6-year-old desperately tries to save mom from apparent overdose death in Brooklyn
A brave 6-year-old girl spent her Christmas Day trying to prevent tragedy by calling 911 to help her lifeless mom in Brooklyn — but the child’s best efforts couldn’t save the woman from what police believe was a fatal drug overdose.
The child also desperately called her older sister, who rushed to the scene of their 46-year-old mother Rashedia Fitch’s apartment in the Kingsborough Houses in Crown Heights, a neighbor recounted.
“The little girl was brave. She was the one who called 911,” said neighbor Mildred Perez, 76, who lives across the hall. “Her little daughter, she’s OK. She was playful. She took care of her. She was very good. She was loved.”
At the scene on Monday around noon, the 6-year-old’s older sister screamed and cried, “What happened to her?” as she tried to push through r...