother, Ariel Mitchell, said on Tuesday."It's like I was the one getting protected by them."
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