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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gino Spocchia

Neighbours save four-year-old boy with autism from drowning in heart-stopping video

Lawrence Kansas Police Department

Heart-stopping video captured the moment a four-year-old boy with autism was saved from drowning in his pool by hero neighbours.

The dramatic rescue unfolded on 18 May when Xavier Rigney was seen by his 12-year-old neighbour Maddox Westerhouse running into the swimming pool at his family’s home in Lawrence, Kansas.

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