Brave child saves mum from kidnap horror by slipping two-word note to bus driver

A child may well have saved their mother's life after slipping a desperate note to a school bus driver that instructed, 'call 911'.

The youngster passed the note shortly before 7:30am on 24 September, and the driver quickly contacted authorities who headed out to investigate.

Upon arriving at the home, police found that the child's mother was allegedly being held against her will by 29-year-old Glenroy Miller.

Miller is accused of having assaulted the woman several times throughout the night, kicking her with enough force to break two ribs and puncture her lung, News 13 reports.

The alleged incident took place in Westgate, a rural city in Iowa. The Fayette County Sheriff's Office said the mother was unable to call for help in front of the suspect, so she wrote a note on a piece of paper and gave it to her child.

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According to reports, the child is currently in first grade, putting them at just 6 or 7 years old. Miller, from the Bahamas, has been charged with armed kidnapping, willful injury, domestic abuse assault with the intent to inflict serious injuries and obstruction of emergency communications, according to public court records.

He is being held on a $1,500 (£1,117) bond and is also being detained through Immigration and Customs Enforcement, News 13 and CBS 2 report.

It comes after an incredible recording captured a four-year-old boy talking to a 999 call handlerafter his mum suffered a severe asthma attack and was left unable to speak.

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Joshua Miller made the life-saving call from his family home in Ayr, Scotland, when his mum Katie, 35, became unwell. An ambulance crew was quickly dispatched to the house, and attended to Katie before rushing her to hospital for treatment.

The youngster was presented with a certificate of commendation from the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) by the same crew for saving his mum's life and now they have shared the recording of the youngster's brave 999 call.

He spoke to call handler Lauren Inglis, who was later nominated for a national award. Lauren described Joshua as "astonishing" for being able to help his mum during her asthma attack last year.

She said: "He is a very young child, but he was incredibly amazing. He came on the phone and told me his mum wasn't well, he could tell me his mum was having an asthma attack.

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"Joshua was able to tell me their address, exactly where they were, and even what room of the house they were in and if the front door was unlocked. He was an incredible example of what telling your kids how to phone emergency services really is.

"He answered all of my questions so well, I don't think I had to repeat any of them, which for a child of four or five with the attention span they have is astonishing." Katie was discharged from hospital the following day, and was able to return home to Joshua and his younger sister Abbie, three.

Katie said of her son: "We are beyond proud of Joshua, the fact he was able to do that. It was probably quite a tough situation as a four-year-old to remember what we've taught him, like our address and things to do with my asthma.

"He stayed calm, and he's quite a shy boy naturally, so the fact he was able to speak and give those details was huge. He also kept his little sister calm, so he did really, really well."