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A 9-year-old girl from Brockton, Massachusetts is credited with saving her family after her parents were hit by carbon monoxide from a generator they borrowed after the powerful storm. Northeast that hit the area.
Jayline Barbosa Brandão was in bed on October 28 when she heard her father screaming and ran to find him.
He found him with his mother, who had lost consciousness.
"I heard my father scream and I saw my mother passed out," he told CNN affiliate WFXT.
Her father was also affected by the colorless and odorless gas, so she reached for his phone to call 911.
The iPhone was locked, but she was able to bring it to her face to unlock it using facial recognition.
"So I unlocked it using my father's face," Jayline told WFXT.
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Her mother, Marcelina Brandão, told CNN that her daughter took her 7-year-old sister to seek help from a neighbor.
Brandão said the family had been without power for about three days after the storm and had borrowed a generator for their home.
She claims they placed the generator near the back door of her house and only ran it for a few minutes before turning it off because it was noisy.
Later, she and her husband unplugged everything and put it in the house for storage.
They thought it was a safe place, but now he realizes that he was too close to the house.
The dangers of carbon monoxide
The National Weather Service says a standby generator should be kept at least 20 feet away from doors, windows and vents, and recommends that homes have working carbon monoxide detectors.
Brandão said her head hurt and she felt dizzy and nauseous before passing out, but she thought it was a migraine.
He woke up in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.
Brockton Fire Department Chief Brian Nardelli told CNN that five people from the home were taken to the hospital for treatment.
Rescuers found the generator in the home and detected carbon monoxide levels of 1,000 parts per million (ppm) in the home, Nardelli said in an email.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission warns that sustained concentrations above 150 to 200 ppm can cause disorientation, loss of consciousness, and death.
Brandão said that she and her husband are doing better and that her mother, Jayline, and her youngest daughter were not really affected by the gas.
Says Jayline's quick acting saved the family.
"She was very smart," Brandão said.
"That was really scary. If it weren't for her calling right away, I don't know what would have happened."
The Brockton Fire Department responded to about 20 carbon monoxide emergencies after the storm, Nardelli said.
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