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Father, firefighters rescue toddler in pool

Off-duty firefighter Jan Southworth was down the street and heard the scanner call and came running to help

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SADIEVILLE, Ky. — People who own pools know just how much kids look forward to that first swim, but that anticipation also comes with some danger.

“It was a careless mistake on my part,” T.J. Wilson said. Wilson said he was getting the pool ready and doing some other work outside on Sunday afternoon. The gate is usually locked, but that day, it wasn’t.

“Before I knew it, my little stepbrother come to me (saying) ‘A.J.'s in the pool!’. So I come running around and I dove in and swam to him. His mouth and nose was purple. When your child’s born, the love that you have, it’s an instant love. To see that laying there lifeless, it’s...it’s indescribable. It just takes your breath away,” Wilson said.

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