BRIGHTON, N.Y. — Pool and lake swimming season has arrived and every parent knows how dangerous the water can be for kids. 

That fear was realized at a hotel pool in Brighton last month when a 5-year-old boy went under and nearly drowned. Luckily, two teenagers who were at the pool knew just what to do. 

Spectrum News 1 spoke exclusively with them and with the Brighton police investigator who's now nominating that brother and sister rescue team for lifesaving awards.

"It's not like, 'I did this.' And be all type of bragging about it. I feel like that's bragging. I'd just rather keep it to myself. If you know, you know," said Essence Singleton.

Essence, 15, and her brother Ernest Singleton, 16, aren't really into sharing the story of what happened last month at the Country Inn and Suites hotel in Brighton.  

They were there for a party when a little boy who they did not know started drowning in the hotel pool. 

"He was down at the bottom of the pool and the first thing I thought of is jumping in and grabbing him," said Essence. "He was lifeless it felt like in my arms."

Essence handed the little boy over to her brother. Ernest said instinct kicked in and he started CPR.

"It was like a movie how much water was coming out," said Ernest. "I gave him compressions and then I said OK, I gave him mouth to mouth. And water was coming out of his nose and mouth. I gave him more compressions and turned him on his side."

Ernest kept this up until paramedics arrived on the scene. Police say the little boy, who was at first unresponsive, later was alert and recovering at the hospital.

"I was just so happy," said Essence. "That's what was going [on] in my brain. I don't like to see kids hurt."

Ernest says he knew what to do because of the CPR emergency training he had as a middle schooler in Fairport.

"Ms. McEntee was my health teacher in Fairport," Ernest said. "I didn't want to take the CPR course. I felt it was unnecessary. But it's good when you know what to do in certain situations."

Brighton Police say there's no doubt Essence and Ernest saved the child's life.

"There's no question in my mind that if that brother and sister...if Essence and Ernest were not there at that moment based on the other individuals who were at the pool or the hotel that either couldn't swim or didn't have training in CPR, they clearly saved his life and it would've been a different outcome had they not been there," said Investigator Mike Romach of the Brighton Police Department.

The little boy made a full recovery.  

Essence said the experience has her thinking about the possibility of being a doctor or becoming a member of law enforcement. 

Ernest said he'd like to see a career in real estate or sports.