Posted on 07/08/2016 3:05:59 PM PDT by Hojczyk
As the family, about 30 people in total, began searching the beach, Frost, his twin brother Steve, and Martin saw kids digging holes in the sand around the place where the toddler had been last seen.
The men began searching the holes, digging down deeper in them. That is when Martin felt the boy beneath the sand and saw his blue swim trunks. The 3-foot hole the toddler was digging had collapsed on top of him.
According to Frost, finding the boy was not the joyous moment it should have been:
“We started digging, and Jesse found this little boy, Brooks, and pulled him out. He was ash grey, he was dead. He was dead. So we pulled him out, and the mom was just beside herself.” Despite the grim situation, the men didn’t give up hope. They administered CPR and within a minute the boy’s lips began to quiver. Within a few more minutes, he was breathing on his own and screaming for his mother.
Later, an assessment at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian showed that the little boy would be okay. Frost shared what happened in the aftermath:
“One of the neat things about the story is that later that day, the family came over and showed us a picture of him laughing and smiling and doing okay. It was truly a miracle.” As for his part, The Orange County Register reports that Martin, a father to a 9-year-old and 12-year-old, says he’s no hero:
(Excerpt) Read more at ijr.com ...
Finally something good
For sure. As I read, I was terrified the little guy didn’t make it! Joy!
He’s a hero no matter what he says.
Never forget how heavy and solid wet sand can get. It doesn’t take very long either. So happy that these men made the cautious effort to find and recover the boy before it was too late.
Thank you! These even look like nice guys and not the usual freaks.
Thanks men for being what appear to be good men.
1. If it’s a kid always do CPR.
These three guys acted promptly unlike many people who don’t and this little boy is alive because of it.
God bless these guys and thanks for posting this.
Heroes. And so is HOAG Hospital, they brought me back from dead too.
I remember when I was around 6 or 7, that my brother and two sisters decided they were going to make an igloo out of snow. They made me crawl into it, and the damn thing collapsed on top of me. I can still remember the crushing feeling of the heavy snow on top of me, and the inability to take a breath. I could hear my siblings outside laughing about what had happened, and I'm inside screaming for them to get me out. They finally dug me out, but it's something I still remember to this day. All three of them have passed, so I guess I'll have to wait until I'm with them to reminisce.
True heroes don't bask in pride...
This sentence though was poorly constructed, in view of what transpired next:
According to Frost, finding the boy was not the joyous moment it should have been:
Hubby & I took CPR class at Hoag before our son born there..
So glad we did! Happy ending story..yay
That’s part of what makes him a hero.
Thanks, I needed to see this story today.
wow....God Bless these men
Wonderful story. The the kid was never “dead,” although that makes for a great journalistic effect.
My first kid was born premature and prone to apnea attacks so my wife and I took infant CPR classes. Fortunately we never had to use it.
Oh my goodness. Those kids are heroes. Thanks for sharing. Baruch HaShem that this little boy made it!
We needed some good news today
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