Montana Teen Uses Rodeo Skills To Rescue Man From River

Montana Teen Uses Rodeo Skills to Rescue Man

Growing up in an agricultural community means learning skills that might not seem important at the time but can make a huge difference when the unexpected happens.

For 14-year-old Jory Thomas, those skills helped save someone's life.

Teen's Rodeo Roping Skills Help Save Drowning Man

Jory and his family were camping in Montana near Greycliff along the Yellowstone River when they suddenly heard people shouting for help.

A group floating the river had hit a bridge pillar, sending four people into the water. Three of them were able to make it safely back to shore, but one person continued floating downstream while holding onto a cooler.

That's where Jory stepped in.

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Young Montana Hero Says He Was Just Doing What He Could

Jory has spent a lot of his free time practicing his roping skills, and for some reason, he decided to bring his rodeo rope along on this camping trip. It's something he normally doesn't do.

After running down the riverbank to catch up with the man, Jory grabbed his rope and, on his very first attempt, was able to lasso him and pull him safely to shore.

His grandma said she wasn't surprised at all that Jory jumped in to help, telling KTVQ:

For Jory, he never expected the skills he learned through agriculture and rodeo to be used this way.

Source: KTVQ