Xander Vento, a brave 4-year-old Texas boy, has taken off life support after sacrificing his life to save a little girl from drowning.
When Xander Vento saw a 3-year-old girl struggling in the deep end of a Fort Worth, Texas pool Monday, he swam to the little girl and tried everything in his power to hold her head over the water so she could breath, the Associated Press reports, but after couple of minutes this little boy became exhausted and slipped to the bottom of the pool, lapsing into a coma and was eventually taken to Cook Children’s Medical Center, according to the news outlet.
Xander Vento had been hospitalized in a coma since he was found at the bottom of a swimming pool earlier this week in Fort Worth. Witnesses said Xander had saved a 3-year-old who was struggling in the pool’s deep-end
Little Xander was with his mom at the pool at the time, according to khou.com, but few other details have been released.
The girl Xander saved is in fair condition, but the young hero was taken off life support Thursday, khou.com reports.
” We in some way hope our son’s life serves as an inspiration” Xander’s parents, Cris and Misty, said in a statement, according to the news outlet. “He was the angel in the pool who sacrificed himself to save another.”
Xander’s parents have decided to donate their son’s organs and friends of the family have have set up a fund to help them pay for their medical expenses and other needs. They hope to raise $20,000.
