The rain and wind finally stopped.
Sonia looked out her window.
The whole neighborhood was flooded.
And next door someone was trapped in the tree house!
It was her neighbor Tim.
He looked scared.
"Help!" the boy yelled.
"I'm trapped up here!"
The floodwater was high.
Tim could not climb down the ladder.
"Stay up there," Sonia yelled to Tim.
"I will call for help."
She quickly found the phone and dialed 9-1-1.
"This is the 9-1-1 operator.
What is your emergency?" the operator asked.
"We need help!" Sonia cried.
"Our backyards are flooded.
And my neighbor is trapped in his tree house!"
"What is your address?" the operator asked.
"Seven Bell Avenue in Dover," Sonia said.
"Stay calm and stay on the phone," the operator said.
"What is your name? Are you safe?"
"My name is Sonia Rivera.
Yes, I'm safe in my house with my parents."
"Help is on the way.
Do not hang up the phone," the operator said.
Soon Sonia heard sirens.
An ambulance and other emergency trucks arrived.
"Help is here," she said to the operator.
Sonia hung up the phone.
Then she and her parents watched the rescue.
The rescue workers went to the tree house in a boat.
They helped Tim out of the tree house.
Then they took him to the ambulance.
"Thank you, Sonia!" Tim said.
He didn't look scared anymore.
A rescue worker came to the front door.
"You did the right thing," he said to Sonia.
"You called 9-1-1 and stayed calm.
You saved Tim's life today."