Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris is a real-life hero … the L.A. assistant coach helped save a 3-year-old boy from drowning at a Las Vegas hotel pool over the weekend.
The terrifying incident happened at the Encore, when, according to a post on Morris’ wife’s social media page, a little boy was pulled from the water without a pulse by his father.
An on-duty lifeguard raced over to provide aid to the toddler … and, thankfully, a quick-thinking Morris jumped in to help too by grabbing a nearby automatic external defibrillator (AED).
“I saw people calling 911 so my first question was, where is the AED?” Morris said to ESPN on Wednesday. “When I got back, we had a doctor on site that was able to start the compressions. I was able to hand the AED to him, get it open for him, put the pads on the child, and he ended up being OK.”
Morris’ wife said the kid was taken to a nearby hospital … and, thankfully, discharged a day later.
Morris — who joined Sean McVay‘s Rams staff in 2021 — said training he received recently in the wake of the Damar Hamlin medical emergency helped him know what to do in the horrifying situation.
Rams COO Kevin Demoff added that he believed the training played a significant role in the heroic efforts as well.
“Very possibly seeing the life-saving CPR Damar Hamlin received inspired our organization to get trained & saved another life,” Demoff wrote on Twitter. “CPR & AEDs save lives.”
