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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This is about the third time I’ve seen reports of GPS leading drivers into water — usually a boat ramp, IIRC.
Finally, a news story worth reading! Fantastic job by this young man.
I don’t understand why even some conservatives have started capitalizing the word “black” just like the leftists started doing a couple years ago.
Whatever. From his grammar I thought there was a fairly good chance he would be, and Lord knows the community could use some good points of light making it into the press. How often do people know that the person is Amish without even looking?
Absolutely!
I capitalize White when using that word as the name of the Caucasian race.
I also thank people who ask to see my ID in stores, and I say "Merry Christmas" as much as I can during holiday season.
Drive straight for 2 miles..,.
Splash!!!
Recalculating
Did ya do it?😁
Not "as usual" you . . . USA TODAY's "usual".
They seem to regularly twist stories to make the police look bad. Just pointing out that USA (and especially the headline) was not telling the whole story. Not blaming you for posting it.
This story was thoroughly hashed out on FR a week or two ago.
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