ICE officer Gregory Simmonds hailed a hero for saving the 6-year-old girl from a Florida pool after spotting a child struggling to stay afloat

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – MAY 28: ICE agents clash with protesters outside the federal immigration center at Delaney Hall in Newark, where ICE is housing detained immigrants on May 28, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. The protests, which have become tense over the holiday weekend, come amid reports of an ongoing hunger strike by detainees – Source : Getty

ICE officer Gregory Simmonds is praised as a hero after he saved a 6-year-old girl in a Florida pool on May 16. The incident has been captured in a video that has surfaced on the internet. Simmonds was at a community pool in Pasco County on Florida’s Gulf Coast when he noticed a child struggling to stay afloat.

The video captured Simmonds taking a look at the girl and immediately jumping in the pool to save her. According to reports, the girl wasn’t breathing when she was brought out of the pool, which was when the ICE officer began administering CPR to her at the scene until she regained consciousness…

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