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Octeber 13, 1989

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Dastribution 86-1337 76 pages Ise

NEWS photo Mike Wabetletd

FIVE-YEAR-old Danny Nordlund of North Vancouver saved the life of a two-year-old friesd last week after the toddier tumbled into a swimming
pool. Danny tossed the poolside rescue ring to his friend, but when he coulén’t reach it, he went and alerted his mother, who pulled the drowning boy §

f from the water.

Five-
todd

Danny Nordfund had been pliay-
ing with his two-year-old pal Fius-
sein ina park area at the Cedar
Village townhouse complex in
Ievnn Valley when the two
soungsters. wandered through oa
gate leading to an outdoor swinim-
ing pool.

While they were playing. Flus-
scin fost his balance and slipped

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A FEVE-vear-old North Vancouver boy tas been hailed as a
hero after saving the life of a two-vear-old friend who fell
into aswimming pool last Friday afternoon.

By MICHARE BEOKER
News Reporter

into the water.
Danny attempted to rescue the
tot by tossing at flotation ring to
his friend, but Harsseup coulda’:
geab it.
Said) Danny,
get mv morn. §

“Eo had te ve and
stick ny ann our,

but his arm didn’t reach my aria.”

Yhe Lad subsequentiy raced
hore to alert Wis mother.

Said Danny's) proud mother
Gai “is good he was as fist ats
he was. He told me that when he
tealized that Hussein wasn't gous
to get the cing, be said. ‘Hlusserr.
you stay there. Pi be right back."
And he took off running and he
came and gor me.””

Nordiuad rai back to the pool
and) found Hussein thrashing
about, face-up in the water, A
hon-swinsner hers, she jumped

inta the pool buckilyy che toddler
had filler into the shallow end of
the poal and Nordlund was able to
wsade into waist-deep water to pull
Hussein fo safety.

THe was sprttae up wieter and
stuff, Nordlund said. bo soo him
out and rubbed his back and vot a
for of water out of hin. We took
him back to his place aad ended up
calling ano ambulanee, and they
took him to the hospital”

Said Danny's dad Tom

ordlund, “He did evervthing he
had to do pertectly. He threw the

r-old boy saves
drowning

mov. When he saw thar didn’t
work, he dida’t panic. and ran and
retadult help as soon as possible.
MNohe had panicked or done
something else there. this would
hase been oa whole different
Story.

Nursing staff oat faons Gate
Hospital have presented voung
Danny with a hero's badge for
“doing everything right"?

Cedar Village management has
installed two Jocks on the pool gate
since Che incident.