By Emma Glanfield Mother Natalie Cope (right), 25, has hailed her four-year-old son Jamie (left) a hero after he found sister Amelia, 2, (front) floating in a 5ft deep pond A quick-thinking four-year-old boy has been hailed a ‘hero’ after saving his little sister from drowning when he found her floating in a 5ft deep garden pond. Jamie Isherwood screamed for help when he found his two-year-old sister Amelia floating under the surface of the fish pond at their grandparent’s house in Atherton, Greater Manchester. The youngsters’ mother Natalie Cope, 25, said the toddler wandered off while relatives enjoyed a barbecue in the front garden at the weekend.
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Amelia Isherwood was found floating in the 5ft deep pond in Manchester
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Her brother Jamie screamed for help after finding her submerged in water
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Mother Natalie Cope said youngster wandered off during family barbecue
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Toddler was taken to hospital after swallowing excessive amount of water
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Ms Cope, 25, hailed her son a hero for alerting family to Amelia's plight
She said: ‘We had locked the patio door but left the side gate unsecured when I took the dog for a walk with my mum and @placeholder must have wandered into the back garden.