Posted on 07/06/2022 2:04:35 PM PDT by Hojczyk
A 16-year-old boy is being hailed as a hero after he helped rescue four people when a car drove off a boat launch and into a Mississippi river.
The incident happened Sunday at around 2:30 a.m., when the car, which had three teenage girls inside, drove into the Pascagoula River in Moss Point, floated about 20 feet away from shore and started sinking, the Moss Point Police Department said in a statement.
"The driver of that vehicle stated she was following her GPS and did not realize she was going into the water," police said.
Corion Evans, 16, said he immediately ran over, took off his shoes and shirt and went into the water when he saw the car sinking and heard the three occupants shouting for help.
"I was just like, 'I can't let none of these folks die. They need to get out the water,'" Evans, a Pascagoula High School student, told Biloxi, Mississippi, ABC affiliate WLOX. "So, I just started getting them. I wasn't even thinking about nothing else."
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Don’t pet the bison, and don’t mindlessly follow the GPS.
FABULOUS,!
God bless you, son. It’s a pity seeing young people of character and courage is so rare these days
We need more like him.
God Bless this young man, a true hero..we need more like him in this world
“The driver of that vehicle stated she was following her GPS and did not realize she was going into the water,” police said.
Really?
As I was starting down the page of comments, I was thinking “please let him be Black.”
Years ago, a Garmin GPS wanted me to drive off a cliff on the Oregon Coast.
Give this kid a medal!!!!
He has the heart and is a hero! We can work on the English later. God had him in the right place. Bravo!
Never fully trust GPS while driving. Although not encountering problems recently, some years ago GPS has given me wrong information about roads and waterways. Other people have died at night going into the water due to GPS directions.
Someone needs to make sure this young man gets recognition for this. Good job young man!
What a strange comment.
What on earth does his ethnicity have to do with this story?
“The driver of that vehicle stated she was following her GPS and did not realize she was going into the water,” police said.
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Rule follower.
Bravo, young man!!
Good God my head hurts from the face-palm I just did.............
I'm not saying we should kill all the stupid people, I'm merely suggesting we just remove all warning labels and let the problem sort itself out.
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