GIRL SAVES GRANDFATHER´S LIFE

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Angela´s quick thinking and determination saved her grandfather´s life

Ten year old Ángela Madrid García became the guardian angel for her grandfather last week, when she saved his life.

Seventy four year old Fernando García Valle was swimming in the sea near the Cartagena Navidad Lighthouse with his granddaughter last Sunday afternoon when he lost control of his body in the water. Angela asked him what the matter was, but he started to panic and couldn´t get his head above the water.

Angela grabbed him by the chin and tried to drag him out of the water. He was too heavy for her though, and his body kept dragging her down, so Angela pushed him ashore, as hard as she could. When they reached the shore she cried for held and her aunts helped her to pull him out of the water.

Angela´s quick thinking and determination saved her grandfather´s life. The rest of the family didn´t even notice the situation. A lifeguard showed the family how to place Fernando on his side in the foetal position to help him expel all the water he had swallowed and inhaled.

When Fernando started foaming at the mouth little Angela broke into tears. “His legs, mouth, face and feet were lilac and I was really scared,” she says, sitting on his bedside in the Rosell Hospital in Cartagena.

Fernando was in a serious condition and was rushed to hospital. He will be kept in until all the water has gone from his lungs.