Boys Save their drowning friend
Twelve-year-old Noah Roche was swimming with his brother, Weston, at their apartment complex’s pool in Fenton, Michigan. He noticed his 7-year-old friend, Griffin, was floating near the bottom of the pool. “He wasn’t really moving except his arms were just wiggling a tiny bit,” says Noah, who got his brother Weston, 8, to go to the deep end of the pool to retrieve him. “I had goggles on and dived there,” says Weston. “I saw Griffin’s eyes were shut and I quickly picked him up. Then his head started going up and down. I thought he was dead.” The boys were able to summon an adult to help pull Griffin out of the pool, and Griffin’s mom performed CPR until paramedics arrived. Thanks to the quick thinking of these boys, Griffin made a full recovery. (Fowler, 2023)

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