A Georgia family is sharing their story to urge other parents to make sure they know how to do CPR.
The family told 11Alive that’s the only reason their two-year-old son Briggs has a fighting chance.
Briggs' father Josh is a firefighter in Bremen, GA. He was the one who pulled the boy from the water and immediately started doing CPR.
said. "He's got little blonde hair, he's a little fella."
"Things looked pretty grim in the beginning, and then he got stable, his breathing got stable, his brain activity got better, they had him on some sedatives to keep him calm and let his little body heal," family friend and fellow Bremen firefighter Daniel Norton told 11Alive.
"Josh was able to get a heartbeat back on Briggs, but he wasn't breathing very good," he said.
Norton said the only reason Briggs' has a chance now is because of his dad’s quick action.
"A lot of the success stories come from immediate CPR and immediate defibrillation and that's what Josh did. It's so important to know what to do." Norton said.
"As time progresses, a trauma like that can have crazy effects, and it's typical for their brain to swell, it's just how much it swells and when it stops," he said.
