Montana teen throws lasso to man in Yellowstone River in split-second rescue
A 14-year-old Montana rancher-in-training says God put him in the right place at the right time after he used the cowboy skills he'd spent months practicing to lasso and rescue a drowning man from the Yellowstone River following a rafting accident.Jory Thomas was camping with his family near Greycliff, Montana, on July 5 when they heard someone screaming for help."We all heard, 'Help, help,'" Thomas told KTVQ. "There's two or three people floating down the river, one hanging on to the cooler, and he wasn't saying anything."CALIFORNIA LIFEGUARD SPEAKS OUT ON HEARTSTOPPING OCEAN RESCUE: 'I LOVE WHAT I DO'A raft and paddleboard had struck a bridge pillar, throwing four people into the river.
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A 14-year-old Montana rancher-in-training says God put him in the right place at the right time after he used the cowboy skills he'd spent months practicing to lasso and rescue a drowning man from the Yellowstone River following a rafting accident.Jory Thomas was camping with his family near Greycliff, Montana, on July 5 when they heard someone screaming for help."We all heard, 'Help, help,'" Thomas told KTVQ. "There's two or three people floating down the river, one hanging on to the cooler, and he wasn't saying anything."CALIFORNIA LIFEGUARD SPEAKS OUT ON HEARTSTOPPING OCEAN RESCUE: 'I LOVE WHAT I DO'A raft and paddleboard had struck a bridge pillar, throwing four people into the river. Three reached shore, but one man continued drifting downstream while clinging to a cooler.Thomas said there was no time to wait."This current was pretty fast then, and he was moving pretty quickly," he said. "Only thing I could focus on was helping him get out of the water because I didn't want to see anyone go in front of me."He emptied his pockets, crossed a waist-deep side channel and ran along the bank.
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- A 14-year-old Montana rancher-in-training says God put him in the right place at the right time after he used the cowboy skills he'd spent months practicing to lasso and rescue a drowning man from the Yellowstone River following a rafting accident.Jory Thomas was camping with his family near Greycliff, Montana, on July 5 when they heard someone screaming for help."We all heard, 'Help, help,'" Thomas told KTVQ. "There's two or three people floating down the river, one hanging on to the cooler, and he wasn't saying anything."CALIFORNIA LIFEGUARD SPEAKS OUT ON HEARTSTOPPING OCEAN RESCUE: 'I LOVE WHAT I DO'A raft and paddleboard had struck a bridge pillar, throwing four people into the river.
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Montana boy, 14, uses rodeo lasso to rescue man drowning in Yellowstone River: ‘Go get him’
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