(officer.com) – An off-duty Forsyth County deputy wasn’t just doing his job Sunday when he rescued a 2-year-old girl from his subdivision swimming pool.
He was also saving a friend’s child on Father’s Day.
“It’s a lot more special that it was a friend’s daughter,” DeputyMike Nelson said Wednesday as he recalled the incident.
Shortly before 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Nelson said he was sitting near the pool when the girl got in the water.
The girl’s father was in the pool with his other children, and her mother left the girl momentarily to throw away diapers, Nelson said. When the mother returned, the girl wasn’t on her chair.
“Her mom and dad were screaming,” Nelson said.
Nelson and the girl’s father saw the girl, got to her about the same time and pulled her from the water.
Then Nelson’s training took over. He performed CPR on the girl, and she started breathing properly again a couple of minutes later.
“Nelson contributed to the child being alive because of his quick response,” according to a post from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office.
