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(NewsNation) — A teen took a leap of religion by jumping from a idiosyncratic watercraft to halt a runaway vessel connected Lake Winnipesaukee successful New Hampshire aft the boat's skipper was knocked overboard.
After observing the vacant vessel springing uncontrollably, 17-year-old Brady Procon sprung into action.
Procon explained that helium was sitting connected his backmost structure with his household erstwhile they noticed a vessel tearing up the water successful a no-wake zone. Shortly after, Procon and his begetter realized that nary 1 was connected the boat.
Nearby, a sailing acquisition was being conducted with kids successful the unfastened water. It was past that Procon and his begetter jumped into action.
Procon's dada jumped connected his vessel and the 17-year-old followed by jumping onto his pitchy ski. While his dada worked to get the kids retired of the way, Procon drove toward the runaway boat. It's determination that Procon's neighbour joined successful connected the action, allowing Procon to transportation from his ain jetski to his neighbor's truthful that they could get adjacent capable to the vessel to halt it arsenic a team.
The neighbour started mirroring the boat's circular question successful the water, doing donuts to effort and get person to the boat. Once the 2 men were capable to get adjacent enough, Procon launched himself from his neighbor's pitchy skis onto the rouge boat.
The 17-year-old was capable to instrumentality power of the vas and halt it from spinning, perchance stopping it from moving into immoderate homes, radical oregon different vessels.
"If I missed the boat, I could person gotten earnestly hurt," Procon said. "But it each worked out."
He told NewsNation's Brooke Shafer connected "Morning successful America" Tuesday that helium didn't deliberation astir the dangers the rescue posed until afterward.
"I consciousness similar if I focused connected if I missed the boat, past I astir apt would person missed it," helium said.
