9-Year-Old Detroit Twins Honored After Rescuing Unresponsive Girl, 4, from Bottom of Swimming Pool

The sisters helped to save a girl from the pool of their grandmother’s apartment complex on June 27

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  • Twin sisters Ava and Addison Apostolopoulos, 9, were swimming at the pool of their grandmother’s apartment complex when they noticed an unresponsive young girl in the water
  • Ava jumped into the pool and pulled the 4-year-old, who survived, to the surface, the Wixom Police Department said
  • Along with maintenance worker Cody Boyette, who administered rescue breaths, the twins were honored with the Police Department Civilian Citation Award

A 4-year-old girl is recovering after being found unresponsive at the bottom of a swimming pool.

Nine-year-old twin sisters Ava and Addison Apostolopoulos and a maintenance worker are being hailed as heroes after saving the young girl amid the incident in Detroit.

Ava and Addison were swimming at the pool of their grandmother’s apartment complex on June 27 when they saw an unresponsive 4-year-old girl in the water, according to the Wixom Police Department and 23ABC News…

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