Indiana teen brothers, 15 and 14, rescue grandmother and two children from pond; toddler revived

Two teenage brothers jumped into a murky pond in Carmel, Indiana, to rescue a grandmother, her four-year-old grandchild, and a toddler trapped underwater in a pushchair. Maddox Larger, 15, and his 14-year-old brother, Grant, jumped into the water on Monday, 12 October 2026, after seeing the family in danger. Their quick actions helped save a two-year-old boy who had stopped breathing underwater. One of the teenagers performed emergency back slaps on dry land to help the child breathe again. According to an official statement from the City of Carmel, local police and fire crews were called to the scene at around 11:15 a.m. after emergency calls reported children underwater.A sudden struggle in deep waterThe emergency began when the grandmother was walking near the pond with her two young grandchildren. The pushchair carrying the two-year-old slipped into the water and became partly submerged. As the grandmother tried to pull the pushchair out, she lost her footing and fell into the pond. She had the four-year-old child strapped to her back. Neither the grandmother nor the older child knew how to swim, leaving them struggling in the water with little chance of getting out on their ow...