PGA Tour golfer Brian Harman requested for prayers for a lady 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 mentioned his spouse and youngsters had been vacationing at Ponte Vedra Seashore, 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 avoid wasting 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 wished to make use of no matter platform I’ve to convey consciousness to what Cathy did, what Crane did,” Harman mentioned. “They disregarded themselves, went into the water, saved my son, and the way do you thank folks like that? I do not know apart from to simply say what you suppose.
“I feel that bravery and doing one thing like that for individuals who aren’t your blood is simply probably 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, in line with Harman. She was lately transferred to a hospital in Savannah, Georgia.
In accordance 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 harm actual unhealthy,” Harman mentioned. “She’s up in Savannah and we’re fascinated with her. The outpouring of assist we have gotten from Glynn County and Saint Simons neighborhood is one other one of the touching issues I’ve ever skilled.”
