A grandfather has praised a “hero” Bermudian and hospital staff for saving the life of his drowning grandson.Alan Cavon, from Toronto, said the drama happened when he visited Admiralty House beach, Pembroke, with three-year-old Oscar on Sunday August 12.Mr Cavon described Oscar - the son of his own son Aaron - as “the joy of my life”.He explained that he was sitting in water about 16 inches deep talking with Oscar’s mother, Natalie, as Oscar walked around them in laps.“During his third lap, as he passed my shoulder, Natalie said ‘where’s Oscar. Oh my God. Is that him? Faster!” recalled Mr Cavon.He said he took “two steps to where Oscar’s feet had gone out from under him and he lay suspended, still afloat, less than six feet from me, face up and motionless”.Mr Cavon said it was obvious the child had inhaled seawater so he rushed him on to the beach and Natalie began CPR.At this point, he said, a Bermudian man named Kenny Williams, who he described as “a hero” “quietly knelt beside me in the sand and said I know CPR, mate. I got this”.He said that after Mr Williams gave CPR, Oscar began to cough, gasp and pant, and he was rushed to an ambulance which had been “very prompt in attendance”.Mr Cavon added that a lady who saw the incident from the beach reported that Oscar got into trouble after falling backwards, flailing his arms.“At the hospital, Dr (Richard) Hammond told us that a panicking child could indeed inhale his capacity of water in a split second, and in the next second would sink, having lost the buoyancy of air in his lungs,” reported Mr Cavon.He said he wished to thank Mr Williams, Dr Hammond, and everyone else who helped care for Oscar, including paediatrician Dr Peter Perinchief.“God bless you, and the ambulance, police, hospital emergency ICU nurses and hospital staff who cared for Oscar for two days and nights,” he said.He added that Oscar is doing well.“He’s great. He’s made a full recovery,” he told The Royal Gazette.Mr Cavon explained that he was in Bermuda with his Bermudian wife Nell and their sons Aaron and Andrew to bury Mrs Cavon’s mother Eldine Smith on the day before Oscar’s incident.“Perhaps Oscar’s great-grandmother’s lifelong strict and loving care of children contributed to the miracle of Oscar being spared a watery grave,” he said.