Two men are being hailed as heroes after saving a father and his two sons, 8 and 10 years old, from drowning in the Colorado River.
“Saving lives sometimes comes down to being in the right place at the right time,” the Grand County Sheriff's Search and Rescue said in a
Per the post, Lausman lept into action, using his paddle board to help the children, but was unable to assist the father. With their dad still stuck in the water, trying his best to stay afloat, “life-long Moab resident Daniel Wright just happened to be traveling upstream on his jet ski.”Lausman flagged Wright down, getting his attention to ask for help pulling the father from the water. However, by this time, the man was hardly able to be seen due to factors such as the river’s fast currents.
“I was just terrified, really, because the guy’s head was only partially out of the water, and as I was coming over to him, he went under a couple times,” Wright toldto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
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