An Etobicoke family is speaking out after spending minutes on hold with 911 while their infant was choking. Lianne and Tim Ray's infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness on April 15 after he began choking on cereal at the dinner table. But when Tim Ray called 911, he was put on hold for five minutes and 23 seconds, according to Toronto police. In a panic, he hung up and tried to save his son himself.

Toronto police say the 911 call centre couldn't call back because the phone that had called them was unregistered. The family called again two minutes later and that call was answered in five minutes and 19 seconds, according to police, then transferred to paramedics. By that time, Asher's father had dislodged the obstruction from his son's throat and resuscitated him - after the little boy had gone more than three minutes without being able to breathe, according to the family.

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