Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
A recently-trained teen EMT heard calls for help at a beach on Chicago’s South Side and sprang into action to save a 5-year-old girl drowning in Lake Michigan around 9 p.m. Tuesday at Rainbow Beach.
19-year-old Kianti Champion heard someone screaming for help. Just moments earlier, a swimmer had found a girl unresponsive in the water and pulled her to shore.
Bystanders said Champion performed CPR on the little girl until paramedics arrived – a skill she had recently learned during her training to be a firefighter/EMT. She had just completed training at the Black Fire Brigade, a not-for-profit that provides training for African Americans pursuing careers in fire and rescue service.
The girl was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in grave condition, where she remains hospitalized.
