Fomer nurse from Clayton helps save life of child at beach

>> A CLAYTON MAN WITH NURSE'S

>>> TAKE A LOOK AT.

THIS OH, TO BE AT THE BEACH.

YOU KNOW A DAY THERE CAN BE

RELAXING.

IT CAN ALSO BE DANGEROUS.

SHARK, RIP CURRENTS, EVEN SWIM

KWRAOG A FORMER NURSE FROM

CLAYTON WAS AT THE BEACH THIS

WEEKEND WHEN HE CAME ACROSS A

CHILD WHO HAD NEARLY DROWNED.

HIS TRAINING KICKED IN AND HE

TOLD BRIAN MIMS TODAY HE IS

THANKFUL FOR HAVE PLAYED A

SMALL PART IN SAVE AGO I CHILD.

>> WE WERE OUT ON THE BEACH

MAYBE 10 OR 15 MINUTES.

>> Reporter: OUT THERE ON

HOLDEN BEACH FOR ONE LAST

LOUNGE BEFORE HEADING HOME TO

CLAYTON.

DEREK GIBSON THERE WITH HIS

WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTER NOTICED A

TENSE CROWD GATHERING A FEW

YARDS A WAY.

129-YEAR-OLD BOY LYING ON THE

SAND WAS BARELY ALIVE.

>> I NOTICED HE WAS PRETTY

BLUE.

YOU COULD TELL HE WASN'T

BREATHING.

>> Reporter: HIS PULSE WAS

TERRIBLY FAINT.

AS A FORMER DUKE LIFE FLIGHT

YOU ARE IN, MR. GIBSON KNEW HE

HAD TO GET THIS CHILD'S LUNGS

WORKING ASAP.

ANOTHER NURSE HAPPENED OBJECT

ON THE BEACH AND GAVE HIM CPR J

BY THAT TIME, HE DIDN'T HAVE

BREATHING TO THE POINT THAT IF

WOULD HAVE SUSTAIN LIFE FOR

HIM.

>> Reporter: HE GRABBED AN OKAY

GENERAL KIT FROM PARAMEDICS AND

PUT MASK OVER THE BOY'S FACE.

HE CLIMBED INTO TO MEET AN

AMBULANCE.

THE BOY'S NAME IS LEVI FLOYD.

HE LIVES OUTSIDE WINSTON-SALEM.

>> I DROWNED AND I WAS GONE AND

I WAS JUST BLUE ALL OVER.

>> Reporter: I REACHED HIM WAY

FACE TIME PHONE CALL.

HE SAYS HE WAS OUT WITH HIS

COUSIN DIVING INTO WAVES.

>> IT WAS MY TURN TO DIVE INTO

THE WAVE, I ENDED UP NOT COMING

BACK UP.

>> Reporter: HIS COUSIN YELLED

FOR LEVI'S DAD WHO SCOOPED HIM

OUT OF THE WATER.

HE HAD BEEN FOUND ABOUT A

MINUTE.

HIS MOM LINDSEY FLOYD FELT SO

HELPLESS.

>> I HEAR THE WORDS.

I'M FLIGHT NURSE AND HE TAKE

OVER.

HE DOES AMAZING AND I'M

STANDING THERE AND NOTHING IS

HAPPENING AND NOTHING IS

HAPPENING.

>> Reporter: BUT SOMETHING DID

HAPPEN.

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.

>> MY BROTHER AND SISTER AND

COUSINS, THEY ALL STARTED SING

AND PRAYING AND THEY WERE LIKE

JESUS PLEASE.

LET HIM BE OKAY.

>> Reporter: LEVI SPENT TWO

DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL.

THE FORM ARE DUKE FLIGHT NURSE

WHO HELPED GIVE HIM THE BREATH

OF LIFE ALSO SPOKE WITH THE BOY

ON FACE TIME.

>> TODAY, TALKING WITH THAT

LITTLE BOY AND KNOWING HE IS

GOING TO BE OKAY, THAT WILL

STAY WITH ME FOREVER.

THE FACT THAT LEVI MADE A

RECOVERY AND A FULL RECOVERY

AND IT IS NOTHING SHORT OF A

MIRACLE IN MY BOOK.

>>

>> Reporter: THERE HE, THE FACE

OF A MILING SMILING HEALTHY

BOY.

>> GIBSON SAYS IT IS RARE A