11-Year-Old Boy Hailed as Hero After Diving Into Pool to Save Drowning Man

An 11-year-old boy, identified as Avory Woolery, has been praised as a hero after fearlessly diving into a swimming pool to rescue a man who was found unconscious underwater.

The incident occurred at an apartment complex pool in Lexington at around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 1.

According to Avory, he noticed the man lying unconscious beneath the water while others at the pool appeared unsure of what to do.

Recalling the dramatic rescue, he said:

“I was like, somebody’s gotta do something. No one was doing anything, so I put on my goggles. I went underwater. I grabbed him up.”

He added:

“There was no way that I was going to let another man die today. He’s a human being. He should be treated as such.”

After Avory pulled the man to the surface, another person at the pool helped drag the victim onto the pool deck.

The boy said the man’s friend immediately began performing CPR while others called emergency services.

“His friend, I believe, put him on the floor and started doing CPR on him to try and save him the best he could, until somebody called 911,” Woolery recalled.

The Lexington Fire Department said the man was transported to a hospital in serious condition but did not release further details about his injuries.

As of Friday, July 3, his condition had not been publicly updated.