Earlier yesterday, guests
gathered at The Venetian pool grounds to join in celebrating the heroic actions
of nine-year-old, Tristin Saghin. The son of 12-year Venetian team member,
Chris Saghin, Tristin rescued his two-year-old sister, Brooke, from their
family’s backyard pool back in April. After learning CPR from his all-time
favorite movie “Black Hawk Down,” Tristin revived Brooke and performed CPR
until paramedics arrived.
John Caparella, president and chief operating officer of
The Venetian, The Palazzo and Sands Expo, was on hand to award Tristin with a
plaque dubbing him an honorary lifeguard. Lifeguards of The Venetian presented
Tristin with an honorary t-shirt, whistle and buoy before he climbed into the
lifeguard stand overlooking the pools. His father Chris, a founding team member
of The Venetian, remarked that Tristin has always been a hero in the family and
he is blessed to have him as a son.
Sandra Baker, assistant fire
chief of the Clark County Fire Department, congratulated Tristin and shared
pool safety tips with the crowd saying it’s never too early to learn CPR. For
more information on pool safety, please visit the Southern Nevada Drowning
Prevention Coalition’s website at sncdpc.org.
Photo credit: Linda
Quackenboss, IS Photography/ ImagesOfVegas.com
