HERO – Florida Officer Who Can’t Swim Rescues Drowning Infant – Finish The Race

A Florida officer is being praised as a hero after she jumped into a retention pond to rescue a drowning infant, putting her own life at risk because she didn’t know how to swim, authorities said Tuesday.

Officer Me’Atia Sanderson with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was the first to arrive at the scene on June 9, the sheriff’s office said.