Teen lifeguards were honored Tuesday for saving a firefighter at a local pool.
The incident occurred at a Shrewsbury pool on first responders' night last month.
The unnamed firefighter suffered no long-term issues, according to FOX2.
“I’m really proud of myself because it’s not something I ever thought I would do, and I just think it’s really cool to get something like this,” said Lizzie Hancock.
James Trueman explained: “I saw somebody at the bottom. I swam down, pushed him up, gave him some rescue breaths."
He said instinct took over as he yelled for Lizzy’s help.
“It’s really scary. Well, it’s scary, but it’s weird because we just are trained on it, so you just do it. You just act."
“I jumped off my stand and ran over there, jumped in the water, put him in the tube, and swam him to the edge of the pool,” Hancock said.
Trueman said the other firefighters immediately took over and began giving compressions.
“That night, I had seen him like basically wake up, so I was pretty confident that he would be fine,” he said.
