{"id":72254,"date":"2026-04-21T05:01:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/minnesota-boy-fighting-for-life-after-rescuing-younger-brother-from-creek\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T05:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:01:40","slug":"minnesota-boy-fighting-for-life-after-rescuing-younger-brother-from-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/minnesota-boy-fighting-for-life-after-rescuing-younger-brother-from-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota boy fighting for life after rescuing younger brother from creek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ashkan Thibodeaux, five years old, saved his kid brother Wyatt after he fell into \u2018icy water\u2019 of creek they were exploring<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A five-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/minnesota\">Minnesota<\/a> boy reportedly jumped into frigid water after his younger brother fell in on Easter Sunday to successfully rescue him \u2013 and has subsequently had to fight for his life at a hospital, a battle in which he is making steady progress, according to his family.<\/p>\n<p>Ashkan Thibodeaux\u2019s story, which has captured widespread attention in corners of the internet dedicated to spotlighting remarkable displays of bravery, began with exploring a creek in Minnesota\u2019s Itasca county alongside his kid brother, Wyatt, on 5 April, his family and their supporters say.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/21\/minnesota-child-hospitalized-rescues-brother-in-creek\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashkan Thibodeaux, five years old, saved his kid brother Wyatt after he fell into \u2018icy water\u2019 of creek they were exploring Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A five-year-old Minnesota boy reportedly jumped into frigid water after his younger brother fell in on Easter Sunday to &#8230; <a title=\"Minnesota boy fighting for life after rescuing younger brother from creek\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/minnesota-boy-fighting-for-life-after-rescuing-younger-brother-from-creek\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Minnesota boy fighting for life after rescuing younger brother from creek\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}