Teacher heroism saves a boy from death

A primary teacher has been hailed a hero after jumping into a 50ft-height waterfall to save the life of a six-year-old child.

Lisa Longman,33, was rescued by Seattle´s Firefighters Unit from the waters of Saint Perito´s River, next to Manchula´s City, on the outskirts of Seattle. This lady had apparently jumped into the frozen water after one of her students, James Knocks, had fell due to a hole in the ground. Parents claimed that "Jaimie doesn´t know how to swim yet", and that "he would have drowned if she hadn´t gone after him".

She neither knew how tall the fall was nor if she could rescue him. But she dived in after him in a split second after he vanished into the cliff. She had to fight for both their lives as they ended up in deep water in the flooded precipice. For more than three hours, in the near frosty water, she kept the child´s head above the surface while she battled to stay afloat. Doctors stated: "it was her body´s warmth what maintained the boy alive". Police chief, Tom Henderson, said: "We got the little boy into a belt first. He wasn´t crying, just trembling".

Both were taken to the Central Hospital where they were diagnosed with hypothermia but were slightly injured. Lisa refused to talk publically as she only affirmed: “I am definetely not a hero, I just did what anyone else would do in that situation”.