Fortunately, heroism does not take age into account, and Ryley Ferguson, a 15-year-old Englishman, has fully demonstrated this. Ryley was walking his dogs quietly when he suddenly saw a child walking on the opposite side of the canal. When the situation worsened, the teenager did not hesitate to venture into the icy waters to save the little one. In the end, everything ended well, and Ryley is now considered a true local hero: saving a life is not for everyone!
It’s probably any parent’s nightmare: your child is sitting next to you playing quietly, and the next moment you completely lose sight of him. The same must have happened to Rebecca Hampton, a 33-year-old woman and the mother of little Reggie; when she no longer saw her son, everything collapsed around her and she began to scream in fear. Little Reggie had somehow managed to sneak up on his mother’s eyes and get dangerously close to the nearest canal. He was really lucky that Ryley was there.
The young man says he was quite calm during the rescue, even though the water was very cold and his heart was beating faster than usual. It was important for him to save the baby – if he had intervened even 30 seconds later, he probably could not have saved him! The real problem arose during the ascent because the young man could not bear the weight of the child and could not get out of the water. Screaming and asking for help, fortunately, two men intervened and helped him. Little Reggie burst into tears when he saw himself on land, but calmed down as soon as the young man hugged him.
Rebecca, Reggie’s mother, was happy to be able to hug her son again, and now the two families have established a special bond that they will not soon forget.