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Carion Evans

Today’s Sunday “hero” is Carion Evans, a sixteen year old black high school student from Pascagoula, Mississippi.

On early Sunday, July 3, he jumped into a river in Mississippi and rescued three teenage girls as their car sank — and then came to the aid of a police officer who also jumped in to help but began to struggle.

From BlazeNews:

“Authorities said the three girls were in a car on the Interstate 10 boat launch that ended up in the Pascagoula River and began to sink, WLOX-TV reported.

‘They drove straight under the water,’ Evans told WLOX. ‘Like, only a little bit of the car was still above the water.’

With that, Evans told the station he tossed off his shoes, shirt, and phone — and jumped into the river.

‘I was just like, I can’t let none of these folks die. They need to get out the water. So, I just started getting them,’ the Pascagoula High student added to WLOX. ‘I wasn’t even thinking about nothing else.’

Evans added to the station that he was ‘behind them trying to keep them above water and swim with them at the same time.’

Evans — who’s been swimming since he was about three years old — not only helped bring the three girls to shore but also came to the aid of Moss Point Police Officer Gary Mercer who swam out to help, the station said.

‘I turned around. I see the police officer,’ Evans added to WLOX. ‘He’s drowning. He’s going underwater, drowning, saying, ‘Help!” So, I went over there. I went and I grabbed the police officer, and I’m like swimming him back until I feel myself I can walk.’

In the aftermath, he told the station the victims were ‘throwing up because a lot of water had got inside all of them. Twenty five yards [from shore], so it was a lot of swimming. My legs were so tired after. Anything could’ve been in that water, though. But I wasn’t thinking about it.’

Officer Mercer and the three girls were taken to a hospital and are recovering, WLOX said, adding that Mercer is expected to be back on duty later this week.”

Carion Evans is a true real life hero.

He did what needed to be done, basically ignoring personal peril.

He deserves the praise and recognition of all of us.

7/10/22

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