Hero Lifeguards Race Toward Cries Of Help And Rescue Mother And Son Drowning In A Rushing River

Hero Lifeguards Race Toward Cries Of Help And Rescue Mother And Son Drowning In A Rushing River

Hero Lifeguards Race Toward Cries Of Help And Rescue Mother And Son Drowning In A Rushing River Screams were coming from the woods, but the three lifeguards who had just started their shift at the Ohio pool didn’t hesitate. They sprinted away from the Pataskala Municipal Park and raced toward the screams, through the trees to the rushing river that flowed beyond. Eighteen-year-old lifeguard Kaden Ross ran the 150 yards to the woods, hopped a fence, and made it to the river first. A woman was drowning in the murky waters of the Licking River, which had been surging after a series of summer storms. “There’s a water hole down there, probably 12 to 15 feet deep, and I see (a woman) actively drowning,” Ross told WSYX in Columbus. “I saved the mother. I bring her to a log, and then she tells me, ‘My boy’s under there. So when she tells me this, I look in the water and I don’t see anyone. “Another guy came and got into the water with me. As I am saving the mom, I give her to one of my guards. He …