Chiefs TE Pope saves 6-year-old boy from drowning!

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When Kansas City Chiefs tight end Leonard Pope(notes) recently went back home to Georgia, he probably didn't expect that he'd be talked about as a hero, but that's just what's happening after he saved 6-year-old Bryson Moore from drowning while he was at a pool party last weekend. Bryson's mother Anne, who has known Pope since the two were children, told the Amercius Times-Reporter what happened.

"Bryson was in the water with the other kids. All of a sudden, I saw Bryson going down in the water and I started screaming. Leonard was inside, and he came out of nowhere and dove into the water without any hesitation, cell phone in his pocket and all. He saved my son's life, and I am so thankful that he was there for me and my child." The boy is said to be understandably afraid of the water after the incident, but OK otherwise.

Apparently, Pope was the only adult at the scene who knew how to swim, which — let's go ahead and say it — speaks to some less-than-stellar planning when it comes to a pool party.
And as Mrs. Moore pointed out in the paper, it's possible that the lockout saved her son's life. "The fact that he is normally at camp and could have been in Kansas City just proved to me that he was placed here to save my son from drowning … I thank God that he was here. He truly lived up to his nickname 'Champ' because he was truly a champion for me and my son this past weekend."