Quick-thinking 11-year-old twins safely stop car after mom has seizure while driving: "I think she's..."

Two twin brothers are being celebrated as superheroes for their quick thinking and timely action after their mother suddenly had a seizure while driving. Twins Jordan and Jermel Taylor, 11, jumped into action last month when their mother, Crystal Thompson, experienced an "incapacitating medical emergency" while traveling near State Route 21 South and State Route 30 East, according to a post on the City of Massillon's Facebook page.

Thompson, who has epilepsy, was driving the twins to their grandmother's house in the family's SUV around 10:30 a.m. when the seizure started, ABC affiliate WEWS-TV reported. Jordan quickly assessed the situation correctly and alerted his brother. "I told my brother, Jermel, 'I think she's about to have a seizure,'" he recalled to the station. Jermel, who was in the front passenger seat, grabbed the steering wheel and guided the car off the road and into a grassy area, according to Massillon officials. 

"While she was having the seizure, I thought to myself, 'Let's not injure all the people on the road in the cars and let's try to keep everybody safe'," Jermel said during an interview with CBS affiliate WTRF-TV. Jordan helped his brother toward the field from the back seat and then called 911 for help, according to WEWS-TV. Initially, Jordan said he wasn't sure where he was when they first connected with the dispatcher. "I was, like, so scared," he told WEWS-TV. "I called my stepdad first and then I got on the phone with 911," Jordan explained. "It was like my first time ever actually talking to 911."

Thompson was taken to a local hospital soon, according to the City of Massillon. She is proud of her sons and grateful that they stepped up at the right time. "I will say I'm very much thankful for my fiancé who taught them how to drive a tractor and my dad has taught them how to ride Go-Karts, so that's always a plus," Thompson said, per WEWS-TV.

The boys were also honored for their actions on March 6 by Mayor Kathy Catazaro-Perry and Sergeant Audrey Aiello, according to the City of Massillon. The City applauded the boys' "quick thinking in a time of crisis," which they said prevented more harm from being caused. "Their brave actions are honorable and we just want them to know that we appreciate everything that they have done for themselves, their mother, and the community," said Aiello, per WTRF-TV.

"I knew what they did was super amazing but I never thought that it would get as big as it did. I never thought that we would meet the mayor and the boys would have that," Thompson said. "It's like, you don't leave your house just expecting to have a seizure while you're driving. So, it wasn't something I could have known," Thompson said to Good Morning America. "I didn't feel anything different when I left the house that day."

"After the wreck, the only thing that I remember is me waking up in the ambulance, and one of the ambulance drivers, the first thing she said is that the boys were OK and that they were with their stepdad and my mom," Thompson added. Jordan also had a message for others who could be in similar situations. "I would tell kids if you see something bad going on, you should always help them out," said Jordan.