Kansas: Neighbour Acts Quickly to Save 4 Year Old Autistic Child from Drowning in Swimming Pool
- Xavier Rigney slipped into an apartment complex swimming pool and was in the water for more than three minutes before help arrived
- Tom Westerhaus a neighbour responded to a distress call from his son and jumped into the pool before performing CPR
- The four-year-old who has autism had the life-saving manoeuvre performed on him for two minutes before fire and rescue services arrived
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A former lifeguard has rescued a 4-year-old boy identified as Xavier after he fell into a swimming pool while playing alone.
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Distress call
Tom Westerhaus responded to a distress call from his 12-year-old son who saw the 4-year-old drowning.
In a swift response, Westerhaus jumped into the pool and rescued the boy before performing Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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CCTV footage captured the dramatic rescue of the young boy at the pool within an apartment complex.
According to CNN, the emergency intervention happened before the Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical response team arrived and took the boy to the hospital.
"The call in in question comes in asa drowning and we know its a drowning, the thing that runs in our head is to just get there in a hurry," said Robb Fleeup the rescue chief.
The lifesaver stated:
"Definitely when he began to cough up water I knew that was a good sign, I just didn't realise I kept on going for so long."
Door was open
Xavier's mother, Alexis Rigney, she said she was taking care of her 4-month-old baby when she realised that he was gone and the door had been left open. She said:
"It just happened in a matter of minutes, I'm so glad that he is okay now."
She added:
"He is my best friend. I don't know what I would do without him."
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