Qld: Boy, 5, honoured for bravery
BRISBANE, Jan 19 AAP - A five-year-old boy who dragged his drowning younger brotherup from a pool bottom was today honoured with a Queensland Ambulance commissioner's awardfor bravery.
The ceremony took place beside the pool where the drama unfolded last Saturday, atthe Gold Coast home of the boys' grandparents.
Three-year-old Hunter Douglas is an able swimmer but ran into trouble when using asnorkel for the first time, believing he would be able to breathe underwater.
"He jumped in and sank to the bottom of the pool and it promptly filled up," said QueenslandAmbulance spokeswoman Dana …
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