Surveillance video shows 4-year-old, non-verbal Xavier Rigney getting inside the locked gated pool at his apartment complex and into the water. Neighbor 12-year-old Maddox Westerhaus witnessed the incident and went to get his father, Tom, who jumped the fence, rescued the young boy from the water and started CPR to save his life.
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I love that people did the right thing, because too many people today don’t want to get involved. It’s sad that this was news because thats how rare it is that people help each other.
This guy is amazing!
#hero
I know this is a different case because he has autism but you all should teach your kids to swim
Good job 😌 thanks be to good people.
God has us around for different reasons,,,God bless you,,Peace and love 💯
The girl was a hero too. She ran to go get her dad.. 🥺 this could of ended bad. Thank God it didn’t . Please everyone keep your eyes on your children at all times when going to the pool .
So where were his parents all that time. Thank God for neighbors.
Awesome person to save him, but why was the boy wearing a diaper????
WHERE WERE THE PARENTS HOW DID HE “SLIP OUT”?SHE LET HIM OUT
Aww 🥰
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No person is above the law Garland, do your job or move aside! Listen to former DOJ Eric Holder, you can and need to prosecute Trump.
since January 6 2021 not one single Republican lawmaker has been held accountable for their insurrection actions. they will win re-election if not arrested and they will cause more chaos and mass shootings. Put an end to the Trumpist Republicans
The world has greater peril from those who tolerate evil, like the DOJ, than from Trump and his fellow insurrectionist! DOJ Garland is ending democracy by not prosecuting Trumpist.
Civil Contempt For Trump, But Trump Has Not Been Indicted
1. the DOJ Garland wants to let Trump go
2. DOJ Garland is afraid of what might happen to himself
3. DOJ Garland is afraid to do his job and wants others to pursue Trump in Civil Court
DOJ Garland promised to hold Trump insurrectionists accountable, but he has not done so for the insurrection leaders and he is not cooperating with all other justice departments.
Garlands plan is to wait out the clock so he can say, oh we just couldn’t get to it in time…
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I am so glad that this little one is okay. Hopefully this mom will be more vigilant in the future.
The mother was negligent
at least there’s one happy ending. a 6 yr old just drowned in the lake by my house yesterday 💔 everyone at the beach was searching for her but it was too late. Both my kids are nonverbal and I’m terrified of something like this happening. I’m super confused how the kid got into a gated/locked fence, maybe it wasn’t as locked as it should be??
Give him a haircut
God talk.about Angels
Thank goodness the little boy saw him
I’m so happy he showed up and the police did not.
That kit should be taken away from his parents
moms shouldn’t call their kid a best friend…they need a mom!
Thank goodness that the little girl was quick to find grown-up help. On this day she was her guardian angel looking out for him as best as she could.
Shame on parents .
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Not a man that’s a super hero
That looks early 90s for some reason.
Yes very good news.. Right place at the right time, Thank God and thank the hero who saved the lil man..
Kid is running outside in his daipers and the mom doesn’t even know where he is yeah good parenting…..
And yet the little boy still runs all over the place. The mom needs to be more on top of him.
Absolutely beautiful.
So scary
Aww I’m crying tears of joy thank God baby boy is Alive
Well done , young man !
🤔 and the Biden admin said the leading cause of death for 1 and above was guns.
Awww, tears , tears, and more tears. Glad he’s ok..
my son is nonverable autistic and i totally see this happening to him
God bless you
GOD LEVEL 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
God bless that hero….parents please control your children. they need to watch him… he ready to do it again.. happy little feet
Omg this is my worst fear with my autistic child. He remembers places like this where he’s had fun and will run all the way back to them not understanding the dangers he can get himself into. It’s common for autistic children to drown in a body of water. I’m so glad this guy was there at the right time could’ve ended tragically
anyone would feel bad any would jump up n save that boy but what a hero
God bless them all
Why wasn’t the parent changed with negligence
Seems like he had some thing to do with it!
The way he is holding him looks really gross!
Wet potato.
God bless this man. He is the true definition of a hero
prayers for the little boy. God Bless him and the rescuer!!! awesome!!!!
What a hero definitely an angel for that family 👌
Awesome father son team!
I want to know how a child was able to enter at all — it wasn’t secure enough!
Some people shouldn’t be breeding like rats. Who leaves a autistic child unsupervised let alone one that don’t know how to swim
🙏🙏💙❣️🙄🤓🙏❣️great, so happy for them all 💚😇👍
I think Germans are the largest ethnicity in USA.
Maddox looks like a little Karen.
If you’re gonna live somewhere with a pool, please teach them how to swim.
Awesome man!!
LOCK HER UP!
Always keep watch on your children in pool areas.
Man can someone give them a haircut because they look like girls
Wow. Now Vac’s are #1 cause.
Oops. Never mind. Those are intentional. This story was about unintentional.
Cry
Yes more kids die from drowning every year than from getting gunned down but for some reason the far left marxists aren’t screaming in unison to ban all swimming pools and close all beaches. It’s not about kids getting killed.
https://youtu.be/fTn_0QMFC8o
we need more stories ending like this. seeing him dance around like that got me teary eye.
Hero
Cps
🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you hero’s🥰
The little girl should be acknowledge also, she saved someones life as much as the man jumping in too. She went to get help and the man jumped in. Praises to both God bless you both.
Wow that man is a hero!
Four and hasn’t been given swimming lessons? Terrible parents.
This is so hard to watch but such an amazing ending. ❤️
TRUMP 2024
Finally.. a good news.
Finally good news! (The outcome that is)
How the F! Do you have a child with autism and leave him unattended ?! the parents should face charges for negligence
😇🙏🏽
I’m glad he didn’t die. As for the mother talking about her Autistic son being her best friend..that’s problematic. He’s your kid mama not your friend. He’s 4! You need adults around who are engaged with reality who ask you where your special needs kid is and bring your focus back to him so he doesn’t run into a swimming pool and drown because you are not paying attention!!
Mother was lucky this time, hopefully there is no next time. Keep an eye on your kid, put a chain lock on the door, that is unreachable for your kid(s). There were many other kids that were in the same situation and the outcome wasn’t good for the child and the family.
Yes! That is the sort of story we need right now!
Beautiful!!!
Some ppl believe there is no good in this world.
Staysafe
America ,, builds swimming pools but doesn’t teach kids how too swim ,, but they can shoot guns though !
The Dad was a former lifeguard. Hero. His son who ran to call him for help. Also a hero.
that’s it no more pools there to dangerous and unnecessary. We need government to save the children from the pools. We need pool regulations and common sense pool regulations. no pools deeper than 8 inches. what do you have dolphins why do you need such deep water 😂
Everyone born the the 1990s and up is like that. Complete nuts.. not my kid.
He’s gonna be his hero… Poor parents left their son unattended!
Quick thinking father and daughter?
mother’s fault
Humans aren’t evolving because kids like this are getting too many 2nd chances. Next week he’ll be driving the car and putting us all in danger.
That man is a hero
Thank the lord that man was their!!!! what a hero
As the mother of a 4 year old Autistic boy
And just as a parent and human……we Thank you and your child Sir may GOD bless you 🙏🏽❤️
Thay baby still wearing diapers?
Sorry but why are kids so dumb
Swim lessons before walking is what my children did for reasons like this scary story! An angel was nearby to help!
So glad you were there, whoever you are!!!¡💙🙏🏿