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The sons of member Byron Watson have been labeled as heroes after saving a 4-year-old girl from drowning while at a birthday party March 24 at the Santa Maria Beach in Santa Cruz, California.
\nThe boys\u2019 mother, Nicole, who was watching over her boys while they were swimming in the ocean, recounted the story.
\n\u201cI was watching my boys, but I looked away for a second and missed the boys seeing her drown. Rhys \u2013 he\u2019s 7 \u2013 said \u2018I think that girl is drowning\u2019 to Bryce, who is now 11, and Bryce said, \u2018No she\u2019s just playing.\u2019 And Rhys said, \u2018No, I saw her head go underwater.\u2019 And that\u2019s when Bryce jumped in the water. I saw my-then-10-year-old holding this girl above his head in the water and I saw this man, the girl\u2019s father, running, and he patted her on the back and water started coming out of her mouth.\u201d
\nBoth Byron and Nicole are really proud of the action their boys took.
\n\u201cI\u2019m very proud of my boys. We try to instill in them the ability to care for others, and that\u2019s what determined the actions that they took. They live that out daily,\u201d Byron said.
\n\u201cI\u2019m super proud. I\u2019m really proud of them and they\u2019re really proud of each other. I\u2019m really proud that they were able to remain calm \u2014 they get that from their father \u2014 and save the girl,\u201d Nicole said. \u201cBryce has a new-found confidence in himself, so that\u2019s really cool.\u201d
\nThe 4-year-old girl (her name has not been released) was expected to make a full recovery thanks to both boys.
\nByron reports that both boys learned to swim when they were about 6 months old. Byron is a bus operator for the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District and a member of Santa Cruz Local 23 since 2006.
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The Watson family (from left): Byron, Kesia, 7; Bryce, 11; Rhys, 7;\u00a0 and Nicole. (Picture provided by Nicole Watson.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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