5-year-old girl saves mother having seizure in swimming pool
Tracy Anderwald on Tuesday talked about how her daughter Allison Anderwald saved her, at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial in Corpus Christi, Texas. Allison has been credited with saving her mother’s life after she fell unconscious in their swimming pool in South Texas. (Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)
Tracy Anderwald hugged her daughter Allison Anderwald at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial in Corpus Christi, Texas on Tuesday. Allison has been credited with saving her mother’s life after she fell unconscious in their swimming pool in South Texas. (Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)
Allison Anderwald, 5, center, sat with her father, Ryan and her mother Tracy at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial on Tuesday in Corpus Christi, Texas. Allison saved her mother after she fell unconscious in their swimming pool. (Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)
PORTLAND, Texas » A 5-year-old girl has been credited with saving her mother’s life after the woman fell unconscious in their swimming pool in South Texas.
The rescue was captured on home surveillance video. It shows Tracy Anderwald face down in the pool at their home near Portland on Friday.
The video shows Allison Anderwald wading in, dragging her mother to the shallow end and turning her over so she is able to breathe.
Allison then runs for help.
Tracy Anderwald says she doesn’t know why she had a seizure and lost consciousness. She was discharged Tuesday from a hospital in Corpus Christi, 10 miles southwest of Portland.
Anderwald says Allison learned to swim at 2 years old and that she’s amazed the child knew what to do.
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4 responses to “5-year-old girl saves mother having seizure in swimming pool”
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Great job, Allison. Amazing how she knew what to do in an emergency situation like this. And, at only 5-years-old at that.
awesome heroics! cholo likes stories with happy endings!
Yet another good reason to teach our kids to swim at a young age!
five year old never gave up and kept moving her mother inch by inch to safety and then rolled her face out of the water before running to call help.
what a story.