The Mississippi teen helped bring the three girls to shore, along with a local police officer who responded to the scene and swam out to help.
Authorities said the vehicle, which had three teenage girls inside, was about 20 feet from shore before sinking.. “Like, only a little bit of the car was still above the water.”
Evans, who’s been swimming since he was 3 years old, said he tossed his shoes, shirt and phone and jumped in.Evans helped bring the three girls to shore, along with Moss Point Police Officer Gary Mercer, who responded to the scene and swam out to help. “I turned around. I see the police officer. He’s drowning. He’s going underwater, drowning, saying, ‘Help!’” Evans said. “So, I went over there. I went and I grabbed the police officer and I’m like swimming him back.”“The police department and I commend Mr. Evans’s bravery and selflessness he displayed by risking his own safety to help people in danger. If Mr.
One of the girls took to Facebook to show her appreciation by saying Evans, “saved my life right before my last breath.”Copyright 2022 WLOX via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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