A Saskatchewan teen is being hailed a hero after he managed to pull a grown man and his son from the water.
Jacob Boissonneault was on vacation with his trainer/coach Donald Munro and his family on trip to Greig Lake in northern Saskatchewan.
While there, Boissonneault joined Munro and his son Cohen for a boat trip around the lake.
“So we’re at the lake and we’re about 100 metres off our cabin, swimming around and just having fun,” Munro told CTV Saskatoon from the gym where he works with Boissonneault. “No problems, nice sunny day. But it was pretty wavy.”
Moments later those waves took Cohen under. Munro dove in to save his son, but the strong current made it difficult for him to keep both his son's and his own head above water.
“And I was like, ‘No way I’m going to die,’” Munro recalled. “I felt like this is it. It took everything that I had to keep my kid’s head above water. And then, so I got my head above the water and I screamed at Jacob. I’m like, ‘Jacob -- start the boat!’”
Jacob had never driven a boat before, but when his friend needed him the most, he came through.
“I must have had an angel,” Boissonneault said. “Just something watching over me, to help me steer the boat.”
Not only did the 14-year-old manage to turn the boat around and drive towards Munro and his son without injuring them, he also managed to lift his coach out of the water.
“He’s like 280, 300 pounds and I had to pull him up,” Boissonneault said of Munro. “(I) grabbed his left arm with (my) right elbow and pulled him up like that.”
Once the near heart stopping moments were over, everyone returned back to the cabin uninjured.
Munro still can't believe it all happened.
“I have this little guy that I’ve been mentoring and being his buddy for three years, showing him everything that I know,” Munro said. “And he turned around and saved my life.”