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Golfer Brian Harman expressed his gratitude to person Cathy Dowdy, who remains successful a coma six weeks aft she risked her beingness to assistance Brian’s 6-year-old lad who had gotten caught successful a rip tide.
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Brian Harman’s person has his eternal gratitude.
The professional golfer precocious shared that household friend Cathy Dowdy—someone helium went connected to picture arsenic “family”—saved his and wife Kelly Van Slyke’s 6-year-old lad during an October outing astatine a Florida beach, and that Cathy has been successful a coma since the ordeal.
“My lad was retired boogie boarding with 1 of his truly bully friends, got ripped retired to oversea by conscionable a rip current,” Brian told reporters Nov. 19, noting the incidental occurred portion helium was participating successful a tourney successful China. He added of Cathy, “She went successful the h2o aft my son.”
Brian added that erstwhile Cathy struggled to get to his son, different passerby by the sanction of Crane Cantrell—who had been walking on the beach—went into the h2o arsenic good to spot if helium could help. The Florida nonmigratory continued of the pair, “He makes it retired fine; Cathy (got) injured truly badly. She's been successful a coma for going connected six weeks present and truthful evidently our satellite down present was benignant of turned connected its head.”
According to the St Johns Citizen, a lifeguard was capable to bring Cathy onto onshore wherever she received CPR earlier being transferred to Jacksonville’s Mayo Clinic.
During his remarks, Brian shared his appreciation for the selfless actions of some Crane and Cathy.
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“They disregarded their selves, went into the water, saved my lad and however bash you convey radical similar that?” helium said. “I don't cognize different than to conscionable accidental what you think. I deliberation that bravery and doing thing similar that for radical who aren't your humor is conscionable the astir beauteous happening you tin bash successful this life.”
The 37-year-old besides shared his good wishes for Cathy and her household members, including her husband Mike Dowdy.
“She's up successful Savannah and we're reasoning astir her,” helium noted of his friend. “And for each we've been done and for however unspeakable it's been for Mike and Christina and Nicole, they're household for america and we're with 'em till the end, and I admit everybody that's helped america retired done each this.”
A GoFundMe acceptable up by Terri Langford, a person of Cathy’s, noted she was successful “critical condition” aft “a drowning mishap connected Sunday, October 13th successful Ponte Vedra portion trying to prevention a kid successful distress.”
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Additional updates to the Page person kept well-wishers apprised of Cathy’s status, including that she was moved to a longer-term attraction and therapy infirmary successful her location authorities of Georgia, and that the household was receiving encouraging signs specified arsenic Cathy opening her eyes.
More caller updates from November 9 and 18 enactment that the aesculapian professionals are keeping Cathy sedated to effort and “get her BP, breathing and bosom complaint connected an adjacent keel truthful that they tin commencement trying to wean her disconnected the vent.”
One update besides expressed the family’s gratitude for the enactment they’ve received. As Mike, Cathy’s husband, wrote, “I privation you each to cognize I work each remark and look astatine each 1 that ‘likes’ the updates. I don’t respond origin my surface gets bedewed and I can’t work to write. Thank you each for the prayers, the emotion and support!”
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