Denver boy fights for his life after being pulled from Phoenix hotel pool

PHOENIX — The seventh and eighth graders on a Denver soccer group got here to Phoenix on the lookout for a championship, however now they’re praying for a miracle as their 13-year-old teammate Darryl Blackmon lays in a Phoenix hospital.

Coach Julius Greer mentioned the group celebrated a win on Saturday night on the lodge pool at a Phoenix Embassy Suites close to twenty fourth Avenue and Thomas Highway. That was the final time they might see Blackmon aware.

Buddy Joey Guerrero would not understand how Blackmon ended up within the deep finish of the pool, however says he knew he needed to attempt to save him.

“Two little ladies pointed him out to me,” Guerrero mentioned. “That is what like actually initiated it for me to leap in and like save him and pull him out for him CPR.”

The 17-year-old is a educated lifeguard and gave Blackmon a combating likelihood till paramedics arrived. His father, Justin Sanchez, says that’s the kind of man he’s raised him to be.

“That is his calling, you recognize. He is at all times been taught from me as his dad, from his coaches, to be his brother’s keeper,” Sanchez mentioned.

Now, these brothers are rooting for his or her teammate, who’s within the struggle of his life.

It’s unknown how lengthy Blackmon was underwater earlier than being discovered. He was taken to the hospital in extraordinarily crucial situation.

A GoFundMe has been arrange for Blackmon and his household.

This text was written by our sister-station ABC15 in Phoenix, Arizona.