(CNN) Cheerleader Tyra Winters is Rockwall High School's homecoming hero and it wasn't for anything that happened on the field.

The 17-year-old senior was riding on a float in the homecoming parade when she saw a desperate mother and a little boy who needed help.

"I see the kid. I see a little bright red face and his mom's holding him up, begging for help, screaming, asking 'someone help me someone help me,' Winters told CNN affiliate KTVT

She told the station that her first thought was "Oh my God, I've got to help this child.

"Her kid's turning purple, so I immediately jumped off the float and I ran down to the kiddo and I said 'I got him,'" Winters said.

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