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#TSRPositiveImages: 10-Year-Old Atlanta Girl Is Celebrated For Rescuing Little Sister From Drowning In Pool

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&num;TSRPositiveImages&colon; &num;Roommates&comma; thought we’d share some &num;BlackGirlMagic with y’all&excl; A 10-year-old girl from &num;Atlanta is being hailed as a hero after her swift response to her little sister’s near-drowning ended up saving her life&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The incident was caught on video&comma; which has now gone viral&excl; In the video&comma; you see 3-year-old Kali Dallis jump into her apartment complex’s swimming pool with a bright green floating device around her waist&period; When she hits the water&comma; the young girl gets tangled up in the tube and begins to struggle to stay above water&comma; eventually going under&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Kali’s older sister &num;Jayla notices her sister underwater then without hesitation&comma; sprints and leaps into the water to pull her out&period; An apartment operations manager began CPR on the unconscious child while a bystander called 911&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;She was like heavy&comma; so I had to pull her by her hair and then I grabbed her by her waist and pulled her up&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Jayla said in a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;goodmorningamerica&period;com&sol;living&sol;video&sol;10-year-girl-saves-sister-drowning-pool-63418472">Good Morning America<&sol;a> interview&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The police officer that responded was affected by the situation&comma; according to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wafb&period;com&sol;2019&sol;05&sol;31&sol;video-shows-toddler-nearly-drowning-before-sister-officer-rescue-her&sol;">&commat;wafb&period;<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;I was sitting in the back of the police department&comma; in my patrol car&comma; checking reports&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Sgt&period; Ed Lyons with the Chamblee Police Department&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Lyons&comma; who has a little girl of his own&comma; said he couldn’t help but think of his daughter as he raced to help Kali&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;I saw my little girl laying there&comma; same kind of little bathing suit she wears&comma;” Lyons said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Same little hair pulled up in a little bun up top&period; You know you kind of have to push past that and do what you&&num;8217&semi;re trained to do&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Video captured him calming little Kali&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;There you go honey&comma;” he said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There you go&excl; Keep blowing it out&excl; We&&num;8217&semi;ve got a definite pulse&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Although she was showing signs of life&comma; Kali was taken to the hospital in critical condition and when Kali’s mother arrived at the hospital&comma; she found her baby hooked up to a ventilator&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Doctors told her they weren’t even sure if she’d make it out alive&comma; but two weeks after the horrifying incident&comma; Kali was back to being herself and is expected to make a full recovery&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s amazing&comma;” said her mother Daneshia Dallis&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It&&num;8217&semi;s a miracle&period; Don&&num;8217&semi;t take your eyes off of them&period; All the floats are not safe&period; Be careful&period; Watch your kids&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">TSR STAFF&colon; Christina C&excl; &commat;cdelafresh<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"50053" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tsrpositiveimages-10-year-old-atlanta-girl-is-celebrated-for-rescuing-little-sister-from-drowning-in-pool&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0ff7a3bbcb"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;font-size&colon; 25px&semi;font-weight&colon; 600&semi;">What Do You Think Roomies&quest;<&sol;div> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions wpra-static-emojis size-medium" style&equals;"border-color&colon; 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