--- title: Sea Lion Video: Father of Girl Pulled Into Water Speaks Out description: The father of a girl dragged into the water by a sea lion spoke out, praising the girl’s grandfather as a “hero” and counting his blessings. canonical: https://time.com/4794088/sea-lion-girl-father-family/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-25T15:49:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:57.147Z og:title: Father of Girl Pulled Into Water by Sea Lion Speaks Out og:description: "Only thing I care is God, she is safe" og:url: https://time.com/4794088/sea-lion-girl-father-family/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff552130c57aa1be/6988ce4786f68e3d4b6e4cfb/sea-lion.jpg?branch=production&width=1129&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1129 og:image:height: 635 og:image:alt: sea-lion og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Father of Girl Pulled Into Water by Sea Lion Speaks Out twitter:description: "Only thing I care is God, she is safe" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff552130c57aa1be/6988ce4786f68e3d4b6e4cfb/sea-lion.jpg?branch=production&width=1129&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Only Thing I Care Is God, She Is Safe.' 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement.  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan May 25, 2017 3:49 PM UTC  @Michael Fujiwara—YouTube  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan May 25, 2017 3:49 PM UTC The father of a young girl who was captured in a [viral video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMDtibc13fc) being [dragged into the water by a sea lion](http://time.com/4787949/sea-lion-girl-dock-vancouver-canada/) praised the girl’s grandfather as a “hero” for jumping in to save her as he counted the family’s blessings for her safety. A sea lion bit down on the back of the six-year-old girl’s dress, pulling her into the water moments after she sat down on a perch at a Canadian dock. The girl’s grandfather immediately leaped in after her, and relatives pulled both of them safely out of the water. “If he had one- or two-second doubt about that, my girl could have been gone by then. That reaction makes him a hero,” the girl’s father told the [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/family-sea-lion-speak-out-1.4128121), which did not name him to protect the girl’s identity. “Only thing I care is God, she is safe. God, I didn’t miss out anyone from my family at that moment,” he added. “I could have gone organizing a funeral by now rather than doing interview.” The father said his daughter was shaken but relatively unscathed. She suffered a small wound to her lower back and was prescribed antibiotics, he told CBC. He said his family was not feeding the sea lion but acknowledged his daughter got too close to it. “My daughter went to the front to try to see the sea lions, to get a closer look,” he said. “That’s a lesson she took and she has taken that lesson in a hard way.” \[[_CBC_](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/family-sea-lion-speak-out-1.4128121)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4794088/sea-lion-girl-father-family/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4794088/sea-lion-girl-father-family/"},"headline":"'Only Thing I Care Is God, She Is Safe.' 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