ED ACROSS THE WOR. A LOCAL HOTEL WORKER IS HONORED FOR SAVING A CHILD’S LIFE. MICHELLE: THE EMPLOYEE BROUGHT A BOY WHOM HE SAW FLOATING IN ETH POOL BACK TO LIFE BY PERFORMING CPR. >> I KIND OF GOT SCARED. I THOUGHT WE LOST HIM. BUT I WAS NOT GOING TO STOP. FINALLY HE OPENED HIS EYES. MICHELLE: THE EMPLOYEE, A BELLMAN AT THE RESORT, NEVER DREAMED HE WOULD ACTUALLY EUS THE LIFE SAVING SKILL HE HAD LEARNED JUST WEEKS BEFORE. BUT AS WESH 2’S MICHELLE MEREDITH REPORTS, HE D.ID MIEL:CH AT THE FLORIDAYS RESORT ON INTERNATIONAL DRIVE IS ROBERT, WHO WORKS AS A BELLMAN. HE IS EVERYTHING YOU WOULD WANT IN A BELANLM, FRIENDLY, EFFICIENT, ON THE AVERAGE D,AY HE DOES IT ALL. >> I COOK. I HELP IN THE KITCHEN. TO HELP PEOPLE WITH LUGGAGE. MICHELLE: AUGUST 24 OF 2020 WAS NO AVERAGE DAY. ROBERT WAS ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND NOTEDIC A TWO-YEAR-OLD BOY FLOATING IN THE POOL. >> I GOT TO GET DOWN THERE AND SAVE HIM. I GOT TO GET DOWN THERE AND SAVE HIM. MICHEL:LE ROBERT PASTE -- ROBERT RACED DOWNHE T STAIRSND A ABOUT THE TIME HE GOT THERE, THE BOY HAD BEEN PULLED OUT. >> THEY WERE SHAKING HIM AND TELLING HIM TO WAKE UP. I TOLD THEM I HAVE TO DO CPR. MICHELLE: THE GENERAL MANERAG JUSTAD H ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE RESORT DO CPR TRAINING. TWO WEEKS LATER, HE USED THE TRAININGO T SAVE A YOUNG LIFE. ROBERT GOT THE AWARD FOR LIFE. OUTSTANDING L PERSON OF THE YEAR GALA IN A YEAR THAT H
'I gotta get down there and save him': Bellman rescues 2-year-old found facedown in Florida pool
Updated: 9:02 AM EDT Oct 30, 2021
At the Floridays Resort in Orlando, Florida, is Robert Mejias, who works as a bellman.He's everything you'd want in a bellman — friendly, efficient and on an average day, he does it all. "Just helping guests with the luggage… taking them to the rooms," he said. "I cook, too. I help in the kitchen." However, Aug. 24, 2020, was no average day. Mejias was on the second floor looking out and spotted a 2-year-old boy floating in the pool "I got to get down there and save him. I gotta get down there and save him," he said. Mejias raced down the stairs and by the time he got there, the boy had been pulled out. "They were shaking him telling him to wake up. And I told them I have to do CPR, I have to get him back," he said.Two weeks earlier, the general manager had all the employees in the resort do CPR training, and Mejias was a bit skeptical. "Because I'm a bellman, what am I ever going to need CPR training for?" he said. Two weeks later, Mejias used that training to save a young life. "I kind of got scared because I thought we lost him. But I wasn't going to stop, and finally, he opened his eyes," he said. Mejias got an industry-wide award as "Outstanding Bell Person" for the year during a time that was especially challenging for the hospitality industry. Robert Agrusa, President-Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association says: "And they are so incredibly humble because they are here to serve. And in this case, this was an amazing example of service."Mejias said his real reward was seeing the little boy alive and well.
At the Floridays Resort in Orlando, Florida, is Robert Mejias, who works as a bellman.
He's everything you'd want in a bellman — friendly, efficient and on an average day, he does it all.
"Just helping guests with the luggage… taking them to the rooms," he said. "I cook, too. I help in the kitchen."
However, Aug. 24, 2020, was no average day. Mejias was on the second floor looking out and spotted a 2-year-old boy floating in the pool
"I got to get down there and save him. I gotta get down there and save him," he said.
Mejias raced down the stairs and by the time he got there, the boy had been pulled out.
"They were shaking him telling him to wake up. And I told them I have to do CPR, I have to get him back," he said.
Two weeks earlier, the general manager had all the employees in the resort do CPR training, and Mejias was a bit skeptical.
"Because I'm a bellman, what am I ever going to need CPR training for?" he said.
Two weeks later, Mejias used that training to save a young life.
"I kind of got scared because I thought we lost him. But I wasn't going to stop, and finally, he opened his eyes," he said.
Mejias got an industry-wide award as "Outstanding Bell Person" for the year during a time that was especially challenging for the hospitality industry.
Robert Agrusa, President-Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association says: "And they are so incredibly humble because they are here to serve. And in this case, this was an amazing example of service."
Mejias said his real reward was seeing the little boy alive and well.
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