Man rescues terrified 6-year-old from the middle of St. Louis River in Duluth 

Omg i just posted a comment then read yo comment HELLO ! They did that cause he is black

@@MindofPaulP Honestly they probably said that for the family's sake so the DA doesn't hear it and try and slap the father with charges. I think it was to protect the kid more than anything. The news starts saying that so and so would've died had a fisherman not saved him CPS starts poking around. Especially when we're talking about a small town up by Canada.

@@MindofPaulP because he's black!!!! Are you freaking kidding me?!!! What kinda comment is that?!! What about this situation has to do with race?? If anything it's a good racial story, but it's not even that 🤦🤦

Absolutely

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I hope there is an investigation -- if that was the father's reaction, something is terribly wrong.

That is what I figured, man I would have gone off on his father and told him, you DON'T LEAVE YOUR CHILD IN THE FREEZING COLD WATER, you CHECK first to make SURE that your child is SAFE BEFORE starting the boat I would have had the POLICE check the guy out and see if he was drinking and on drugs and also start an investigation and call CHILD SERVICES and have them watch the video because its BIZARRE and to me, he was WANTING to leave that child to DIE out in that water ! He needs to go to jail and have his child taken from him because if this is how he acts, he maybe BEATING and treating his child BADLY at home is my guess !

The Dad had a very weird reaction. Hope someone e is investigating

Yes, somethings wrong there!

Dad is a drunk. Poor kid is already showing signs of mental trauma. Especially when the 911 issue comes up. A 6 year old should not respond that way. Hoping the community keeps an on on this child. I understand the signs as I grew up in a chaotic alcoholic home. Sux...we see the signs immediately. 💔 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NMUYTzJQl1M.html

Well, it's not like he just "left" him in the water, he had a sailboat and he was pulling the kid or something. That would have been bad enough....but the water was near freezing.

@joshmcdonald9508 the child shouldn't have been in the water if the parent didn't have control. Giving the parent excuses for the situation does not excuse the fact that he shouldn't of had the child in the water in the first place, especially if its cold out and didnt have the ability to retrieve the child. Dad should have jumped in as soon as the child drifted away, no go "boat cant go that way, oh well 🤷‍♂️". Poor parenting.

@@Phoenix-jw1mn Sounds like the child wanted to wake surf or something like that... I agree that water was way to cold to be swimming in...The child losing the rope was a accident and normally pulled with a motor boat not a sail boat, but they often have engines to.... When doing wake boarding/surfing/skying kind of sports, someone should ALWAYS BE WATCHING THE PERSON GETTING PULLED....I do agree it is very poor parenting and should be investigated for unsafe settings for the water sports... I hope the child had a life vest on like the law requires from my understanding. I know being on a water craft needs a life vest, so I presume being pulled by a boat would need one to. Anyways it is only logical and safe to have one on....

@@jonathanbair523 I agree, I grew up on the water, on the Chesapeake Bay actually and we were on the boat any chance we got until it became unaffordable. If we were on the boat, or in the water, we had a life jacket on but the water temperature was adequate temperature also. The man is lucky the child was found and retrieved. If the kid went under, the dad may have never known what happened. It wouldn't have happened on our boat but unfortunately, not everyone follows the rules of the waterways, and doing so costs lives.

@@Phoenix-jw1mn I'm not saying that dad did this on purpose, but you'd be surprised. Somebody lost me in a crowd at around that age and when they found me, they laughed at my terror.

a civil way to call out such BS from the parents

That’s cold ass water even for a grown man

My thoughts too why didn't he jump in emiediatly to save his son?

The dad thanked him for "saving him a lot of hassle" I'm like, What hassle? BURYING YOUR SON? That seemed drunk or something to me. Why is there not something about that? Like did the police even question him? CPS needs to interview that boys parents. Is 59° outside! Who would leave their child floating in a freaking River in the first damn place but it's way too cold to be swimming! Thank God someone was smart enough to put a life jacket on him! Bless his heart. He was so scared in the water and then he was so terrified of the thought of calling 911. Maybe he just thought that would mean he was in trouble. OR... Dad has threatened or warned him before about getting the cops called on him. Smh.

The father seemed Intoxicated.

Kid needs to be take away, a father dont do that sht

Right ? Me too

Why did the life vest had a life span of 12 minutes? Does it disappear magically?

@@ReconM1Athe life vest is great at assisting them stay afloat but realistically what happens when you get too cold to even move, you end up drowning and aren’t able to fight against the water.

If you're in a life jacket you dont need to fight against the water bro​@@PeterPan-xe7qw

​@@PeterPan-xe7qw A life vest can keep a person afloat for 24 hours before it becomes water logged. You have no idea what you're talking about and just made that nonsense up.

​@@PeterPan-xe7qwEven if that boy died from hypothermia his body would still be afloat.

Agreed 100%...

Karen.... no... horrible decision making. Yes..

Exactly! Totally agree! Smells like a shady life insurance policy scam!! Arrest the evil drunken father ! No loving parent would ever let this happen to their children !!!! My heart hurt for the child!

​@EBK Jug no the dude saw it as no big deal he said it was a hassle to go back fo the kid

"EXACTLY"! ATTEMPTED MURDER! Is the reason based statements given to the police. You don't put a rope... A "ROPE" on a boat for A SIX YEAR OLD to hold nto and take him out to the deep water knowing that he struggled on a previous occasion. And this occasion, you see the boy loses the ROPE, struggles in the water YET THE FATHER DOESN'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP THE BOY AND JUST STAYS ON THE SAIL BOAT? THIS IS A CASE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER! LISTEN TO THE BOY'S FEAR IN HIS VOICE WHEN HIS LIFE SAVER SUGGESTS TO CALL 911? WHY DID THE BIY HAVE FEAR ABOUT THE POLICE BEING CALLED IN? NOTICE HOW INNOCUOUS THE FATHER WAS AS HE STOOD THERE W/THE POLICE BEING COMPLETELY "UNCONCERNED" ABOUT HIS LITTLE SIX(6) YEAR OLD. HE'S LUCKY I WASN'T THERE! I'D DEFINITELY WOULD MAKE A REPORT THE CHILDREN'S PROTECTIVE AGENCY. AND IF THEY WOULDN'T GET OFF THEIR ASSES TO PROTECT THIS LITTLE SIX YEAR OLD, I'D PUT THE ENTIRE STORY ON CNN AND FORCE THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA TO COME TOGETHER AND FIGHT FOR THE SAFETY OF THIS CHILD.

That's the same thing I said the parents weren't panicking sending out alerts wondering where this child was at they need to take them from their parents and give them to somebody that cares about children

@@endtimes9763 your screen name is truly the time we are living in!

Attempted murder!

@@chevygurl0115 preach!

I have 6 year old niece and cousin this made me cry.

Is he really? He was given back to the parent that abandoned him in the water, how safe can he be? The father should be in prison for attempted murder.

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I'm starting to wonder if this was even an accident. "The father told the cops he "Lost hold of the rope, that was attached to the boat?" Wtf? How can you unintentionally stop holding the rope that your 6 year old is depending on you, when he is in somewhat heavy drifting water?! And did the rope suddenly get unattached from the boat? If so, how?! Police needs to do more investigation on this one.

There something very fishy about the Dad...

@@ladyleo944 ya, the whole thing reeks with foul Play. I keep thinking about the insurance spin on all of this. Did the father have insurance on that boy for accidental drowning?

That's attempted murder. And they were almost successful.

Very good point! Why was the kid so afraid of them calling 911?

@@Jill_T i ve seen parents , siblings threaten children when they are naughty by saying "should i call the police?" its kinda like '1, 2.....3' just a threat to make them behave. So might beone of the reason.

And he got away with it. What a message to send to the citizens and around the world. Thank God for the young man that saved him.

@@nancymorales3064 citizens around the “ *world* ” *CRINGE*

@@Jill_T usually in more severe abuse cases the child will take responsibility for any negative repercussions that the parent faces because of the child I.e. the boy was probably afraid his dad was going to be outraged and hurt him for getting the cops called on him

'Anyone would have done the same' - Except the .father, apparently. Permanent 'intervention' is required.

for now he did. he'll run of out of luck if they don't investigate and get him away from his negligent father. at least he did have a vest on.

Amen! Kuddos to that officer!!

He did what anyone would do. He didn't endanger his life to save the kid. It wasn't heroic. Thank God he was there but what was he gonna do. Leave the kid to drown and carry on fishing? It's a sad day when we praise people for being human beings.

@@bobwoods1302 your saying this because he was a black man. Be honest

@@samn1697 🙄 Not at all. I`m not a racist D-bag

Women neglect kids all the time stop it!

@Weese Bowski- your comment is next level bizarre. Does it MATTER the gender of a negligent parent?!!!!

He should be charged with some crime -- anything from child abandonment to attempted murder. Whatever the DA's investigation turns up. At the very least CPS should take custody and protect this amazing young boy. The Hollywood ending would be for his rescuer to adopt him!

No way this child should be in his care again. He should have looked for this boy the very minute he's fallen from the boat. Is there any law in this country for child neglect

Agree 100%

In Minnesota of all places. Half of the year if this happened he would've frozen to death.

Thank you.

According to your mythology, this "God" put the kid in the middle of the river in the first place.

@@craigcorson3036did commenting that make you feel better?

@@zoeangelopoulos2077 I don't make such comments to make myself feel better. I do so in an attempt to make others THINK better.

Ya,💯... Let's see if I can stitch this incident together. The father and son are out on a boat, the child ends up in the water, he's hanging on to a robe attached to the boat, the child gets separated from the rope, the father doesn't notice this and therefore doesn't immediately pulls his son up out of the water. And somehow, someway the boat moves a distance away from the child. And the father has control of this boat. And then the father has some convoluted excuse not to come back and try to retrieve his son? Really. This seems really sketchy to me. Also, why were that boy and the father out on the water, and how did the boy end up in 57° water? Did the police, even interview the father? Also, take a hard look at the clothing the child was wearing. Then listen to the comments of the person at that house related to others that that drowned recently. Also, the father gave a weird explanation as to why he did not come back to retrieve that child from that water. Ok then.... why didn't the father get the authorities involved to save this child? The explanation seemed well rehearsed and logical just in case the child drowned. Also, does the father have and insurance policy, on this child, especially related to accidental drowning. This whole incident reeks, and is quite sad.

@@jamesnash6101 Exactly! Poor baby.

You have obviously never lived in the Duluth/Superior region.

@@jamesnash6101 1. The boy lost his grip on the boat. 2. The air temperature, not the water temperature, was 57F, Lake Superior is right there, it can sometimes be cool on summer days, people up there are used to it. 3. He was swimming, you don't wear sweatshirts or coats to swim in. "recent drownings" Drownings? There was a single drowning the year before in early June, before that, someone drown after there vehicle went through the ice years before. People do drown in rivers, lakes, swimming pools all across the world, they're not limited to geography. 4. Weird excuse? Did you ever sail? You can't throw it "in reverse" it doesn't have a motor, and you can't sail upwind and against a current at the same time. 5. Good question, but we don't have the whole story either. The boy was wearing a vest PFD, maybe the father saw the kayak heading to pick up his son. 6. For insurance? You watch too much TV. I taught my kids to swim beginning when they were old enough to walk, I would never dream of letting them swim off a sailboat or in a current at that age, even wearing a PFD. Even just sailing with kids on board, there are many extra safety precautions you must take and be prepared for, especially in the cold water of Lake Superior. The St. Louis is much warmer than the lake, but is a very dark stained lake from the red iron mineral runoff of the iron rich land there, not an good environment for young kids to be swimming in because of almost zero visibility.

@@frankkolton1780 so... Was this a wise decision of the parent to let his 6 year- old swim under those conditions? Especially in Lake Superior. I don't think it was. Because, the child was rescued far from the boat. Plus, according to the people that surrounded this child, on shore. He was cold and his lips were turning blue.

A European colonizer would have been given an metal by the Mayor if they saved him. White media would rather call black people criminals than heroes. Everybody knows, but won't speak up because they don't want to do the hard work, so people say nothing.

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Something is very wrong especially the child’s fear of 911. Not from USA but this attitude smells real strange. Not investigating ? WOW no words . Shameful and dangerous. The welfare of children should be paramount.

Old ppl r strange humans

@@abdikadirali9985 No old people in general are not , Hes in a class by himself age has nothing to do with it

Here it is ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NMUYTzJQl1M.html

Amen!!

privilege?

@@cc7346 No. Try again

Caucasian

Yes, they need to check for prior abuse, custody or divorce issues and insurance or child support issues. All those things need to be investigated or ruled out. He definitely needs parenting classes and cognitive assessment, whether the dad was under any substance.

100% Correct

And also look how the sweet boy acted when the man who saved him brought up contacting authorities!!!! Ugh. I agree with everything you said. So sad.

I hate to say it but, they should look into whether or not the dad has an insurance policy on the kid.

@@janawhitens8160 true or this guy shouldn't have been a dad in the first place. I've seen a lot of child neglect and this incident is really irritating.

If my little boy got swept away in a current I'd be diving in there after him. If I somehow hadn't noticed and this had happened I would be so unbelievably thankful to the guy in the kayak and I'd be hugging the hell out of my little lad. I'd be so emotional, makes my stomach turn just thinking about something like that happening to my son and yet you look at this guy? Doesn't even speak to the kid, comes across as extremely guilty of something and is just acting very strange. In the full video I was like "that is the Dad right? He's not acting like a Dad at all but I'm sure that's him from what the kayaker is saying". There is genuinely a small part of me that thinks he let it happen and was gonna just blame the current. I wouldn't want this kid alone with that guy anyway, that's for sure.

I definitely agree with you.

Something isn’t right here 😢

I agree

He's ok in that he's alive, but I doubt he's ok considering his father.

Amen!

Yeah the way the father said he told his boy to just swim ashore really pissed me off. He even implied this was not the first time. Time to tie that kid to a seat

SIR....GTFO! He goes...you go! Especially since there were other ppl there. I do remember the Dad that died trying to save his kids though 🙌🥺✌️🙏

People keep saying “he should’ve jumped in” but are forgetting that *he deliberately pulled up his anchor while the boy was still in the water* . There was no accident here, he didn’t jump in because he full well knew he was drifting away while the kid was in the water.

Right?! I’ve seen people abandon their boats for their dogs!

Um no

Agree! And in cold water - wtf

He's six.......he'll be driving in a year....kid has to do his job...

Yep!

SAD when parents get smashed and do not care what else is going on.

Wtf are you saying. The dad is white and the person who saved the kid was black. Try again.

Keep that same energy of single moms with custody of pregnant 13 year old daughters or drug dealing drive-by doing sons.

@@clownafra6088 Wrong video..

He was definitely impaired.

Yeh you can definitely tell he was drunk. Especially when he said you saved me a big hassle like what?

With a response like that, showing such little empathy or care toward the child it makes me wonder if something more malicious wasn't/isn't at play here... perhaps in the father's eyes, the only accident that took place that day was the guy saving the kid... idk. But what I do know is, if my son was drifting away, the hell with the boat, im jumping in the lake after him. Why the cops and prosecutor didnt do a serious dig into this is beyond me - absolutely appalling! Did they even interview the kid probing to learn about his home environment? smh...

He's not in a better environment they sent him right back to that derelict dad

Do you have the link for that? This is such a horrible situation and I hope something more is done!

I agree, I found that strange too, almost like the boy was afraid he would get in trouble for getting 911 involved, but then even more odd that the police said the father wouldn't face charges. Here's the whole video - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NMUYTzJQl1M.html

that's EXACTLY what I said. he was frightened.

I was thinking EXACTLY the same thing, the extreme fear from the boy of 911 being called.... it's the reaction of a kid who's been through something horrific before after law enforcement was there, and then suffered at the hands of the parent later.

This is so sad. Please someone get that child out of this situation.

The father did know

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NMUYTzJQl1M.html Ohh the father knew and did nothing..even a boat of cowards didn't rescue the child screaming for help - the went past him IN middle of the lake..father is true evildoer and admitted this child had it happen to him before ..if nobody acts, that kids will die of negligent homicide or severe beating!

The dad was on his sail boat and was aware that his son was stuck in the river. Definitely raises some questions about the dad..

Agreed!!

'Reckless endangerment' at least.

Exactly. You are absolutely right.

The whole video is on youtube

Yeah. But why did God go through the trouble in the first place? Why put the child in harm's way? In any event, glad the kid is ok. Scary.

@@mysidetube look deeper . Not why God . But why parents allowed and not watched their child. God watched and sent someone to save that child . Right away child wants his daddy . So innocent and filled with love . Reality mom and dad not watching caused this . Not God . God saves .

@@rossellaperry6467 Yeah. But wait, didn't God make mom and dad the way they are too? Didn't God steer them from birth to be the people they are? Or did God just make a universe where he gets credit for the good and none of the bad?

@@mysidetube you know God gives us free will to choose what we do or believe . Your a perfect example of free will and choices. You do not believe in God . Your joy is harassing those who believe . You make up stupid questions not realizing the stupidity of your questions and you know all the answers are in the bible. But instead of reading and learning your joy is to poke fun . You think the world laughs wilh your knowledge and simple quotes instead they laugh at you . As I have enjoyed your stupidity .

@@mysidetube 🤣🤣🤣🤣 people like you are so funny. Yes God controls all and every single thing we do nobody has free will, were just in a simulation bro 🤡🤡

Not to clear on where the father went.

Full video shows that the father was aware and said he didn’t know how to turn around the sailboat and just hoped someone would get the kid for him… I cant find the full video anymore but it’s probably somewhere but the dad is questionable for sure… His reaction was so bizarre and he was acting like it wasn’t a big deal. He let the 6 year old hang on to a rope in the water, which as said has strong currents and was windy. And when he lost hold the dad was like oh well I can’t turn around. The boy was hyperventilating when the kayaker got to him in the water and kept saying he needed to get back to his dad. But the dads reaction when being reunited with his son was very concerning, as he was acting like it was no big deal or something. I got the impression he is absolutely clueless as to how dangerous leaving a six year old in a river with no way to get to shore in cold water is. The boy would’ve died if no one had gotten him.

Full video here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NMUYTzJQl1M.html

@@stellamariss3335 I saw the full video on FB a few days ago. The child was definitely showing onset hypothermia. This whole thing is bizarre to me and should be investigated. The rescuer showed more concern that the parent. The father's reaction was so nonchalant. The child looked so afraid of him when EMS arrived. CPS should get involved before this happens again because by the way the father spoke, it sounds like this wasn't the first time.

Do boaters carry flares ? I would of shot one up for my child. Someone tell me why dad isn't in jail.