Tag: pool

Toddler makes ‘miracle’ recovery after near drowning in Poway

Good News Notes: “A grateful mom is speaking out after her 2-year-old daughter’s ‘miracle’ recovery from a near drowning in Poway. A week ago, a day after Alia Preston and her family arrived in Poway from Queen Creek, AZ, she went out for a quick shopping trip with her mother-in-law. Her husband Nick was at…

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Calif. boy, 4, named honorary FF-medic after saving brother from drowning

Good News Notes: “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…

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Off-duty firefighter helps save 4-year-old boy pulled from pool

Good News Notes: “An off-duty firefighter helped save the life of a 4-year-old boy who was found face down in a pool on Monday evening. Officials say the child was found by his mother at their home on Lawton Road in Shirley around 4 p.m. Shirley Police Chief Sam Santiago said the mother had been…

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Off-duty nurses save toddler rescued from a hotel pool

Good News Notes: “Two off-duty nurses, a 9-year-old girl and her godmother are being hailed as heroes after they saved a toddler who nearly drowned in a hotel pool. Police in Livonia, Michigan, on Wednesday, posted a video of the terrifying January 24  incident on their Facebook page. There were about a dozen people around…

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Miami Proud: A Simple Act Of Kindness Unites Neighbors In Need

Good News Notes: ” Heartfelt hard work is underway at Judy Dye’s Fort Lauderdale home. It’s a demolition project that is repaying an act of kindness that happened 14 years ago, with just one neighbor looking out for another.” “It started when the winds of Hurricane Wilma were blowing. Tom Runyan found himself in need of…

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