{"id":15307,"date":"2017-08-21T17:11:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T17:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=15307"},"modified":"2017-08-21T17:11:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T17:11:52","slug":"local-firefighter-saves-boy-7-from-drowning-near-anna-maria-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=15307","title":{"rendered":"Local firefighter saves boy, 7, from drowning near Anna Maria Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI kept trying to go further out to him and pull him back in. I was telling him to kick and swim,\u201d Khara Green told News Channel 8 she tried to save her son, but the current proved to be too strong.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could see him going under and getting pulled out further to the sea. The current was just so strong. I just did not have enough upper body strength.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haines City Firefighter\/EMT Brenn Hines was spending a day at the beaches of Anna Maria Island when he heard Green calling for help.<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard \u2018help! Help!\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Brenn quickly swam to the pair, threw the child on his back and brought the mother and child both back safely to shore.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was in water above our head,\u201d Brenn said. \u201cThe current, everything, the waves, swimming against everything, it was just not easy at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once they made is safely back to shore, Green thanked him for his bravery.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you doesn\u2019t seem like enough,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Watch the report HERE\u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"