{"id":2615402,"date":"2026-06-17T20:47:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T00:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/must-see-ice-officer-lifts-drowning-child-out-of-water-then-saves-his-life-with-cpr-dems-call-people-like-him-gestapo\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T20:48:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T00:48:44","slug":"must-see-ice-officer-lifts-drowning-child-out-of-water-then-saves-his-life-with-cpr-dems-call-people-like-him-gestapo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/must-see-ice-officer-lifts-drowning-child-out-of-water-then-saves-his-life-with-cpr-dems-call-people-like-him-gestapo\/","title":{"rendered":"MUST SEE: ICE Officer Lifts Drowning Child Out of Water, Then Saves His Life with CPR &#8211; Dems Call People Like Him &#8216;Gestapo&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmust-see-ice-officer-lifts-drowning-child-out-of-water-then-saves-his-life-with-cpr-dems-call-people-like-him-gestapo%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2615402&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content discusses a positive story highlighting the heroism of an ICE officer, Gregory Simmonds, who rescued a drowning six-year-old boy in Florida. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-bill-hagerty-blasts-the-medias-hegseth-smear-campaign\/\" title=\"Sen. Bill Hagerty Blasts The ...&#039;s Hegseth Smear Campaign\">ongoing negative portrayals<\/a> of ICE agents by some politicians and media, this incident showcases their bravery and dedication. The video of the rescue has garnered praise on social media, emphasizing that good people, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-gives-all-first-responders-in-florida-1000-bonuses-were-funding-the-police-and-then-some\/\" title=\"DeSantis Gives All First Responders In ... ,000 Bonuses: \u2018We\u2019re Funding\u2019 The Pol... \u2018And Then Some\u2019\">including law enforcement<\/a>, frequently enough <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >perform noble acts amidst widespread criticism<\/a>. The piece also touches on the broader narrative where ICE is vilified by certain political figures and media, despite their efforts to uphold laws and protect the public, often risking their lives in the process.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Call it a win for the good guys.<\/p>\n<p>In the 17 months since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, there has hardly been a single day that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been free from demonization by Democrats \u2014 from Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/schumer-pleads-money-denigrates-ice-white-house-meeting-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> of New York to House back-bencher and soon-to-be former Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>A video making the rounds on social media this week, though, is showing another side of ICE entirely.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A 6-year-old boy was found floating unconscious in a Florida pool. Seconds later, an ICE officer jumped in to save him.<\/p>\n<p>ICE law enforcement officer Gregory Simmonds spotted the child in distress in Pasco County on May 16 and immediately pulled him from the water.<\/p>\n<p>The child\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3JgwKPUmBe\">pic.twitter.com\/3JgwKPUmBe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2067346156737159280?\">June 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The video depicts an apparently off-duty ICE officer acting quickly to save the life of a drowning child.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/06\/16\/best-best-ice-officer-saved-life-6-year-old-child-drowning-pool-florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> from the Department of Homeland Security identified the officer as Gregory Simmonds, noting that he \u201csaw a 6-year-old child floating unconscious in a pool in Pasco County, Florida and immediately jumped into the pool to rescue the child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter removing the unconscious child from the water, Officer Simmonds rendered life-saving CPR until the child regained consciousness. Local authorities said that the child is expected to make a full recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The release gave no further details about the incident, but the video itself tells the story.<\/p>\n<p>A typically placid pool scene turned into a moment of terror when an apparently lifeless child was seen floating in the water. Another swimmer, apparently an older boy, reached the child first, then Simmonds leaped into action, literally.<\/p>\n<p>After retrieving the stricken child from the water, Simmonds could be seen performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the boy.<\/p>\n<p>It was a moment of lifesaving competence by a member of an agency that has been slandered by Democrats and their establishment media allies.<\/p>\n<p>From being called a \u201cmodern-day Gestapo\u201d by the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-turned-just-say-no-just-say-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz<\/a> to being compared to the \u201cslave patrols\u201d of the antebellum (and Democratic) South by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kind-rhetoric-problem-crockett-compares-ice-slave-patrols-violence-escalates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crockett<\/a>, to being accused of \u201ckidnapping\u201d by Washington state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-rep-pramila-jayapal-doubles-disgusting-ice-terrorist-claim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Pramila Jayapal<\/a>, ICE agents are routinely portrayed as the cause of current conflict in the United States, rather than a force dedicated to upholding the duly enacted laws of the land.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, these same agents are being routinely attacked \u2014 physically and dangerously attacked \u2014 while doing their jobs protecting the American people. As recently as Monday, an ICE agent was struck by a van while attempting an arrest in New Jersey and was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shots-fired-fleeing-suspect-strikes-ice-agent-vehicle-manhunt-underway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forced to fire his weapon<\/a> in self-defense. (The suspect fled but was later arrested, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/man-charged-ice-agent-hit-vehicle-ocean-county-new-jersey\/19315826\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPVI-TV<\/a> in Philadelphia.)<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, the video had its critics. (Leave it to leftists to mock praise for a man who just saved a young boy\u2019s life.)<\/p>\n<p>But there were plenty of social media users who appreciated him \u2014 and the agency he works for.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What true hero that officer is. Because of his training and valor he knew what to do immediately and probably saved the child\u2019s life. Thank GOD for our police and all first responders. They are truly amazing unsung heros! BLESS THESE SELFLESS HEROS. IN THE NAME OF JESUS AMEN \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Diane Berry (@DianeBe80074194) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DianeBe80074194\/status\/2067368652198883736?\">June 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Well done to this ICE agent saving an innocent young boy\u2019s life while others just stood around watching.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brandon Lorenzo (@BrandonLorenzo) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrandonLorenzo\/status\/2067355414723772614?\">June 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank God and Thank our ICE officers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robbie (@robertalueckel) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/robertalueckel\/status\/2067374289725100224?\">June 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>None of that is likely to change the minds of those whose worldview depends on vilifying the decent men and women of law enforcement while valorizing the villains of the world. (That would be Democrats as a party, liberals as a matter of policy, and the establishment media as a profession.)<\/p>\n<p>But the example of an ICE officer acting quickly and competently enough to save a child\u2019s life should be a heartening story for the sane parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the good guys win. 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