Fayette County 911 operator has been nominated

for a Governor's Public Safety Award for her

performance in helping thwart an April 26

carjacking in Fayetteville.

Holly

Eason answered the call from Esther Green after

Green and her baby were abducted by a man who

took control of her Mercedes in the parking lot

of the Banks Station shopping center. The

quick-thinking Green left the cell phone on in

her child's diaper bag and kept police on the

trail as the car ventured north into Riverdale.

Eason

initially thought the call was a domestic dispute

because of Green's screaming, but a friend of the

victim also called 911 within a minute of the

first call, telling authorities that it was

indeed a kidnapping.

Eason

listened as Green called out highway numbers, and

she and three other dispatchers had police units

in Fayette County and bordering jurisdictions on

the alert for each new piece of information

during the 16-minute ordeal.

Green

and her baby were safe and sound when the

carjacker and his accomplice were arrested in

Riverdale.

Eason,

who had been on the job for only nine months when

the carjacking took place, appeared on national

television in the ensuing days as word spread of

the incident. She was nominated in the "Act

of Heroism" category for the second annual

Governor's Public Safety Awards.

Also

nominated was former Fayette County firefighter

Matt Mosely, now with the city of Atlanta Fire

Department, who also gained national recognition

just two weeks prior to Eason for his daring

rescue of a man trapped atop a crane during a

fire at a downtown cotton mill.

Mosely

was lowered from a helicopter, as rush-hour

commuters and thousands of local television

viewers watched.

He

reached the victim and attached him to a harness

before both men were whisked to safety.

More

than 60 nominees from across the state have been

submitted for acts of heroism or outstanding job

performance in more than a dozen state public

safety agencies.

committee representing the Georgia Association of

Chiefs of Police, Georgia Sheriff's Association,

Fire Chiefs Association of Georgia/Georgia State

Fire Fighters Association, Emergency Medical

Services, Emergency Management Agency of Georgia,

911 Advisory Committee, and Prosecuting

Attorneys' Council, as well as other state

agencies with public safety authority,

participated in the selection process.

The

awards ceremony will be Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 10

a.m. at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center

in Forsyth.

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