“I ended up seeing him sinking to the bottom of the pool:” Dramatic video captured the moment a quick-thinking first responder in Hemet ran to save his 1-year-old son who jumped in their pool without a life vest.
"I look over and I can't find him and I ended seeing him sinking to the bottom of the pool," recalled the father of three.Dramatic video captured the moment a quick-thinking first responder in Hemet ran to save his 1-year-old son who jumped into a swimming pool without a life vest.In a 40-second clip shared by the Hemet Firefighters Association, the boy named Cole is seen standing just a few feet away from his pool.
"I look over and I can't find him and I ended seeing him sinking to the bottom of the pool," recalled Petite. "So that's when I went over there, scooped him out and got him out of the pool." Despite being a trained first responder, he said it was actually his fatherly instincts that made him immediately jump into action at the sight of Cole sinking in the pool.
As for the 1-year-old, Petite said held in his breath when he was under water. Fortunately, he was ok when his father pulled him out of the pool.
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