An Indianapolis woman reacted quickly to save a 3-year-old boy in danger of drowning in a pool, only to find that his pregnant mother also needed her help.
Apartment manager Jennifer Potter was riding by the pool in a golf cart on Wednesday, when she saw a small child in the deep end, local TV station WTHR reports.
She jumped in the pool to help.
But when she reached the child she saw more: The boy's pregnant mother was submerged under him. The mother had jumped into the pool earlier to try and save her son, according to WXIN.
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Potter worked with coworkers to pull the woman and the child from the pool.
"I don't know how I did it," she told WTHR. "I just reacted and would hope anyone else would do the same as I did."
The station reports that first responders who arrived to the scene on the city's south sidecredited her with saving three lives: The boy, his mother and her unborn baby.
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sunnynoodles on June 8th, 2018 at 13:31 UTC »
Makes me think of years ago, when I was like 4 or 5 years old, I almost drowned. I was in the pool holding onto the wall above a section of the pool where I couldn't touch the ground. My grip slipped and I fell in and sunk to the bottom. I remember looking up out of the water and seeing the sun through the water. The image is still startlingly clear in my memory lol I think I was down there for about a minute before this guy jumped in and pulled me out. My parents 10 feet away from the edge had no clue I had fallen in so deep.
So, thanks stranger for saving my life. I don't go swimming anymore.
zebrahippos on June 8th, 2018 at 13:15 UTC »
Arm length rule people!!! Young weak swimmers should never be out of arms reach from you!!!
Drowning is a silent killer and it looks nothing like it does in movies. People don't struggle they just slip under
BlitzFor6 on June 8th, 2018 at 11:39 UTC »
Talk about right place right time. Had she been driving by a minute before or after, this could be a completely different story. This type of “butterfly effect” always amazes me. “Oops I forgot my keys!” Run back in house to get them, then leave rearranges where you are, at what point in the day.