Kentucky Mom Of Three Dies While Trying To Save A Stranger’s Child From Drowning In Creek

A Kentucky mom has died aft rescuing a stranger's kid from drowning.

​Sarah Jo Reeder, a mom raising 3 children, was visiting Phil Moore Park’s creek successful Alvaton, an unincorporated organization astir 10 miles from Bowling Green, erstwhile she tried to rescue nan child.

​“She went successful nan h2o to effort to prevention nan boy, and he yet pulled her down trying to travel up,” Sarah’s friend, Melissa Donovan, told WBKO. “And ultimately, that’s really it went down.

“And a paddleboarder pulled her and nan boy retired of nan h2o and past sewage emergency services connected nan way.”​

Sarah was later transported to nan medical center successful Bowling Green but died hours later, Dovovan said. ​

Donovan was not connected nan segment erstwhile nan incident occurred connected June 12. However, she says that she would for illustration to spot lifesavers astatine nan creek, because “this is not an uncommon occurrence.”

“It happens each twelvemonth down present and each twelvemonth there’s a speech astir personification saved personification from drowning aliases getting taken down nan stream aliases whatever,” she said.​

A SupportNow run to raise money for ceremonial expenses and Sarah’s children was launched by Ashley Flowers, a family friend. ​

Flowers said that her friend died “heroically redeeming a stranger’s kid from drowning,” and described her arsenic “always location to thief anyone, anyhow she could.”

​“Her abrupt nonaccomplishment has near her family successful daze and need,” Flowers wrote.​

Speaking to WBKO, Flowers said that she learned of her friend’s decease erstwhile Sarah’s boy called her moments aft she returned location from work.​

“So I picked it up because he doesn’t telephone me, and he said, ‘You request to travel to nan hospital. Something’s going to hap pinch mom,’” she said. ​

According to Flowers, Sarah would person “run into a burning building” to thief someone.

​“It’s conscionable her automatic small heart is to thief different personification out, for illustration to do immoderate needs to beryllium done to get nan business fixed aliases to grip it,” she continued. “And truthful that was not retired of statement for her whatsoever.”

​Flowers added, “I’m judge she astir apt ne'er moreover touched nan creek until that time.”​

Becky Crick, Sarah’s mother, told WNKY that a female dove into nan stream to prevention nan precocious mom. ​

“She is an angel,” Becky said, referring to nan as-yet unnamed woman. “She did everything she could to prevention Sarah’s life.

“Of course, astatine that time, nan h2o had done truthful overmuch damage, but she tried,” she continued. ​

Becky said that she recovered retired astir nan incident from her grandson, since she was her daughter’s adjacent of kin. ​

“He was like, ‘Maw, we request you astatine nan aesculapian center. There’s been an accident,’” she said.​

Becky said that if she could opportunity 1 last point to her precocious daughter, she would say, “I’m proud of nan beautiful, beardown female you would become. I’m proud of really you cared astir different people. You are my daughter, and I emotion you.”