When Corion Evans saw three people at a party, the 16-year-old never imagined he would save their lives a few hours later.
CORRECTS FIRST NAME TO CORION INSTEAD OF ORION - During a Zoom call, Friday, July 8, 2022, Corion Evans poses with candy gifted to him from the motorists he saved after their car drove off the Interstate 10 boat launch and into the Pascagoula River, in Mississippi, early Sunday, July 3. – But that's what happened in the early hours of Sunday when a car drove off a boat launch into a south Mississippi river.
Undeterred by the dark water, Evans headed straight into the river. Later, he learned, alligators live in the river and its bayous.“I was scared, but I just focused on keeping everybody calm,” he said. He went on to save all three women in the car and a police officer who responded to the scene. . “The GPS thought we was on top of the interstate. That’s why it was telling us to go straight because it did not say it was water here or nothing.”
"He was trying to come back up but kept swallowing water," Evans said."He was trying to catch his breath but he tells her, ‘I can’t, I can’t.' That's when I swam over to them."