In the pre-social media landscape of 1980s and '90s Malaysia, entertainment often came from television cartoons, outdoor ...

The cartoon was posted Aug. 1 with the caption, "Democrat women in a nutshell" and had been "liked" on Instagram more than 3,500 times in the two weeks that followed.

The cartoon, voiced by Leonel himself, explains the steps he took that scary day. "I called 9-1-1 and told the firefighters my mom needed help. I stayed on [the phone] the whole time.