Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson finally met a real life child superhero!
The Rock met the 10-year-old Detroit native Jacob O’Connor who on August saw his 2-year-old brother fall into their pool and was lying face down for about a minute. O’Connor immediately pulled him out and began doing chest compressions, which Johnson’s character, Raymond Gaines, does in a scene in the 2015 film, San Andreas.
The superstar actor learned of the boy after his heroic tale went viral thanks to news reports. Johnson stated,
“I’m so proud of you,” “It is such an honor meeting this kid.”
Johnson was even choked up when meeting Jason
“Seeing that picture on this boy’s shirt, got me in the gut,” Johnson wrote with the video on Instagram. “Eventually, we would lose Brutus to heaven, but it wasn’t the picture of Brutus that made me tear up, it was the fact that this 10-year-old kid, had a heart big enough to put our puppies on his shirt after he saved his little 2-year-old brother’s life. What a special day. What a special kid. Thanks Jacob for being awesome and for being the kind of person we all aspire to be.”
David Gonzalez is the founder and chief film critic of Reel Talk Inc. and host of the Reel Chronicles and Chop Talk (80s horror) podcasts. As a Cuban American independent film critic, David writes fair and diverse criticism covering movies of all genres and spotlighting minority voices through Reel Talk. David has covered and reviewed films at Tribeca, TIFF, NYFF, Sundance, SXSW, and several other film festivals.
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