With all the bad news floating around the world today, it’s always nice to get a feel-good story to lift our spirits. And we have a great one for you today. Apparently, 10-year-old twins ended up saving their dad from drowning by performing CPR on him. The funny thing is these kids weren’t trained in how to properly do CPR. In fact, they just did what they saw in the movies. Incredible, right?
Check out more details via FaithIt:
The Mountain Brook, Alabama family was spending time in their backyard pool like many other days. As Brad Hassig, a chiropractor by day, was doing breathing exercises in the pool, his 10-year-old sons, Bridon and Christian, played nearby with their friend, Sam Ebert, 11. Hassig’s wife and the boys’ mother was at work at the time. The breathing exercises were something Hassig had done many times before.
As he described it, even though he was going underwater as part of the exercise, “I wasn’t pushing myself or trying to be a Navy Seal.” But something went awry this time. “I went from just complete peace, saying the Lord’s Prayer,” Hassig explained, “and then everything was just white.”
Shortly after Hassig lost consciousness, Christian noticed that something didn’t seem right with his dad; so he put on some goggles and swam underwater to get a closer look.Christian explained, “He was laying on his side, and his face was starting to turn blue.”
Christian, thinking quick on his feet, alerted his brother Bridon, along with their friend Sam, and that’s when they jumped into action to save their father’s life.
Both Bridon and Sam grabbed the 185 lbs man by his arm and dragged him over to the steps inside the pool. Now this right here might be indications of a legitimate miracle, as Hassig revealed he’s 180 lbs and that the ability of the boys to even pull him over to the stairs was Herculean in its effort.
Once out of the water, Bridon began to do what he’d seen on The Sandlot and Hook. The boys recalled what one of the characters had been saying in on The Sandlot where a boy pretends to be unconscious under water. In an interview with Today Parents, the boys quoted the movie, “Smalls, come on!” as they explained that they knew that CPR might help from the movie.
According to the twins, the neighbor, Sam was yelling, “Do CPR!” and so Bridon started to pump on his dad’s chest and do mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
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As Bridon and Sam were performing CPR, Christian ran his heart out through the local neighborhood in search for a phone to call 911 since none of them had one. He knocked on one door, but no one answered. He then managed to stop a car and told the driver, “My dad can’t breath. Help him.”
The driver responded by immediately calling 911. First responders wasted no time getting to the scene. A neighbor, who just happened to be a cardiologist ran over to help as well. How good is God? He had the right people there at the right time, to ensure the man survived.
When asked how he felt about the event, Bridon said, “I was like, I’ve had some moments with him, with happy, sad and some mad moments, but I’m like, ‘I don’t want this to be the last moment.”
Eventually, Hassig came to, coughing up blood and foam.
Hassig said as he was coming to, he heard his son saying, “Daddy, Daddy. Come back, Daddy. You have to be okay.”
Hassig had suffered from hypoxia and pulmonary edema. Although he experienced fatigue after the incident, he’s regaining lung functioning and strength.
He then shared that the day of the interview, he took his dog for a walk for the first time since the incident occurred.
As rewards for their brave actions, both boys were given phones, so that in case of another emergency, they have the means to call 911.
Hassig also took an opportunity during the interview to praise and thank God, saying the incident is “confirmation that God is always with you.”