VIDEO: Florida man rescues 6-year-old from drowning in dramatic pool incident

Viewer/reader discretion advised: This story and the video above contain material that some viewers may find disturbing. Surveillance footage captured a dramatic rescue in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where a six-year-old boy nearly drowned in a swimming pool.On June 4, Roque Ivan Ocampo heard screams coming from a pool and rushed to help.He dove into the pool, pulling a 6-year-old child, Oscar, to the surface. With help from another person, Ocampo got Oscar out of the water and began performing CPR.”I started doing CPR. The kid wasn’t breathing, but I kept doing it until he started breathing again,” Ocampo told WFOR.Body camera footage from responding officers showed them carrying Oscar to paramedics. Thanks to Ocampo’s quick actions, the child survived.”I don’t feel like a hero; I just did what I had to do,” Ocampo said. “I feel good, I’m blessed to be able to help this kid.” Following the rescue, experts emphasized the importance of CPR — even if you’re not trained or confident in performing the life-saving measure. “It’s better to do bad CPR than no CPR at all,” Dr. Francis Amador of Broward Health said.See more in the video player above.
Viewer/reader discretion advised: This story and the video above contain material that some viewers may find disturbing.
Surveillance footage captured a dramatic rescue in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where a six-year-old boy nearly drowned in a swimming pool.
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On June 4, Roque Ivan Ocampo heard screams coming from a pool and rushed to help.
He dove into the pool, pulling a 6-year-old child, Oscar, to the surface. With help from another person, Ocampo got Oscar out of the water and began performing CPR.
“I started doing CPR. The kid wasn’t breathing, but I kept doing it until he started breathing again,” Ocampo told WFOR.
Body camera footage from responding officers showed them carrying Oscar to paramedics.
Thanks to Ocampo’s quick actions, the child survived.
“I don’t feel like a hero; I just did what I had to do,” Ocampo said. “I feel good, I’m blessed to be able to help this kid.”
Following the rescue, experts emphasized the importance of CPR — even if you’re not trained or confident in performing the life-saving measure.
“It’s better to do bad CPR than no CPR at all,” Dr. Francis Amador of Broward Health said.
See more in the video player above.