11-year-old in Kentucky saves unconscious man from apartment pool

Avory Woolery An 11-year-old boy is being credited with saving a man who fell unconscious in an apartment swimming pool last week.

Avory Woolery said he stepped in after seeing that no one else was helping. “No one was doing anything, so I put on my goggles. I went underwater,” Avory told local news.“I grabbed him up and I just felt really bad because there was no way that I was going to let another man die today. He’s a human being. He should be treated as such.”

Once Avory got the man to the side of the pool, someone he believed to be a friend began performing CPR until first responders arrived after someone called for help. The man was taken to a local hospital. WKYT reported he remained in critical condition.

Avory’s father said he was proud of his son’s quick action.