Mother stung 75+ times shielding two children in SUV from bee swarm during family photo shoot
A mother taking outdoor family photos with her two children in the Buckeye Valley area was swarmed by bees. She immediately put both children inside their SUV, absorbing the brunt of over 75 stings herself. The children's grandmother's panicked 911 call was released by the agency. Firefighters extracted the children from the bee-covered vehicle using foam; both children were unharmed, and the mother recovered after hospitalization.
Incident Summary
A mother taking outdoor family photos with her two children in the Buckeye Valley area was swarmed by bees. She immediately put both children inside their SUV, absorbing the brunt of over 75 stings herself. The children's grandmother's panicked 911 call was released by the agency. Firefighters extracted the children from the bee-covered vehicle using foam; both children were unharmed, and the mother recovered after hospitalization.
Public-Safety Lesson
Sourced directly from a fire department's own Facebook safety-messaging post (with released 911 audio and video) rather than a reporter's independent account - illustrates that official agency social media can surface incidents worth checking against news coverage.
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Source Information
Source: NBC News / Arizona Fire & Medical Authority (Facebook)
Source Strength: B - Established News citing official Fire Department Facebook post + released 911 audio