To assist a small youngster, Massiah Browne claimed to have swum to the
bottom of a pool.
A little kid from California, age 7, is being hailed as a hero for the
rapid decisions he made to save a child who was submerged at the bottom of a
pool.
Sacramento resident Massiah Browne claimed to have witnessed something
unusual while swimming with family members at the apartment building where
he shares a home with his mother and brother.
Second-grader Massiah told "Good Morning America" that he spotted a boy at
the bottom of the pool when he was just playing in it. I then went to
collect him.
According to his mother, Tiara Delvalle, who said she hurried to the scene
from her apartment after being notified by relatives who were with her son
at the pool, Massiah dived down in 6-feet deep water to save the youngster
who was in the pool with him.
Massiah claimed that when he saw the stranger, a 3-year-old child, with his
mouth and eyes wide, he jumped in after him, grabbed his arm and yanking him
to the top of the pool.
The youngster was subsequently brought onto the pool deck by a 9-year-old
relative named Savannah, where adults arrived to assist and then dialed
911.
Savannah carried the youngster to his mother, who performed CPR on the
child before calling an ambulance, according to Massiah.
First responders responded to a 911 call at the apartment complex's pool on
July 19, according to a Sacramento Fire Department representative who
verified the incident to ABC News.
According to the spokeswoman, the youngster was given CPR by bystanders and
was breathing when emergency personnel arrived.
According to the spokeswoman, "Sacramento firefighters administered
advanced life support attempts as the youngster was being evacuated in
serious condition."
Delvalle claimed to be in contact with the boy's mother, who she stated is
doing well.
Regarding the boy's survival, Delvalle remarked, "It's a miracle."
Although his kid swims like "a fish," Marcus Browne, a boxer who
represented the United States at the 2012 London Olympics, said he was
shocked to learn about Massiah's valiant attempts.
Browne said of his kid, who is also known by the heroic alias "Siah Fire,"
"I simply couldn't believe it." He's a decent young man.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drowning is
the second most common cause of death among children under the age of 14 in
the U.S. for children between the ages of 1 and 4.
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