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Teenager saves 9-Year-Old at Vernal Falls

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Apr 20, 2013 at 6:21 pm #1301981

Steven Paris
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@saparisor
Locale: Pacific Northwest

I hadn't heard of this until seeing it in an newsfeed(?) article called "10 Good Things that Happened This Week".

It seems like there's been several examples of someone drowning around the various falls or in the Merced river in recent years; here's a boy who didn't drown:

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_23016213/san-jose-teen-recounts-saving-boy-from-certain

Apr 20, 2013 at 8:34 pm #1978876

Hikin’ Jim
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@hikin_jim
Locale: Orange County, CA, USA

Wow, pretty awesome.

HJ
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Apr 21, 2013 at 4:39 am #1978935

Hiking Malto
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@gg-man

Glad this had a happy ending. Don't know if the kid is stupid or heroic. Probably a bit of both. But it's a happy story!

Apr 21, 2013 at 7:00 am #1978955

Daryl and Daryl
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@lyrad1
Locale: Pacific Northwest, USA, Earth

Thanks for posting that one. Made my day.

What a great young man. Brave, strong, capable, daring.
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