HERO MOM SAVES BOY FROM DROWNING

'I will never forget the look in his eyes'

- GENEVIEVE SERRA

THE family of a 6-year-old boy who was saved from a near-drowning incident in torrential rainfall by a brave Cape Town mother says they are grateful for her heroic act.

The video of little Tyler Cupido from Parkwood being rescued by mother of three, Yaseerah Nelson, 34, from Lotus River, after he slipped into a flooded street and was pinned underneath the water, went viral on social media on Wednesday.

Nelson, who is part of the Klip Neighbourhood Watch, the Community in Blue, and is also contracted by the City for overseeing dumping sites, told the