A Young Hero in Lufkin

LUFKIN — A six-year-old from Lufkin is being hailed as a hero after saving a toddler from drowning. “Everyone says I swim like a fish,” says Alexis Weeks. And Alexis did just that the other day when she saw the two-year-old girl sinking to the bottom of a pool. Alexis recounts, “I went underwater and I got her on my knee and then I holded her.” Alexis then swam her back up to the surface and over to the side. Alexis’s mom says she still can’t believe it, remarking, “We have the bragging rights to say that our daughter saved someone’s life. We’re really proud to say that.” Then is there any kind of reward? According to Alexis, after the rescue, the toddler’s mom said to tell the two-year-old’s dad he owed Alexis a hundred dollars or “somethin'” — but Alexis declined. She says she was just trying to help, and the fact that she did is better than any reward.