A quick-thinking Dr. Charles Best grad may have saved the life a toddler but Corina Lascano said her actions were instinctive.
"When you see something like that you don't think twice about it," said Lascano, 18.
The young woman was working an evening shift as a receptionist at the Aria Club at the Suter Brook development in Port Moody last Saturday when she was asked to bring a key to janitors who were cleaning in the pool room.
Lascano walked into the room and saw a toddler in a red dress flailing in the water. She jumped into the pool fully clothed and pulled the little girl to safety. "Her eyes were open, it wasn't that bad," said Lascano, who returned the toddler to her parents.
Lascano said she knew at once who the parents were because she had been watching the proceedings of a birthday party at the clubhouse through the evening.
It turned out the party was for the baby girl in the red dress who had wandered out down the hall when her family was busy cleaning up. The pool door was briefly opened to allow janitors' access, but it would normally be closed, Lascano said.
It turned out the timing was bad for the toddler who apparently knew where the pool was located. However, thanks to Lascano's quick thinking, the baby was quickly pulled to safely and showed no ill effects from her plunge into the pool.
For Lascano, who has no special rescue training, the experience left her feeling both relief and shock.
"I saved her life and now she's going to grow up and be 18 like me," she said.
A call to the manager of the Aria wasn't returned before press time.
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