AutoZone Employee Hears Loud Scream From Creek, Then Runs And Jumps Into Murky Canal To Pull Man To Safety

When a 19-year-old Volusia County auto parts employee heard screams coming from a nearby canal, he stripped to his boxers, jumped into the water and pulled a 56-year-old man to safety.

The man said he fell into the water in New Smyrna Beach on Wednesday while walking home from a hospital where his wife had been admitted.

The man, who was diabetic, said he slipped on a rock before falling, according to a 911 call made after the rescue.

After he rescued the man, he gave him a bag of chips, a bottle of water and a ride home.

The man refused medical help.

Berry’s mother, Melody Moses, said she’s proud that her son did something “that not a lot of people would’ve done in a lifetime.”