Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris came to the rescue of a young boy who was drowning in a pool at a Las Vegas hotel over the weekend. Morris was vacationing with his family when he saw the child drowning, according to Paolo Uggetti of ESPN.
The boy had no pulse when he was removed from the pool by his father and a lifeguard began performing CPR. Morris rushed over and asked how he could help, and thankfully he did.
Morris then retrieved an AED (automatic external defibrillator) and brought it over to the boy, who was being tended to by a doctor.
“I saw people calling 911 so my first question was, where is the AED?” Morris told ESPN on Wednesday. “When I got back, we had a doctor on site that was able to start the compressions. I was able to hand the AED to him, get it open for him, put the pads on the child, and he ended up being OK.”
Like the trainers who helped save Damar Hamlin’s life in the Bills-Bengals game, Morris’ quick thinking to get the AED made a huge difference for the young boy. He knew what to do in part thanks to the Rams’ CPR, AED and first-aid training, crediting the program that was put together by head trainer Reggie Scott.
“I’m just thankful I knew what to do,” Morris said. “You just never know when you’re going to need that stuff.”
Morris has been praised endlessly by Sean McVay and his peers for his leadership qualities and demeanor, and his actions to help the drowning young boy are an example of the type of person he is.
