Twins Isaac and Kaden Kelley of Lousiana were pulled out of their backyard pool by their 6-year-old cousin.Courtesy Jeannie Kelley
A 6-year-old Louisiana boy is being praised for his quick reactions after what could have been a horrific accident on Aug. 20.
Branson Lee of Calhoun saw his 21-month-old twin cousins, Isaac and
Kaden Kelley, floating in their pool. Even though he can’t swim, the
little boy jumped into the shallow end to pull them out as fast as he
could.
The twins’ mom, Jeannie Kelley, said Branson had left a baby gate open
while playing hide and seek with her sons that “is always supposed to be
shut.”
“He went to the restroom and when he came back he noticed his own little
brother was on the first step of the pool,” Kelley, 32, told ABC News. “He saw that and went after him and when he did that he saw my boys in the pool.”
A devastated Kelley explained the family always leaves the doors locked
on the ground floor except for one, which is separated by a locked baby
gate.
“That is the only way people can come in,” she said. “They’re supposed
to lock the baby gate behind them. They left the baby gate unlocked and
the babies were able to gain access outside because the baby gate was
left unlocked.”
She said once Branson got the twins out he started screaming, which
caught the attention of the rest of the family inside the house who
didn’t realize the children had gotten into the backyard in the short
3-minute time frame.
“We ran out there and they were laying on the side of the pool and were
completely blue and completely lifeless,” Kelley recalled. “My husband
immediately fell down to his knees and started doing compressions and
CPR. He is a first responder.”
About 30 seconds into the horrific incident, Kelley said Kaden started
showing a “slight response,” followed shortly after by Isaac.
Once the ambulance arrived the boys were “full-blown crying,” which the
mom said was a good sign. They were medevac’d separately to University
Health in Shreveport when Kelley said a surreal experience happened.
“When we got into the helicopter Kaden sat up in my lap and said, ‘Hi
Mama. I love you,’” the overwhelmed mom said while fighting back tears.
“I was so blown away. Ten minutes ago I thought I lost my baby and now
he’s talking to me.”
She said she didn’t know it at the time, but her pastor had started a
prayer chain with their fellow parishioners repeating the same prayer
she had been praying over her sons the whole time: “Bring them back and
make them perfect God.”
Shortly afterward, “They were both playing and talking like nothing ever
happened to them,” Kelley said. “The doctors were just astounded. This
is just a miracle. I’m so overwhelmed that God was so good to us.”
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