A 10-year-old boy from Oklahoma is being hailed a hero after he saved his mom from drowning when she suffered a seizure in their backyard pool.
Security cameras captured the rescue, which happened after Gavin Keeney noticed his mom struggling in the water on Aug. 5 after he’d gotten out of the pool. “I heard what was a lot of splashing and moving around,” he told local outlet KTEN. “I heard kind of yelling, but also drowning.
So, then I looked and saw her seizing. And so I went and jumped in and got her back to the ladder.” Read more: NASA’s DART mission will smash spacecraft into a huge asteroid — here’s how to watch Gavin’s mom, Lori Keeney, told KAKE that she has seizures almost daily, and that Gavin often steps in to help.
This, however, is the first time she’s been able to watch her son take care of her during a seizure. “Truly amazing thing to see, and I don’t normally get to see him in action and what he gets to do after I’m having a seizure,” she said. “This is the first time I actually got to see it just because of security cameras … so much pride in him… at the same time, it was heartbreaking to watch.” The video shows Lori convulsing in the water as Gavin dives into the pool and cradles her to hold her head above the water.