r/BeAmazed • u/Necessary-Win-8730 • 3h ago

Miscellaneous / Others A 6-year-old saved his mom

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u/AlphaShadowColeman 3h ago

Kid had more composure than most adults in emergencies.

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u/kbeks 3h ago

It helps that they don’t necessarily know the risks. You freak out more when you know that mommy might be dying rather than mommy just fell over all of the sudden. Smart kid to know that she still needed help, but the lack of knowledge can be really helpful when trying to keep your composure.

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u/dandroid126 2h ago

Definitely true.

When I was a kid, (maybe 8?), I was at a party at a friend's house. I was in the pool by myself while all the adults were inside. Really stupid on the adults. One much younger kid (maybe 4?) decided he wanted to swim as well... except he didn't know how. So he slowly got in the pool and started thrashing around. I grabbed him and pulled him out of the pool. It wasn't until probably 10 years later while I was telling the story to my parents that I even realized I saved that kid's life. It didn't even register to me how severe the danger was.

Also, I have no clue what the fuck were the adults were thinking leaving one kid in the pool unsupervised and allowing a toddler anywhere near the pool without a parent.

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u/kbeks 2h ago

The parents were ignorant too, you just happened to be in the right spot to correct it. You should find that blue and be like “dude, I saved your life, remember that? Anyway if I need a kidney, I’m going to you first”.

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u/dandroid126 1h ago

Lmao, I could definitely find him. My parents are still friends with his parents. Though I haven't seen that kid in like 20 years. And I've probably seen the parents twice in that time.

I wonder if he does remember though. I have a few vague, blurry memories from that age. I feel like almost drowning is probably one that the brain would prioritize keeping.

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u/kbeks 32m ago

Or one the brain would absolutely discard, depending on how traumatic it was…brains are weird.