One man is being praised as a hero after he saved another man from drowning in a North Carolina river on Saturday night.
Steve Hunt is a captain with the New Hanover County Fire Department who was off-duty when he saw a man fighting for his life in the Cape Fear River.
In response to the rescue, Hunt said he was simply doing his job. He didn’t hesitate to jump in the water, especially since a man’s life was on the line. “There was no hesitation; it was an instinct,” Hunt said. “I’m calling for him to reach for my hand. And he’s just not, he’s not swimming well at all. His head is going under, and then he would get up just for a moment, and then it would go under.”
Hunt said the rescue didn’t come easy. That’s because the man he was trying to save did not want to be saved at first.