NEW: I didn't want the child to die - hero hotel manager

"In the moment I was just scared. It was scary, especially because I am a father myself. I didn't want the child to die."

This was the recollection of Umhlanga Sands Guest Services manager Meresh Sukdeo, who has been lauded as a hero after resuscitating a 7-year-old boy who nearly drowned in the beachfront resort's pool at the weekend.


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