More Than Just a Blonde

It was a typical swim practice at Elmcrest Country Club.  I was with my 9&10 group and my brother and sister were with their 8&unders.  We had a great practice so Coach Eric and Marshall decided to let us have fun relay races to end practice.  I was anchor going against my biggest competition and summer crush Andrew Visser.  Just as I am about to dive in to win it for the girls, I hear a scream for someone to call 911.  I knew in that moment that it was my brother.  The prior summer he had cracked his head open in the deep end while diving in and I was like “Great, what did he do this time”.  As I look over, I see that its a little boy laying on the cement with the coach huddle over him soaking wet.  My brother had stopped breathing and passed out at the bottom of the pool.  CPR saved his life and he was back in the pool a week later, in fact his still competitively swims.  I decided right then and there that I wanted to know CPR, so I could maybe save someone’s brothers life.  I have a CPR mask that I carry with me and an instruction card in case in the moment I forget my training.

Why am I sharing this? Because a 9-year-old boy saved his 2-year-old sisters life because he saw CPR performed in a movie.  His mom was panicking and he just started doing what he saw in Black Hawk Down. CPR is important for everyone to know. It just may save a life.

read his story here: http://www.kpho.com/news/27640099/detail.html