Texas Child Saves Woman Who Had Seizure in Pool
The 7-year-old girl "at first I thought she was playing with me."
— -- A 7-year-old Texas girl responded with grace under pressure, reportedly saving a woman who had a seizure from drowning in a pool.
Dasia Wessner was visiting the Glascow Trails Community mobile home park swimming pool in Tyler, Texas, Wednesday when she noticed a family friend in trouble, ABC affiliate station KLTV reported.
Natalie Foster, 34, was lying face down in the water and not moving.
"At first I thought she was playing with me,” Dasia said, “but then I turned her around and I knew she was having a seizure.”
By her account, Dasia jumped into the pool to help Foster, who was floating in the pool’s deep end. Dasia said she put Foster’s arm through the pool rack so she wouldn’t slide back down.
Unable to turn on Foster’s cellphone to get help, the girl ran to her aunt’s house nearby, and Foster eventually received aid. Foster told KLTV that she is at home and recuperating.
Dasia said she was never afraid during the ordeal. "I knew if she died she would be in heaven and she would be happy,” the girl said. “And she wouldn't be sick again, but if she stayed here she would also be OK.”
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