PONTIAC, Mich. (WXYZ) — A 3-year-old boy in Pontiac is being hailed as a hero after his quick thinking potentially saved his mother's life when she collapsed during a seizure Thursday afternoon.

Watch Jeffrey Lindblom's video report: Toddler saves his mother's life in Pontiac

Shantell Woods was cooking when she became dizzy and sat on her couch. Woods, who has epilepsy, says she then had a seizure and fell unconscious in her living room with no one around except her young son, Cody.

"I want to cry right now. He's just my hero," Woods said.

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While his mother was unconscious, Cody grabbed her phone and held it close to her face to unlock it. The boy then made a FaceTime call to someone with a familiar face.

"He called Kaya," Woods said.

Kaya initially thought the call came f

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