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Teenager saves 9-Year-Old at Vernal Falls


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    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

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    Hikin’ Jim
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    @hikin_jim

    Locale: Orange County, CA, USA

    Wow, pretty awesome.

    HJ
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    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!

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    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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