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Teen daughter of Le Roy firefighter saves boy from drowning in pool at Frost Ridge

By Howard B. Owens

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When 16-year-old Sterling Green saw a little boy at the bottom of the pool at Frost Ridge Campground this afternoon, and she saw bubbles gurgling from his mouth, she thought to herself, "I think he's drowning."

The daughter of one of Le Roy's volunteer firefighters, Green did what came natural to her. She jumped in the water to rescue the child.

Her father, Michael Green, was at her side when they got the boy to the pool's edge. The boy's mother came running up, asking, "Is that my boy?" Somebody told her it was. 

The mother tried performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation her her six-year-old son, but Green told her, "let him try to breathe on his own."

They turned the boy on his side.

"He was really blue, then he starting coughing and crying after he vomited," Micheal Green said. "He started talking to us and the paramedics showed up and took care of him, and he seemed good when he was on his way to the hospital."

He was carried by his mother from the pool to the waiting Mercy EMS ambulance and transported to UMMC Strong Memorial Hospital for evaluation.  

Sterling said she was sitting poolside and talking with her mother, her aunt and her sister when one of them spotted the boy at the bottom of the pool and pointed out that he didn't appear to be coming up. 

They don't know how long the boy was under water.

Green said he couldn't be prouder of his daughter.

"I’m a firefighter and she’s just following the footsteps," he said.

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Dan Kemp

Ms.Green,
Would like to take a moment to offer my thanks for your quick actions in allowing this young man to continue his long life ahead of him. All though you are not a firefighter you have a proud father that has a wealth of experience and knowledge whithin the emergency services that has clearly rubbed off on you. Myself being in the emergency services organization for the last 12 year's i find it to be a difficult situation for any non firematic personnel to step into an intense situation as you did. You are a prime example of the type of person that can set her selflessness aside and put yourself in harms way to save another life no matter what the outcome may be. YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF YOU IN YOUR SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO GIVE THIS YOUNG MAN A FAIR CHANCE AT LIFE. Thank you,from the kemp family.

Jun 27, 2016, 1:35pm Permalink

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