
Corion helps a teen swim to the bank of the river.
Corion Evans was about to head home after a party at Mississippi’s Pascagoula River when he saw something he’ll never forget. A car swerved off the road and plunged into the water. It soon began to sink. Corion could hear the people trapped in the car screaming for help. “I couldn’t let those people die out there,” says Corion, 17. He took off his shoes and shirt and sprinted toward the water. “I didn’t think at all, I just took off running,” he says.
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