Hero

My hubby is a hero! We were hanging out on the shores of Porcupine Reservoir yesterday when what seemed like a bus load of 12- and 13-year-olds descended upon us. We had already been there for awhile and were planning to leave soon, but we hung around and watched their adolescent antics for a bit. There were a few adults with them; a man, two pregnant women and and a heavy-set older man the kids called "Bishop" who we later found out recently suffered a heart attack. A few of the kids decided to swim across the reservoir to the cliffs. It's a long way across and strong swimmers can make it on their own but most folks take some mode of flotation with them. These kids didn't have any flotation and when they got a little beyond half way across the kids seemed to be starting to panic. Most everyone else was only half paying attention to them and those that were paying attention seemed unsure whether or not the kids were being serious. Brandon didn't want to wait to find out and immediately jumped in our canoe and sped out to the kids as fast as he could. As soon as Brandon took off, the younger of the male chaperones jumped in and swam like the dickens to get out to the kids. As Brandon was approaching he saw one of the kids' heads slip under the surface of the water. The other two kids managed to bring him back up above the surface but it was a struggle. Brandon threw them our life vests and moments later had the kid who was having trouble in the canoe with him. When they got back to shore I could see that the kid was obviously rattled. The older man and one of the pregnant women came over and thanked us for what Brandon did. We struck up a conversation and found out they were an LDS youth group from American Fork and they were camping up the road at an LDS camping area. They found the camp on the internet and none of them had ever been to Porcupine before. I hope if they ever come back they'll bring a few inner tubes!









For more photos of our afternoon at the reservoir, click here.