7 Year Old Saves Toddler From Drowning

A 7-year-old California boy is being hailed as a hero for his quick-thinking actions that helped save a toddler from the bottom of a pool. Massiah Browne was swimming with relatives at the apartment complex where he lives with his mom and brother when he said he saw something out of the ordinary and sprang into action.

Massiah said “I was just playing in the pool and then I saw a boy at the bottom of the pool and I went to get him.” Massiah said he noticed the 3-year-old boy, a stranger, with his mouth and eyes open and dove down to get him, grabbing his arm and pulling him to the pool’s surface.

Massiah, who was in the pool with a 9-year-old relative, swam down in 6-feet deep water to rescue the boy. From there, his 9-year-old relative, a girl named Savannah, pulled the boy onto the pool deck, where adults came to help and then called 911. His mother, Tiara Delvalle, was alerted by relatives who were with her son at the pool, and rushed to the scene to help.

Bystanders performed CPR on the boy, who was breathing by the time first responders arrived. A Sacramento Fire Department spokesperson confirmed the child was breathing when the medical workers arrived, and the toddler was transported to the nearest hospital in critical condition, “with advanced life support efforts provided by Sacramento firefighters.” The toddler is expected to recover.