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3-Year-Old Saves Her Ailing Father By FaceTiming Her Mother

The toddler recognized something strange was happening when she saw her father lying on the floor. So she picked up his smartphone and called her mom, who knew what to do next.

She might not be able to read or write, but 3-year-old Molly McCabe of Frederick County, Va., was savvy enough to save her father's life as he suffered a stroke.

It was July 4 and was at home with her dad, Trevor, and her younger sister. Her mother,

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