Heroic! Cleaner turns into lifeguard to save drowning swimmer
A cleaner is being hailed as a hero after saving a swimmer from drowning in a Johannesburg gym.
Miraculous CCTV footage has been shared showing a cleaner coming to the rescue of a swimmer, who was doing laps in a Johannesburg gym pool.
Somehow, the swimmer slipped beneath the water. It was then that 23-year-old Karabo Thosago sprang into action, and jumped into the pool risking his own life to save the swimmer, News24 reports.
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Soon after Thosago's rescue attempt, you can see gym staff entering the scene, all rushing to help the pair out of the water to safety.
It is reported that the swimmer was rushed to a nearby hospital, but has made a full recovery since the terrifying incident.
The lifesaving cleaner has only been at the gym for under a year and has hopes of one day becoming a lifeguard, News24 has said.
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Let's just say that this is the start of a potentially miraculous career for this cleaner-cum-lifesaver.
Watch the moment below:
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