A North Fayette Elementary student recently helped save a little girl from

drowning at the Four Seasons Mobile Home Park pool.

Jordan Austin, 9, saw the little girl hold her nose before jumping in the

deep end of the pool. When the girl didn't surface, Jordan immediately

jumped in to rescue her.

Jordan said she grabbed the girl under her armpits and pulled her toward

the surface, just like she was taught in a lifesaving class at the Fayette

YMCA several years ago.

One of Jordan's friends helped get the girl - estimated to be

between 2 and 3 years old - safely out of the pool to her mother.

"She coughed up some water and then was like, yippee, I shouldn't

have done that," Jordan said.

Jordan said she was nervous that she would hurt the girl while rescuing

her. She didn't know the little girl's name but she remembered

having seen them at the pool before.

With her father Michael being a police officer for East Point, it may have

been only natural for Jordan to take the action she did.

"He's always teaching me stuff about safety because he's

a police officer," Jordan said.

Jordan said she wasn't afraid for her own safety when she jumped in

to help the girl.

"I wasn't really thinking about it," Jordan said. "...

I was glad she wasn't really hurt."

Maybe that's because navigating the pool comes more natural to her

than others.

"I've been swimming since I was about 4 or 5, so I'm pretty

good at it," Jordan said.

"Don't you see her gills?" remarked her father.

If she ultimately has her way, she'll get to help even more people.

She wants to become a doctor.

For now, though, this member of Girl Scout Troop 128 in Fayetteville will

have to settle for collecting her porcelain dolls and scrapbooking.