PGA Tour golfer Brian Harman requested for prayers for a girl who saved his 6-year-old son from drowning at a seaside in Florida final month.
Throughout a information convention on the RSM Basic at Saint Simons Island, Georgia, on Tuesday, Harman stated his spouse and kids had been vacationing at Ponte Vedra Seaside, Florida, when the incident occurred.
Whereas bodyboarding, Harman’s son was pulled into the water by a rip present on Oct. 13. A household good friend, Cathy Dowdy, tried to save lots of the boy however could not attain him. One other man strolling down the seaside, Crane Cantrell, reached Harman’s son and pulled him to security.
“I needed to make use of no matter platform I’ve to carry consciousness to what Cathy did, what Crane did,” Harman stated. “They disregarded themselves, went into the water, saved my son, and the way do you thank individuals like that? I do not know aside from to only say what you assume.
“I believe that bravery and doing one thing like that for individuals who aren’t your blood is simply essentially the most lovely factor you are able to do on this life.”
Harman, the 2023 Open Championship winner, was competing within the Asian Tour’s SJM Macao Open in China when the incident occurred.
Dowdy, from Brunswick, Georgia, has been hospitalized whereas in a coma for six weeks, based on Harman. She was not too long ago transferred to a hospital in Savannah, Georgia.
In keeping with the St. Johns Citizen in Florida, a lifeguard pulled Dowdy out of the water and administered CPR till first responders arrived on the scene.
“Cathy’s nonetheless damage actual dangerous,” Harman stated. “She’s up in Savannah and we’re fascinated about her. The outpouring of assist we have gotten from Glynn County and Saint Simons group is one other probably the most touching issues I’ve ever skilled.”
