“For one day, Placentia was plus one heroic first responder, though it may take him a while to grow into his new firefighter’s helmet.
On Friday, Nov. 6, 4-year-old Mason Ochoa was officially credited with saving his younger brother from drowning in a backyard pool.
The deed occurred Oct. 20: Mason leaped into action after seeing on a home security system that his brother, 2-year-old Nicholas, had fallen into the pool.
Mason ran outside to the pool and held Nicholas by the arm while yelling for help. Hearing the cries, their mother, Stephanie, pulled the toddler out of the pool. Mason’s father, Jose, called 911, and paramedics took a shaken Nicholas to Children’s Hospital of Orange County.
‘There was no serious injury, and only because Mason was brave enough to engage (and) attentive enough to realize that it warranted a response,’ Placentia Fire Chief John ‘Pono’ Van Gieson said.”
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