Hero who pulled a child out of a river will be trained as a rescuer - Cali - Colombia

Neither the best double of Hollywood action movies, nor the best film director in the world would have achieved the risk scene that Cloromiro Largacha starred in last Wednesday night in Cali, in the east of the city.

This Chocoano, who has lived in the capital of Valle del Cauca for 25 years, jumped into the turbulent waters of the Cauca River to save the life of a six-year-old boy who had been thrown out by his mother. The woman also jumped into the waters of the river, but she swam and reached the shore. Later, she was rescued by firefighters.

(Read in context: Cloromiro, the savior of the child who fell into the Cauca River with his mother)

The portly Cloromiro, who derives his family’s livelihood from his work at a lumber company specializing in plywood, is the hero of Cali, without a doubt. Not even the actor Tom Cruise, who likes to do the risk scenes in his films, dared so much.

The pride that Caleños feel for Cloromiro was expressed by the city’s mayor, Jorge Iván Ospina, in a tribute they organized to recognize his courage.

“We are more the good ones, those committed to life, those of us who are expressing the main principles of a society, by acting, such as solidarity, andhe accompaniment and caring for life, and that is what Cloromiro has done by saving the life of a child,” said Ospina.

Today we recognized Cloromiro Largacha for his solidarity and courage. He is a Cali hero who saved the life of a 6-year-old boy who had been thrown into the Cauca River.

We are more committed to life!#WeLoveCali 💙❤️💚@JorgeIvanOspina pic.twitter.com/144eltnITc

– Mayor of Cali (@AlcaldiaDeCali) March 4, 2022

Cloromiro, who is the father of two daughters and a follower of salsa and Pacific rhythms, responded to the Mayor’s words with some surprise: “I feel stunned because I am aware that what I did was an act of courage. I am thrilled to have saved this little boy’s life. With this I have been able to reflect that in my life I have learned many values ​​that have led me to risk them for many good causes”, he said.

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A man with the qualities as a rescuer of Cloromiro cannot be wasted and for this reason the Mayor’s Office, through the Secretariats of Government and Risk Management, offered him the opportunity to train as a preventionist, and to support with their knowledge the activities related to emergency care. Cloromiro accepted the offer.

The prevention strategy, of which Cloromiro will be a part, will reach communes 8, 9, 13, 14, 15 and 16, as well as the villages of Montebello, Golondrinas, La Castilla and La Elvira. Registrations are open.

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“I am very happy, very grateful to the Mayor’s Office and the media for the recognition they give me for something that came from my heart. I don’t want to imagine what would have happened to the boy if I didn’t jump into the river to help him. I feel that we are going to be united and when he grows up he will thank me, ”said Cloromiro, who also received gifts for him and his family.

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Cloromiro, the hero who saved a child who fell with his mother into the Cauca River - Cali - Colombia

In the drama where a mother throws her son into the Cauca River and then follows him in what seemed like two certain deaths, a man appeared who decided to save the boy and succeeded in those waters, under the darkness.

(Read in context: Drama of a woman who threw herself with her son into the Cauca River in Cali)

After 7:00 pm on Wednesday, March 3, Cloromiro Largacha was walking with a brother, after his shift at a wood company specializing in plywood.

They left the industrial sector of the La Dolores corregimiento, in the Palmira jurisdiction, separated from Cali by the Cauca River bridge, in the so-called Paso del Comercio.

Both were walking in a hurry in search of a transport, because Cloromiro had had a problem with his motorcycle.

Under the dim lights of the public lighting service they saw when a woman and a child entered from the other side of the Cauca river bridge. Suddenly, in an act that was amazing, she picked up the child and threw him into those waters.

Cloromiro Largacha, is the man who saved the five-year-old boy who was thrown from the Paso del Comercio bridge into the Cauca River. pic.twitter.com/SOczw1VAiF

– Radio Clock Cali (@radiorelojcali) March 3, 2022

It was an uncertain fall from that bridge inaugurated in 1978. Cloromiro, a stocky man, looked out and saw the boy struggling to survive.

He did not think for a second and threw himself into the flow of that river that runs 1,350 kilometers between seven departments of Colombia.

It was not an easy decision in that darkness and in a river that has been affected by pollution along its way.

Cloromiro advanced thanks to the fact that he is a good swimmer and he saw how the boy was swimming his arms. Then he got closer to her and managed to grab her.

He says that he felt how the seconds passed and passed until he reached the shore. Her brother and others approached them to help them out of the water and onto the road. The 5-year-old boy asked where his mother was.

She also swung her arms and was able to get out and stayed in that area where there are bushes. Minutes later the firefighters and the police appeared.

The minor was sheltered and loaded into a vehicle to be taken first to a health center. There he was notified to the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF).

The commander of the Metropolitan Police of Cali, Brigadier General Juan Carlos León, said that the community reported the case and agents from the Group for the Protection of Children and Adolescents arrived, who began the route of reestablishing children’s rights, with the ICBF.

The mother showed a state of alteration and the authorities were reviewing the prosecution process that would be for the crime of attempted homicide.

This story moved me. Not only because of Cloromiro’s heroism but also trying to understand what can lead a mother to commit such a terrible act. She needs help and Cloromiro deserves our recognition. https://t.co/l3F2N33imZ

– Andrés Villamizar (@villamizar) March 3, 2022

His medical assessment will also be awaited to establish if he has alterations in his mental health. It is not clear why she made this determination to jump into the water with the child.

Cloromiro Largacha says that it was seeing a son in danger when he threw himself into the uncertainty of falling into the Cauca River at night. In networks they asked for recognition for that act of heroism.

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