Redzone: TE Leonard Pope saves 6-year-old from drowning

[cowboyjoe]

TE Leonard Pope saves 6-year-old from drowning
http://www.theredzone.org/BlogDescription/tabid/61/EntryId/17608/TE-Leonard-Pope-saves-6-year-old-from-drowning/Default.aspx

TheAmericus Times-Recorder reports that there are at least two people in south Georgia who are happy the NFL players are locked out and not in training camps. Americus native Anne Moore and her 6-year-old son Bryson were thrilled that Leonard Pope, a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, was in his hometown this weekend. Pope, who played in Super Bowl XLIII with the Arizona Cardinals, made the most important grab of his career by saving a child from drowning and becoming a hero to his mother.



“We were attending a pool party, and Bryson was in the water with the other kids,” said Moore, who has known Pope since he was a little boy. “All of a sudden, I saw Bryson going down in the water and I started screaming. Leonard was inside, and he came out of nowhere and dove into the water without any hesitation, cell phone in his pocket and all. He saved my son’s life, and I am so thankful that he was there for me and my child.”

[Hostile]

Good job Leonard.

[Double Trouble]

It's not exactly Joe Delaney, but good for him.

[joseephuss]

It's not exactly Joe Delaney, but good for him.

Did you want it to be like Joe Delaney? That is a tragedy that does not need to be repeated.

Martellus Bennett would have been too busy tweeting to notice.

[Hostile]

Did you want it to be like Joe Delaney? That is a tragedy that does not need to be repeated.

Martellus Bennett would have been too busy tweeting to notice.No kidding. I didn't get that comment at all.

[Hoofbite]

Love it. Love hearing stories like this because you get to see a side of player that is rarely seen.

[dougonthebench]

I love hearing about these types of stories too.Good job Leonard Pope!

[burmafrd]

That was a very low class comment about Joe Delaney and this circumstance.

[Fletch]

Good job Leonard Pope! My hats off to you.

[arglebargle]

It is good to hear about this sort of thing! Good Job, Mr. Pope.....

Always nice to see folks rise to the occaision. I even recall an event where Drew Rosenhous helped save someone's life in a pool incident, and I had to permenantly ameliorate my Agent-hate for him.

[casmith07]

I met Leonard Pope two summers ago. He rents an apartment in my old complex down there. Outstanding human being with a great family.

[Yakuza Rich]

Great job, Leonard.





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[Kangaroo]

Yes good job and yes I like hearing these good stories.

Shows some of the good guys in the NFL because there are a lot of them

[SaltwaterServr]

He did so without hesitation and without taking a tenth of a second to toss his cell phone out of his pocket onto the lawn. That's a man who has his priorities in order. Save others without a second thought.

Great job Mr. Pope.

This is about one man's actions, but I can't let it go by without tipping the hat to the men and women whose jobs put them is the same situations everyday and get next to no recognition for it. You know who you are.

[MarionBarberThe4th]

Cell phones are basically free

#naturalcontrarian

[cowboyjoe]

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-total-access/09000d5d8204eb36/Pope-saves-the-day

this is the video of pope talking about rescuing the kid from drowning

[zrinkill]

It's not exactly Joe Delaney, but good for him.

:rolleyes:


That was a very low class comment about Joe Delaney and this circumstance.

What do you expect? Look who posted it.

[Seven]

It is good to hear about this sort of thing! Good Job, Mr. Pope.....

Always nice to see folks rise to the occaision. I even recall an event where Drew Rosenhous helped save someone's life in a pool incident, and I had to permenantly ameliorate my Agent-hate for him.

................for a week. ;)

[BIGDen]

"Attending a pool party"....shoulda been studying film!

Uhh....err...I mean...nice job Leonard. ;)

[Future]

what were all the other people doing?...including the kid's mother

[CowboyMcCoy]

TE Leonard Pope saves 6-year-old from drowning
http://www.theredzone.org/BlogDescription/tabid/61/EntryId/17608/TE-Leonard-Pope-saves-6-year-old-from-drowning/Default.aspx

TheAmericus Times-Recorder reports that there are at least two people in south Georgia who are happy the NFL players are locked out and not in training camps. Americus native Anne Moore and her 6-year-old son Bryson were thrilled that Leonard Pope, a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, was in his hometown this weekend. Pope, who played in Super Bowl XLIII with the Arizona Cardinals, made the most important grab of his career by saving a child from drowning and becoming a hero to his mother.



“We were attending a pool party, and Bryson was in the water with the other kids,” said Moore, who has known Pope since he was a little boy. “All of a sudden, I saw Bryson going down in the water and I started screaming. Leonard was inside, and he came out of nowhere and dove into the water without any hesitation, cell phone in his pocket and all. He saved my son’s life, and I am so thankful that he was there for me and my child.”

Good job, Leonard.

[newnationcb]

what were all the other people doing?...including the kid's mother

Well if that was me, I know I would've jumped in without thinking and if the pool is higher than 6 feet then they would've had to rescue 2 people

Moral of the story is maybe she can't swim.

[The30YardSlant]

Well if that was me, I know I would've jumped in without thinking and if the pool is higher than 6 feet then they would've had to rescue 2 people

Moral of the story is maybe she can't swim.

Never understood how one gets to adulthood without ever learning to swim.

[newnationcb]

Never understood how one gets to adulthood without ever learning to swim.

Well I grew up in Nigeria and the only places available to swim were in luxurious swim clubs for the wealthy and the rivers on the coastlands were the local tribes fished.

Plus my single parent mom couldn't swim either and wasn't interested in taking us to those places. I hope this provides some context for you.

Did I add that I'm black? Lol

[The30YardSlant]

Well I grew up in Nigeria and the only places available to swim were in luxurious swim clubs for the wealthy and the rivers on the coastlands were the local tribes fished.

Swimming seems so instinctual. Treading water just doesnt seem like something one should need to "learn". IDK, just thinking out loud.

Did I add that I'm black? Lol

At least it gives you valid excuse, higher bone density. Don't see many Nigerians swimming in the Olympics. ;)

Funny story: I was a lifeguard back in high school, and the official NASCO manual actually says to pay closer attention to swimmers of African-descent because their higher bone density causes them to sink much more quickly. It's true, but I never would have thought an official manual would have something like that in it in this day and age.

[kmd24]

what were all the other people doing?...including the kid's mother

From what I read, Pope was the only one there that knows how to swim.

Having a pool party for a bunch of people who don't know how to swim has to be the mother of all bad ideas.

Thank goodness no one was hurt.

[newnationcb]

Swimming seems so instinctual. Treading water just doesnt seem like something one should need to "learn". IDK, just thinking out loud.



At least it gives you valid excuse, higher bone density. Don't see many Nigerians swimming in the Olympics. ;)

Funny story: I was a lifeguard back in high school, and the official NASCO manual actually says to pay closer attention to swimmers of African-descent because their higher bone density causes them to sink much more quickly. It's true, but I never would have thought an official manual would have something like that in it in this day and age.

LOL. I keep hearing stuff like that.

3 years ago I was going on a vacation to Bahamas so I decided to pay for a training class at my university. It was me, about eight 6 year old kids and like a 16 year old indian girl fresh off the boat.

The trainer who was teaching me said that my highly muscular frame and bone density makes it harder for me to learn to float in water. It would've helped if I had a beer gut and some of that other stuff going for me:confused:

They had me doing floating exercises at the end of the pool where I held on to the edges and tried to flap my legs till I stayed afloat.

Needless to say, I dropped out of swimming school in the 3rd week of a 9 week course.:o:

[dillinger319]

I taught my brother by throwing him in when he was 3...My mother freaked out and jumped in the kiddie pool which was like 2' deep, he only had to stand up but he started kicking.. 30 minutes later hes in the big boy pool...

A dog doesnt need to be taught how to swim, every pup I get i throw in the tank and every single one of them know what to do...

I think as people get older a fear sits in and causes them to panic..

BTW great job Leonard...

[casmith07]

I am incapable of floating on my back in a pool. I am also a black male.

[Future]

Well if that was me, I know I would've jumped in without thinking and if the pool is higher than 6 feet then they would've had to rescue 2 people

Moral of the story is maybe she can't swim.
Regardless of whether or not I could swim, I like to think I'd try to save my child.

I am incapable of floating on my back in a pool. I am also a black male.
Forgive me for laughing....

:laugh2:

[tyke1doe]

I am incapable of floating on my back in a pool. I am also a black male.

I can float on my back for 30 to 45 minutes. Swimming on your back is the easiest way to swim. Just arch your back as far as you possibly can. It helps you float and you barely have to flap your hands or waste much energy. I used to go lap swimming regularly alternating between front stroke, back stroke, side stroke.

Oh, and I'm black. :)

[MarionBarberThe4th]

I can swim but Im not black

1 out of 2 aint bad

[WoodysGirl]

I am incapable of floating on my back in a pool. I am also a black male.
I have no idea what the 2nd part is all about, but if it's what I think...

That myth ranks right up there with the big feet stereotype.

Now that said, good job, Leonard.

[Hostile]

I am incapable of floating on my back in a pool. I am also a black male.
I am white and I sink like a stone. Some people can't. But it doesn't have a thing to do with race.

Inability to float has no relation to swimming however. I swim like a fish.

[SaltwaterServr]

Can't swim? Take up scuba. At least you can take the air supply to the bottom with you.

Honest as the day is long Samples; but I can't swim worth a crap. I'm a certified assistant scuba instructor. I barely made the 400m swim time after working on it for a month in between tests. Go figure.

[danielofthesaints]

Lifeguard/Lifeguard instructor here. I highly doubt there is really much to the physiologic aspects of which race is more prone to drowning. The only logical reason anyone is more prone to drown than someone else is accessibility to proper swimming instruction. If you look at the swim teams that swim at my pool, most of them are white and asian. If you observe the learn to swim classes, you will rarely see a black kid in the class. However, I do see a few good swimmers who are black. The only reason I do save more black people is due being a public pool in a lower/middle class part of the city where many mothers just drop of their kids and expect us to babysit them as well. They go on to get peer pressured to jump of the diving board and we have to jump in after them. This is only being a subject of my surroundings and has nothing to do with skin color.

[daschoo]

Regarding where was everyone else. Somebody had to be the first to react, it doesn't mean everyone else was happy to let the kid drown and it kind of makes sense that the professional athlete was the one to do so.

[tyke1doe]

Lifeguard/Lifeguard instructor here. I highly doubt there is really much to the physiologic aspects of which race is more prone to drowning. The only logical reason anyone is more prone to drown than someone else is accessibility to proper swimming instruction. If you look at the swim teams that swim at my pool, most of them are white and asian. If you observe the learn to swim classes, you will rarely see a black kid in the class. However, I do see a few good swimmers who are black. The only reason I do save more black people is due being a public pool in a lower/middle class part of the city where many mothers just drop of their kids and expect us to babysit them as well. They go on to get peer pressured to jump of the diving board and we have to jump in after them. This is only being a subject of my surroundings and has nothing to do with skin color.

Good post.