If their mother was trapped, he knew where to find her.

I said that to the first officer.

He had already understood the urgency.

Officers went next door while others remained with us.

I could not see everything from the kitchen.

I heard voices outside, then a sound at the neighboring entrance, but I did not know whose hands had made it or what had happened inside.

Later, I learned that the circumstances and what responding officers observed gave them grounds to enter to render emergency aid.

They did not need me to know the correct legal phrase before I called.