Montgomery County honors lifeguards who revived 3-year-old after near-drowning

Montgomery County commissioners presented a lifesaving recognition on July 14 to two on-duty lifeguards who helped revive a 3-year-old girl pulled unresponsive from a pool. The presentation at the county commission meeting noted that Blake Bora and Ethan Hester performed CPR and restored the child's breathing and pulse before county EMS and fire rescue arrived. The presenter said the U.S. averages about 4,000 unintentional drownings per year and that prompt CPR substantially improves survival and neurological outcomes; county officials said the child was found unresponsive with no pulse in the pool's shallow end. The presenter credited the lifeguards' Red Cross training led by Angela Bozeman of Clarksville Fire Rescue. The county announced a new ‘‘lifesaver award’’ to recognize residents who perform life-saving measures and presented the award at the meeting. The presenter asked commissioners and the public to acknowledge the lifeguards' actions with applause. The presentation did not include follow-up medical details about the child's condition beyond the restoration of breathing and pulse, nor did commissioners take formal action beyond the award presentation.