‘It gives him a voice:’ Man jumps into chilly Gloucester water to retrieve iPad for nonverbal teen – Boston News, Weather, Sports | News World

GLOUCESTER , MASS. (WHDH) – Bernard Christie made his way into the ocean in Gloucester to retrieve an iPad. But this was no ordinary iPad.

14-year-old Jayden is non-verbal, and uses the device to communicate.

What began as a walk with his mother on Friday, came to a splashing stop.

“Next think I know, the iPad just went flying,” said Jayden’s mother Kim Brisbois.

Kim couldn’t believe it, the iPad was floating in the ocean.

“All of the sudden, I hear an ‘oh no!’” recalled Christie.

That was enough for Christie to, quite literally, jump into action.

“He said ‘I’ll go get it,’ and I said ‘it’s cold,’ and he said ‘no problem,’” said Kim. “Off comes his shirt, and he just climbed in, and just dove into that cold water.”

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