A 9-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, who can’t walk or talk, is being hailed a hero for saving her baby brother from drowning in the swimming pool.

girl cerebral palsy saves brother from drowning Lexie Comeau-Drisdelle
Photo credit: CTV Network

Lexie Comeau-Drisdelle, from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, realized her 1-year-old brother Leeland was in trouble when she saw him jump into the pool on his own. So, she did the only thing she could, and let out the loudest scream her lungs could possibly give.

The scream alerted her family that something was wrong because they say she’d never yelled like that before.

Lexie’s grandmother quickly ran toward the screaming child. She realized Leeland was not around, and Lexie kept screaming and pointing to the door that leads to the pool.

“When my mom…