. >> reporter: 9-year-old camille revis is being hailed a hero. >> i love i know swming. >> reporter: june 26, it was a hot day here at the complex pool in manassas. her mother doesn't want her daughter's face shown but camille was here with her grandmother. >> i was going to get out and i saw the girl. she was face down on the bottom of the pool. so i held my breath and went down there and poke her to see if she was just playing around, holding her breath or something and she didn't look at me. >> reporter: the little girl, a 4-year-old. police say her mother had left her five children, ages 1-8, inside the gates here while she signed in a guest. this is where the little girl was. camille says when she saw her, she picked her up. she cradled her. she laid her right here on the concrete and yelled for help. >> in, help, someone, help me! i think this girl drowneded. >> reporter: the little girl wasn't breathing. the life guards started cpr. the mother of two witnessed the rescue. she said it was terrifying. >> she had stuff coming out of her mouth and nose. >> reporter: continental po