A young swimmer from Staten Island is being called a hero after he pulled a drowning toddler from the bottom of a pool.
That unlikely rescuer credited for the life-saving rescue: a 7-year-old boy.
Massiah Browne's been taking swimming lessons for over a year, but no one expected the second-grader to be prepared to rescue another person.
His family said the incident happened last week, at the apartment complex in Sacramento where the family now lives.
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"I saw this little boy at the bottom of the pool," Browne said. "I went to go get him and then I brought him up."
Sacramento authorities said responding paramedics rushed the critically injured 3-year-old boy to the hospital. Browne's mother said she's been in touch with the family and the toddler has since recovered and is home with his family.
"Massiah’s 7 years old, so for him to save somebody out of a pool, it’s unbelievable," the boy's father, Marcus Browne, said.
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The boy's father, a professional boxer and Olympian, can't help but be proud of the 7-year-old.
